Photography career in horticulture
So, for Christmas my darling husband bought me a Nicon camera, some fancy lenses, a tripod and two lots of photography masterclasses at one of RHS Centres. I am very grateful but frightened too. I do take lots of phone photos of flowers and landscapes, but my new presents sound like I might be taking a career change
Had anyone taken this way to start a photography career?! How do you find work like that?!

Had anyone taken this way to start a photography career?! How do you find work like that?!
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
your new DSLR will enjoy having better control over focus and depth of field (blurry backgrounds). Also i really enjoy shooting in RAW files, which enables another stop or two of exposure either way, really useful for fine tuning/fixing. Really you're also going to need photoshop skills to compliment your 'field' work ( it's the equivalent of the dark-room used by 'film' photographers).
start by learning to handle the carmera and it's controls. then start digging into photography websites, there's absolutely tonnes of inspiration and help out there for free.
My reservation would be that such a specialist area (gardens) might limit any sales market too much. i would have thought the only way to have a career in photography would be teaching it, travel/journalistic types in war zones, portraits and weddings.
and most of all...please share a few pics here!
He belongs to a few camera forums where they natter about equipment and techniques (no double entendres intended!!🤭) and he also posts some images online. I think he uses sites like 500px and Flickr. He gets a feel for whether or not people like what he's done and he invites constructive criticism to help him improve. It's a way to find out if you've got some talent.
He has done a couple of field workshops (usually 3-4 days) with professional photographers whose work he likes. They've been in locations he likes to photograph - the Lakes, Scottish highlands etc. Not cheap - but invaluable for nearly one to one tuition, critique and for making him actually get out there for the 'golden hour' shots at sunrise and sunset. If you're on your own, it's way too easy to stay in a nice warm bed instead of getting up in the dark and cold and hiking to a location for a mountain sunrise - but it's what you have to do for the best landscape shots.
There are also hundreds of You Tube photography channels and workshops. The best ones are very good and quite professional productions. They'll give you an idea of how deep you want to get.
We have some of OH's best work hung around the house. He has had some work published in magazines and has won a couple of competitions. I suspect he could sell some bits and pieces for b'day cards etc. He does produce an annual calendar for various branches of the family. I don't think he could ever make more than pocket money from it though.
Back in the 70's, I used to do a lot of photography , converted my attic into a dark room and enjoyed the processing and printing almost as much as taking the pics.
I was helped enormously by joining the local camera club - amateurs and professionals who were always willing to offer info and advice - bit like gardeners really