Hey Patrick,

Thanks for sharing your insights. I completely agree. I’m a bit torn on the whole situation because I came into this field only 3 years ago and social media, as you know, plays a huge role in landscape photography today for better or worse. The clique issues actually do bother me… a lot to be frank. If you notice a lot of the folks in those cliques have the same processing style and go about their business in the same manner. If you want to be successful you have to separate yourself from some of that non-sense. That’s one of the many reasons I respect Ryan and Candace Dyar so much; they stay true to themselves and do their own thing. I would love to be successful in the print industry and in the next year I plan to really push that part of my business. Digital content is great but I want my art to be enjoyed everyday outside of a computer screen. I do think that there is definitely a place for subtle-high impact images. As you’ve noted there is definitely a market for them; it’s just a matter of exploiting it. Thanks again for the thoughtful comment!

I usually prefer to hang more subtle images in my home, and in my experience, I have had more success selling more subtle images as prints. Everyone on 500px is a photographer – and they are posting images to impress other photographers. I think the online photo community has developed different tastes than the general public. Numerous times I have heard friends and relatives say something like “Wow, that is an amazing image, but I don’t think I would want it in my house.” This gives me hope that subtle images will always have a place in our portfolios. I will continue to shoot and print the more subtle/intimate images that I enjoy, but I will likely only post my more high impact photos on 500px, at least until I become popular 🙂

Thanks Marjo! I love Zsolt Kiss’ work he does some amazing stuff! Appreciate it 🙂