Squirrels

The largest European photo magazine is Chasseur d'Image, their claim, a French photo magazine. The January 2009 issue had a very interesting article on one of most misunderstood critter, the squirrel. Many people see them as cute and friendly, other see them as pests. It was not a one pager on squirrels like in Pop Photo magazine, but a full 10 pages on how to make photos of squirrels: the good, the bad and the ugly...

Squirrels are everywhere, in almost every park, people feed them, and people take photos of the squirrels eating in your palm.

Now it also turns out that there are photographers who specialize in squirrels! Many photographers have specialized themselves. Some even became famous like Art Wolf who became famous for his wolf photos, but squirrels? What's next rabbits, brick roads, storms...?

Wait! Actually, there are photographers who specialize in storms, they are called storm chasers. And there are photographers that specialize in rabbits! They are very successful and very much in demand, their stock photos also sell extremely well, especially a few month before Easter. Making photos of roads is actually a very good topic for stock photography. There are all kind of roads, in different light...

The more you specialize, especially in a topic that interest you, the more likely the world will beat to your door. The more esoteric your specialty, the more likely the world will beat to your door and the more you will be able to charge as a photographer.