Most Local Guides of level 6 or more have usually found their niche or what subjects they enjoy photographing. It would come naturally and feel comfortable. My own niche is capturing historical locations, which allows me to travel all over this great but small country of ours, which means I see places most never get to see. It is also where I meet amazing people, all with a story to tell. As I’m retired, it keeps me fit as many locations are neglected, requiring climbing over crumbling stone walls, jumping over ditches, trekking through large fields, keeping one step ahead of a bull, negotiating waist-high grass, uneven ground and hidden obstacles like fallen headstones, large crosses and brambles. Having been photographing these locations for years now, there are two subjects that I would never photograph. The first is food and the second is people. For me, food is for eating, for enjoyment, not to capture for others. For me, photographing food is lazy. What effort is made to capture something in front of you? and what can a food photo tell a person about its taste? which to people is the most important factor when it comes to food. People are another subject that is taboo because while you can photograph people in public places, you need their permission regarding any publication, especially if done for monetary purposes. I’m sorry, but I simply dont get it, although I see photos of food and drink everywhere all the time but then I just might be a grumpy old man. Are there any subjects that you would not photograph and why? I’m looking forward to hearing from you all. Have a blessed day.
Hello, dear fellow LG @MichaelRajGroves
That’s a nice question, dear LG friend…
Personally speaking, I like wildlife photography and everything about our Nature…
And to answer Your question…
I don’t like to cover violence, vulgar, sex etc. - may be in general… all sad scenes, I think…
I shall add a couple of my shots tomorrow… please
Regards with thanks…
Greetings from India
TG 
Good on you as you have good values and morals, best wishes
I agree that many of us find a niche of photography.
I’m into making as helpful and possible photos for the Maps users. And I let the photoviews guide me when it comes to what is popular on Maps. The photo selection AI deciding which photos get featured serve as the first photo for places. When we strive to make helpful photos we get rewarded with the pleasure of getting our photos shown to a lot of people.
I shared a bunch of tips in Storefront Photography Series Index
I took a quick look at your photo contributions on Maps. I was wondering why you share primarily black&white photos and create slideshows and share them as videos.
According to the guidelines we are not allowed to make anything but minor adjustments to our photos. Removing all colors is in my opinion a major manipulations.
When you create the slide shows you also deprive the users from zooming in to take a closer look at interesting details in your photos.
Would you care to discuss these aspects?
All the best
Morten
First off, the reason I’m now sharing my photos in black and white is because Google allows it because I stay within the 30-second limit just like everyone else. When Google is presented with my upload, nothing is flagged up. When I capture any location, I take photos in both black and white. When it comes to reviews, I try, where possible, to use all my colour photos and if there remains room for any black and white photos while staying within the 30 photos limit then I use them. Now, as to why I’m posting black and white videos is because, being a historical photographer then photos from this era were origionally black and white not color, black and white can convay mood, drama and a time that color cant and finally regarding editing my photos, well depending on the camera brand being used it differs from brand to brand in-house before we begin editing changes are made to each photo, also all cameras allow you set it up to take black and white shots. By the way, phone photos use in-house software far more than any camera does before any editing takes place. All the best photographers throughout history chose either black and white or both for certain subjects. Regarding your opinion on editing, well, you’re entitled to it, but it means little or nothing to me. I hope I answered all your questions honestly and satisfactorily. cheers
Hello, dear LG friend,
Here are two shows from my collection:
Sony 7R M3, 50 mm; This is also my ‘Most Viewed Photo’ on Google Maps.
(Mobile Shot)
Hope you will like these…
Regards
Really nice and crisp photos, keep up your great work, well done.
Most welcome…
