Landscapes and Seascapes,is there a market?

[Bsmooth]

One of my favorite photographers is John Shaw,and I've read most of his books and gone to one of his seminars.He makes a living at it,and has quite a reputation.
Here's my question, is the only real way to make money at Photography in sports or say portraits or weddings?
I've also heard it suggested you work with a pro.thats sounds like a great idea,but how many pro landscape photographers,would take you under there wing and give you a helping hand?
They say If you have a passion for something,you can make it work.I've always had the passion for outdoor photography,especially seascapes,since I live in NewEngland and can see the ocean right from my house.
I've tried the usual stock agencies and Fotolia was taking my landscapes for awhile but now they have stopped.Any others that might be intertested?
I guess as usual it comes down to finding an audience.Right now I'm the only person who actually looks at my photos.My wife who used to love photography,just doesn't have time for it at all anymore.
So where would be a good place to start?

[form]

I believe the sale of landscape photography is best sold as prints and canvases, possibly like those motivational ones with words like "faith" or "persistence" you see around some peoples' houses and various business lobbies:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/AGF/8639~Faith-Posters.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ARTPUB/CSM105923_36_24~Persistence-Posters.jpg

In a local hospital I also see many very interesting and colorful landscape and environment photos blown up to very large prints. However, many people who make big landscape shots and sell them professionally are probably using medium or large format cameras.

[Karl Johnston]

Not entirely so .. I use crop and I make a (small) living doing it. One of the legends of digital landscape photographers making a living at it is Marc Adamus (he's actually on here, somewhere if you search him, or just google) and he uses a 1ds mark III and a 40D, i think.

He does a lot of extra stuff on the side, though, such as workshops and retreats and adventure tours. But his images are up there with some of the best selles.

To have a chance at making a living, IMHO, one must have the 4 Fs or more skill than I can manage to imagine.

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[jwilson]

I think it really depends on location...I live in western Michigan (my house is about 2 miles from Lake Michigan and our cottage is about 4 blocks from Lake Michigan further up the coast). The entire coast in the summer is just inundated by summer tourists from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, even Florida, Texas, and Arizona. These people absolutely appreciate the "Big Lake" as we call it here so much more than us locals (we tend to take it for granted most of the time as we see it every day). Because of these tourists, there is a huge market for paintings, prints, and canvases - primarily of the beach but also of forests, etc. - from countless art galleries up and down the coast. I personally sold 3 copies of the same print in an art gallery further up north for $450 each! Now, I'm not making a living doing this as I do my photography business on the side but it's a nice supplement to my income. Someday when I retire from corporate America, I'm hoping to open my own gallery...it's slow in the winter here as you can imagine but in the summer it's crazy busy with tourists with money to spend.

[Mike R]

If you're not in a tourist area, and selling direct to them or to galleries/gift shops. You need to have your shots stand out from all the other landscape shots. Maybe specialize in a type of light,weather,composition etc..