Non-portrait photography in Florida? What is there to shoot?

As soon as possible, I'll be moving to Florida. And I'm trying to decide whether any of the commonly-accessible styles interest me.

What I mean by that is, for example: Studio portraits would be a great option, because in FL people tend to be very beautiful.

But as far as I can discern, there's very little opportunity for nice landscapes. Florida isn't pretty, in that regard; the closest thing to that is their beaches.

Am I wrong about landscapes? And what other options (non-landscape) would be good?

Bird photography.

Archibald wrote in post #19467134
Bird photography.

Good idea!

Would about 160mm FF-equivalent be enough for that? I want to use a GFX 100s.

icor1031 wrote in post #19467135
Good idea!

Would about 160mm FF-equivalent be enough for that? I want to use a GFX 100s.

That would work, but you would miss many opportunities without a longer lens.

icor1031 wrote in post #19467135
Would about 160mm FF-equivalent be enough for that? I want to use a GFX 100s.

Archibald wrote in post #19467139
That would work, but you would miss many opportunities without a longer lens.

Ah, so the real question is what to shoot in Florida with one hell of a portrait system, except you don't want to shoot portraits.

I don't know Florida very well, but the Everglades and coastline should offer a lot of landscape possibilities. If I was equipped with a Fuji medium format, I'd be going after marinas at sunrise/sunset, street photography and candids, urban fragments, architectural details, cityscapes, still life, and DEFINITELY portraits.

As for wildlife shooting, while you don't have as much reach in focal length, the GFX 100s gives you some latitude with cropping.

Just spend some time on flickr searching for terms like "gfx" and "florida" or whatever else to see if any images inspire. I have the itch to go larger format, but I'm not in a position for the spend right now.

PineBomb wrote in post #19467161
Ah, so the real question is what to shoot in Florida with one hell of a portrait system, except you don't want to shoot portraits.

I don't know Florida very well, but the Everglades and coastline should offer a lot of landscape possibilities. If I was equipped with a Fuji medium format, I'd be going after marinas at sunrise/sunset, street photography and candids, urban fragments, architectural details, cityscapes, still life, and DEFINITELY portraits.

As for wildlife shooting, while you don't have as much reach in focal length, the GFX 100s gives you some latitude with cropping.

Just spend some time on flickr searching for terms like "gfx" and "florida" or whatever else to see if any images inspire. I have the itch to go larger format, but I'm not in a position for the spend right now.

Yep! I would shoot portraits, but even more background: I'm trying to decide whether I want to save for a GFX 100. And if I'm just shooting portraits, the answer is no; customers won't care whether it's 50MP (I use 5Ds now) or 100MP. So I need subjects that I'm shooting *for me*.

icor1031 wrote in post #19467131
As soon as possible, I'll be moving to Florida. And I'm trying to decide whether any of the commonly-accessible styles interest me.

What I mean by that is, for example: Studio portraits would be a great option, because in FL people tend to be very beautiful.

But as far as I can discern, there's very little opportunity for nice landscapes. Florida isn't pretty, in that regard; the closest thing to that is their beaches.

Am I wrong about landscapes? And what other options (non-landscape) would be good?

Birds, birds, birds.
Sunsets.
Beaches.
The Everglades are endless.
People aren't beautiful in other states?

There's plenty of beautiful city shots in south Florida from Brickell to winwood the beaches and everglades. You have white sand on the gulf side and mangroves on the east. Photograph rockets taking off or airplanes. Some beautiful stadiums and great highschool football. Also, chicken.. lots of chicken running around. Sunrise and sunset over the ocean. There's a couple things ߘ