Perhaps you want to be a wedding photographer. Wedding photography is a good career to pursue. Try to keep your personal opinions aside when taking pictures of the wedding. For many people, marriage can be the end of a chapter in his life and the beginning of another.
Pricing, pricing, pricing. Do some research in your area, and see what the going rate is for different types of photography sessions, and packaging options include for a certain price. One of the things people are often willing to pay dearly for is a good photography session. However, offering a competitive, yet affordable pricing package will not just benefit the customer, but it will also benefit the photographer. people will pass along a name of someone they feel is talented, but they will really feel compelled to pass along contact information for someone who is good at what they do, but also easy on the checkbook!
These types of photographs need to have a written record of the event kept with the photographs at all times. The old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words", won't hold true for photographs that are so content focused that the image explains nothing at all. Look at the image and decide if the picture does indeed tell the entire story. If not, document the event in writing and keep the documentation with the image.
Refrain from using the Auto setting on your white balance feature. Adjust the white balance to match the color of light, so you can eliminate any color cast due to the lighting color temperature. This will save you time by not having to correct color in the edit process once the photos are loaded into your computer.
Owners will either want photos of their pets on their own, or included with the family. Pet portraiture is similar to children and babies, in that you won't be able to ask them to pose or hold expressions. Again use toys, treats get them playing with their owners and just as above, keep shooting.
Well, I have winter photography story that came to me luckily. I was in my backyard taking a family photo of the twins as they played on the snow. I got lucky as they were tired of snow fighting and were practically covered in snow, I told them to stand together so I would take a shot, after, I moved them to the view more backyard door where there was little or no snow and by one snap of my finger I got a great shot. You could still see the snow on them but the one on the ground I made sure I removed it. So I guess you could say take less of the snow and more higher shots this way even if it reflects it won't affect. I forgot to say that I was in semi manual at the time and had set the aperture settings for less light.
The first and probably biggest, problem with getting into figure photography is finding a model. It isn't that there aren't enough beautiful women around. It's that there aren't a lot of legitimate models who are comfortable doing this type of work. Because of all the terrible things you hear everyday related to this area of photography, women are hesitant of getting into it for the fear of running into one of those sleazy photographers you hear so much about. So finding willing models is not an easy task.
Now that you have a general idea on the characteristics of different types of lens, you are able to make a better choice, once you know what you like to photograph!