Still figuring it out

Montreal waterfront, 2026. Two worlds passing each other without knowing it.

Photography has been part of my life for close to two years now. I shoot on weekends mostly, in the city or while traveling. During the week I work a full time job, so the camera comes out when time allows. I am not a newcomer anymore. I have learned, made mistakes, gotten better. But I would not say I have arrived at anything either.

The thing I keep coming back to is this: I still do not know what I want to shoot.

Not in a frustrated way. More in a curious one. Some weekends I want nothing more than to follow people through a busy street and wait for the right moment. Other days it is bridges, or architecture, or the way early morning light hits an empty block before the city wakes up. It shifts. And I have started to wonder whether I should pick a direction and stay with it, build something consistent, develop a recognizable eye. Or whether what I am in right now is just part of the process.

I think it might be the discovering phase. The part where you are still learning what pulls you in before you know why.

I am curious whether other photographers have felt this. Did you find your focus naturally over time, or did you make a conscious decision to narrow it down? I would love to hear where you landed.