It helps to have some kind of photograph you want to take and to be deliberate in comparing your photographs with other photographs.

Today a mirrorless photographer is going to go out with their friends who are taking cellphone snaps, working a lot harder, but not necessarily taking better pictures.

My two subjects right now are flowers and sports photography. Macro photography has always been a way to take distinctive images without working too hard. I find flower photography easy and have been taking more of them ever since I found I get great engagement with them on Mastodon.

I was getting a little bored of photography and looking for a new subject than I looked out my office window at the sports complex and got the idea, since then I got to a few games a week.

Once you have a project like that you’ll have a definite idea of challenges you need to overcome, techniques to learn, equipment to get, etc.