Hi Dave, sympathies of the job front dude. Pag has some really good advice on his reply.
Had a look over your site/work. Straight away can see your 3D skills are far far outweighing your photography, sorry if thats not what you had hoped for.
If could be subject matter as many have suggested, landscapes and abstracts and some architecture aren't going to pay the bills. And not in that style. What you have to do is really look at professional photographers work. See and understand whats being produced, style, subject matter etc and work out what you would like to shoot and inch a market in for yourself.
I dont really see any work that involves, products , people, and lighting in particular setups that is the mainstay of work , well for myself anyway.
I get the feeling that you're spending too much time admiring amatures work on Flickr etc and not looking at real professional creative photography.
www.at-edge.com is a good place to see some really interesting work. ( you can choose categories to browse)
And more importantly its not just the photos that get you the job, its knowing how to handle yourself and the shoot pressures calmly and professionally which take years to learn. Its not just one man and a camera having fun. Its running a day pleasing / conversing with art directors, , producers, clients , Keeping assistants on track and making sure everything is safe and everyones happy whilst getting the lighting the best you can, and keeping the Models happy and enthused. Sometimes art director or client wants to go down a route thats not the best overall, you have to gently make reason with their view without putting anyones nose out, and still make if feel like you're doing some magic that no-one else could have done.. which keeps people coming back to you.
There's some good behind the scenes of shoots on youtube if you look.
I you are still keen how about contacting a couple of nearby professional photographers to offer some free 2nd assistant work experience (mostly will be making the coffee and moving some large items around studio or clearing up)
But you will then see whats involved in a real shoot.
Hopefully this would be really good fun for you and really open your eyes to how its done.
Assisting is a really invaluable way to learn how to be professional photographer.
Otherwise if you want to aim more down the standard social photographer route, then advertising to do free shoots for portraits etc will give you more experience and build your portfolio, but as many have said its a crowded market more than any doing portraits, family & weddings unless you find a niche in it that makes you stand out from everyone else.
Now going back to your 3D work, seems like cars are your thing? Have you contacted any car photographers to chat to ? Or maybe your work is more suited to computer games developers?
Something could be combining your landscape & architecture photography with 3D cars, this is common practice these days, but normally its teams of people producing it, A photographer that knows 3D technique, normally working with a 3D company specialsing in cars & products. One thing though the turnarounds are often very quick so trying to do all this yourself probably wouldnt cut it, and specialist retouchers are also key to the process.
Maybe better contacting retouching & 3D houses to get 3D work or Games companies, and stressing your love of photography will be a very important visual skill that goes hand in hand with 3D to really excel and get a more natural look and might give you the edge over someone else that too 3D led.
One final bit of advice is ditch the HRD too heavy processing, nothing says more hobbyist / amature than that!
I wish you the best of luck, definitely have some great computer 3D / general visual skills there. I believe you just need to hone them a bit more, and understand the market. Contact and speak to companies and photographers even if just for a chat, and you'll start getting a better sense of what you need to do and produce.
