Youtube isn't just for dancing cats and dogs. It’s full of opportunities to learn skills that can launch careers.

Levi Blackwolf is originally from Warm Springs, Ore., and is a self-taught photographer. He uses Youtube as a valuable resource. It’s taught him almost everything he needs to know about photography.

Blackwolf is the owner of Wolfn Photographies in Walla Walla, Wash. and deals mostly in photographing models for calendars. Since starting his business in early 2010, he's been traveling around the U.S. covering events ranging from powwows to rodeos.

Its "nothing but Cowboy's and Indians walking around," he said about the circuits he photographs.

Self taught photography wasn't easy. Blackwolf used social media sites such as MySpace and Facebook to see what other photographers were doing. From those examples he developed his own style.

"I made myself learn," said Blackwolf. Building a career in photography was a challenge that Blackwolf wanted to meet head on.

Photography helped Blackwolf put himself out in public, not just professionally but socially. Photography boosted his self-confidence and got him out of his shell.

While traveling takes him away from his family he said he enjoys meeting new people and building connections that most times allow him to "adopt a new family."

Future projects for Blackwolf include five to six new calendars. He is currently working on 2012 men's and women's calendars along with a children's calendar for 2013.

"I seemed to have found my own niche," Blackwolf said.