I've had photography as a hobby since I was 14 and at the beginning of the year I purchased myself a used a7ii as my first camera when I moved to Europe to study . I loved it so much and I don't think I've ever fallen in love or be more passionate to anything than photography, but as someone who is trying to built connections and spread my presence and also have communication issues, I feel so anxious trying to talk to people and add in the fear of rejection, its so hard to feel that I've progressed anywhere. I haven't charged anyone for my work because I don't think I've deserved it yet but even just asking for credit on my photos is so scary to me.
Fear is not always a bad thing - It often means we are going outside of our comfort zone --through fear I can see you care deeply about this way of expressing yourself, and you hold it dear. This is why you must use this fear as your strength, not as a weakness. Go slowly if you must, but please, go for it if that's what you truly want. You only live once.
I totally understand how you feel and I wish you luck in your journey. I've had trouble asking for credit in the past too. One thing I know though is that you absolutely deserve credit, no matter what.
I love how you've put it as a tier list. I personally think stock photos are more like a C tier if you've been taking photos for like 2-3 years because, although you don't make a ton of money, it gives you a pretty good experience with being super detail oriented and very precise with things like lighting or posing.
The most difficult aspect of making money is having the time to get started. I’ve been doing events and sport, with a few commercial gigs thrown in, for a number of years. It’s not enough to give up my day job, but it is enough that I am short on free time to build. This is a great video for looking at choices - thank you. It’s also good, coupled with your video on how to make the jump from my current situation.
Hi Pat, Thank you for your knowledge and inspiration. I am an older person who has been doing photography since 1984 "The film and dark room days" always as a hobby. I do not class myself as a professional as it's just stuff I do. I also want to share with you what one of my mentors Bob Proctor told me "the best way to learn something is to teach it" I have followed that principle through my life and it has supported me. I need to change my "work" so I am also doing my REPL so I can commercially fly drones. I love that you included teaching in this segment and I have had a goal to do local and Asian holiday / learning to take pictures and fly drones for hobbyist. Not to make them professional but to give them confidence in using their equipment, teach the basics and have field trips and critique each other's work in a fun and friendly environment.
I was hooked from start to finish, absolutely realistic 👍🏻you really have the skills too teach and breaking down stuff in such a professional way,keep it up👍🏻
Im just starting out trying to start photograohy as a career, ive been taking picture for a while and recently realized how much i love it. It helps so much to see people like you doing these videos because im completely lost. I just started up social media pages for my work and am grinding to get better every day.
I agree too, digital products is the one of the best. But stock photos is my number 1 income, and it's 100% passive. I just travel and upload my files like 2-3 days per month, and my revenues increase monthly.
I literally have been binding your video and writing notes and today was another day for me to execute and educate myself and this banger ( havent even watched it yet but I know its a banger already) couldn't have dropped at a better time.
I think it would be really interesting for you to make a video about your commercial photography experience. It's something that most content creators I follow aren't a part of and definitely a great way to make photography work as a source of income.
Caveat #2 really spoke to me, although i’ve been into cameras and this field for a while, i just started doing photography this year, and i really should work on my experience and keep grinding for a bit longer
Currently at the stage of learning photography to an extent that it becomes a marketable skill. Which means a lot of cheap to free photoshoots. Practicing at concerts and events I find myself. All this recently led to being hired by a school to cover their events. It's progress I guess. I can’t wait to be as good as you Pat😂. RUclips is definitely next on the list now.
Yours is a great story! You've demonstrated that persistence, practice, and patience translates into progress - and the side bonus of your efforts: profit. I've personally experienced in my photography journey that my lack of patience in the past created frustration, anxiety, and even the notion of quitting the pursuit of photography as a profession. You've worked on your craft with sincere intention to grow within it, and the art is giving back to you. Congratulations! And i wish you continued progress.
im studying on the course of art-photography here in ukraine and due to war i would say everything is very quiet in the field of money making, no one wants to do anything, and only big companies already have their own photography team, so yeah, thats a quite hard time for art and for photography here and for me especialy haha
Thanks Pat for the super valuable insights. Photography is challenging here in Singapore due to its geographic size. But I continued to work on it and found some super locations for long exposure cityscape photography. I’m thinking of documenting my journey with the photos I’ve taken and teach others how they too can take similar photos. Would that count as a digital product?
Any idea when you make a video where you, you know, go and take pics or something? :D seems like there's a "how to grow your ig, how to make money, how to have sharper images" from every photo youtuber every week now..
Terrific video! I'm personally nowhere near good enough at photography yet to even think of it as a potential "side hustle", but it's nice to have a framework to think about as I continue to work on leveling up.
You are good enough if you change your way of thinking. If you're taking photos on a decent camera (i.e. not a phone), you're probably already getting better results than most people you know. Offer your services to them whenever you see an opportunity. Even if you charge very little and offer their money back if they aren't happy with the results, you've made a start, while gaining experience working for clients. You will slowly build up your skill and your work will help attract new work and you can start to charge more money.
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We all know the way to make money as a photographer is to sell our gear 😆
🤣🤣😂
Its like investing only you get back less money
I've had photography as a hobby since I was 14 and at the beginning of the year I purchased myself a used a7ii as my first camera when I moved to Europe to study . I loved it so much and I don't think I've ever fallen in love or be more passionate to anything than photography, but as someone who is trying to built connections and spread my presence and also have communication issues, I feel so anxious trying to talk to people and add in the fear of rejection, its so hard to feel that I've progressed anywhere. I haven't charged anyone for my work because I don't think I've deserved it yet but even just asking for credit on my photos is so scary to me.
Fear is not always a bad thing - It often means we are going outside of our comfort zone --through fear I can see you care deeply about this way of expressing yourself, and you hold it dear.
This is why you must use this fear as your strength, not as a weakness.
Go slowly if you must, but please, go for it if that's what you truly want.
You only live once.
I totally understand how you feel and I wish you luck in your journey. I've had trouble asking for credit in the past too. One thing I know though is that you absolutely deserve credit, no matter what.
I love how you've put it as a tier list. I personally think stock photos are more like a C tier if you've been taking photos for like 2-3 years because, although you don't make a ton of money, it gives you a pretty good experience with being super detail oriented and very precise with things like lighting or posing.
The most difficult aspect of making money is having the time to get started. I’ve been doing events and sport, with a few commercial gigs thrown in, for a number of years.
It’s not enough to give up my day job, but it is enough that I am short on free time to build.
This is a great video for looking at choices - thank you.
It’s also good, coupled with your video on how to make the jump from my current situation.
Hi Pat, Thank you for your knowledge and inspiration. I am an older person who has been doing photography since 1984 "The film and dark room days" always as a hobby. I do not class myself as a professional as it's just stuff I do. I also want to share with you what one of my mentors Bob Proctor told me "the best way to learn something is to teach it" I have followed that principle through my life and it has supported me. I need to change my "work" so I am also doing my REPL so I can commercially fly drones. I love that you included teaching in this segment and I have had a goal to do local and Asian holiday / learning to take pictures and fly drones for hobbyist. Not to make them professional but to give them confidence in using their equipment, teach the basics and have field trips and critique each other's work in a fun and friendly environment.
I was hooked from start to finish, absolutely realistic 👍🏻you really have the skills too teach and breaking down stuff in such a professional way,keep it up👍🏻
Im just starting out trying to start photograohy as a career, ive been taking picture for a while and recently realized how much i love it. It helps so much to see people like you doing these videos because im completely lost. I just started up social media pages for my work and am grinding to get better every day.
Pat: releases this video.
Also Pat after everyone dropped stock photography: dominates stock photos market. :)
Great delivery of real and practical knowledge. Thank you very much.
I absolutely loved this video! Super realistic - keep ‘em comin’ ✨
I agree too, digital products is the one of the best. But stock photos is my number 1 income, and it's 100% passive. I just travel and upload my files like 2-3 days per month, and my revenues increase monthly.
I literally have been binding your video and writing notes and today was another day for me to execute and educate myself and this banger ( havent even watched it yet but I know its a banger already) couldn't have dropped at a better time.
I think it would be really interesting for you to make a video about your commercial photography experience. It's something that most content creators I follow aren't a part of and definitely a great way to make photography work as a source of income.
Love it, Pat! This video gives me clarity in living through photography. Thanks for sharing ❤
Caveat #2 really spoke to me, although i’ve been into cameras and this field for a while, i just started doing photography this year, and i really should work on my experience and keep grinding for a bit longer
Thank you Pat Kay! please keep inspiring people!
Currently at the stage of learning photography to an extent that it becomes a marketable skill. Which means a lot of cheap to free photoshoots. Practicing at concerts and events I find myself. All this recently led to being hired by a school to cover their events. It's progress I guess. I can’t wait to be as good as you Pat😂. RUclips is definitely next on the list now.
Yours is a great story! You've demonstrated that persistence, practice, and patience translates into progress - and the side bonus of your efforts: profit. I've personally experienced in my photography journey that my lack of patience in the past created frustration, anxiety, and even the notion of quitting the pursuit of photography as a profession. You've worked on your craft with sincere intention to grow within it, and the art is giving back to you. Congratulations! And i wish you continued progress.
Awesome content! I'm on my RUclips journey and I've never been more motivated to smash it! Thanks Pat
Amazing video as always Pat, really great work.
You should create a podcast
im studying on the course of art-photography here in ukraine and due to war i would say everything is very quiet in the field of money making, no one wants to do anything, and only big companies already have their own photography team, so yeah, thats a quite hard time for art and for photography here and for me especialy haha
Nice video Pat 👌 Another way is to sell you photos as NFTs.. It worked for me.
Great video. Thanks pat
Excellent advice
Thanks Pat for the super valuable insights.
Photography is challenging here in Singapore due to its geographic size. But I continued to work on it and found some super locations for long exposure cityscape photography.
I’m thinking of documenting my journey with the photos I’ve taken and teach others how they too can take similar photos.
Would that count as a digital product?
I had a good 30 min bond, thx you.
Now i know more about making money as a photographer and i feel less lonely =p
ps: i'm glad you're not a dragon !
now im start as ugc
12. Make a video about how to sell photos 💰💰💰
Don’t be mad…it’s already number 7 so try to watch the video before judging.
Caveats took 3mins, probably from your experience from previous videos, People are difficult to please .😂
our problem is : we have the time to watch a video teaching us how to make money, but we don't have the time to sit and work on making money.
Sad but true
Any idea when you make a video where you, you know, go and take pics or something? :D seems like there's a "how to grow your ig, how to make money, how to have sharper images" from every photo youtuber every week now..
Hii sir pin this
Sir please provide step by step lessons of photography or course so we can learn it easily
Terrific video! I'm personally nowhere near good enough at photography yet to even think of it as a potential "side hustle", but it's nice to have a framework to think about as I continue to work on leveling up.
You are good enough if you change your way of thinking. If you're taking photos on a decent camera (i.e. not a phone), you're probably already getting better results than most people you know. Offer your services to them whenever you see an opportunity. Even if you charge very little and offer their money back if they aren't happy with the results, you've made a start, while gaining experience working for clients. You will slowly build up your skill and your work will help attract new work and you can start to charge more money.
Thanks a ton for taking the time on this longer video. Absolute morsels of info in here