A Day in the Life of a Photographer | Portrait: Hannah Couzens
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2017
- We spent 24 hours with professional portrait and studio photographer Hannah Couzens as she undertook a typical day at work. Join us for a glimpse behind the lens to learn what life is like for a successful photographer in this industry; and pick up some useful tips along the way.
Learn more about Hannah here: www.hcphotography.co.uk.
Thanks to Pete of www.hutchinsonvisuals.com for his work on the series.
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Wow what a hard working lady. This is a great video. Pretty inspirational and the other two videos as well. Congratulations on great shooting and best wishes for your business.
Many thanks for your kind words.
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed the videos. Each day is definitely varied thats for sure! Thanks again for the good wishes. Hannah
A great insight into the world of a very professional portrait photographer. Well done and keep up the good work
Charles Waller thanks Charles! Glad you enjoyed it! Hannah
This was great, and informative at every level: technical setup in the studio, interaction with customers and business admin. What a great personality she has!
Oh wow thanks Steve, that's really kind. Glad that you enjoyed it. I felt it was important to share every aspect of running the business as of course photography is only half of it! Thank you for your kind words. Hannah
Hard working lady; real talk... Great insight, excellent video, nice bts. Props to the Hannah and her team. Keep on keeping on.
Haha! Thanks Jet. Yep you can always rely on me for real talk! Thank you for your kind words, glad you enjoyed it. Hannah
What a great video: thanks, Hannah, for being generous enough to share so much information about the different aspects of your practice and for being so honest about the sheer slog involved in being a pro! Really enjoyed watching your location set up with the Quadra and Rotalux: is your camera bag otherwise known as the "Tardis"?! Lovely video production too: thanks Wex.
Thank you Simon, I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I will always be honest about what's really involved in running the business as it's not always the fun we hope it will be but needs to be done! You are right, I do feel a bit like Mary Poppins with my bag at times on location - seems to blow client's minds when they see it all fold down into one bag! Thank you for your kind words. Hannah
Excellent overview, well done. Brought back memories of my days in a studio 35 years ago.
Oh wow, 35 years ago! I am sure a lot has changed, obviously with digital but also with the email enquiries vs walk ins! Glad that you enjoyed the film. Hannah
This video has been very helpful.. I'm in my second year right now and I can surely say that what you've done, those shoots in one day. I've done it before it is exhausting no matter what.
Extremely good video, very illuminating, shows that being able to press the camera shutter is a fraction of the skills required to run a photography business.
Absolutely right Simon, taking photos is the easy part! Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! Hannah
Appreciate you letting the world see how you conduct your business - a real pro with great personal charm.
Thank you Jackie, that's very kind. It's a pleasure to share my day if it is interesting to others. Glad that you enjoyed it!
Even though I have no interest in shooting people I can recognise true talent when I see it. I can also see someone who works really hard in keeping her business going and in skills with her clients are phenomenal, especially with the little girl. Like everyone else, I wish you all the success you richly deserve.
A very deserving and hard working lady,from the video you can really appreciate the work that goes into producing special memories for someone,something that is cherished for a long time.Well done and long may you continue!
Hannah you are an inspiration, You deserve all the accolades you receive,hard working Lady,well done.x
Her English accent and the closed captioning are quite entertaining.
Very enlightening view of a day in the life. Most photographers don't relish that 60% business part.
Love your Channel Hannah, fantastic work.
Hannah is truly a great photographer. I'd love to find out how she gets that perfect light in studio and in different locations. I thought that was a great personal touch to deliver the photographs in person to her clients! Amazing customer service!
This was very insightful. You do great work. I appreciate you sharing this.
Yes...Good work all round and an object lesson for those who may think 'a small photographic business is a walk in the park'!
Absolutely Bob! It really is hard work at times but it's always worth it. Thanks for your kind words. Hannah
What a great little space.
A great insight into a working photographer's daily struggle Hannah, thanks to you and WEX for taking the time to bring this to us.
What a great series-now that I've watched the 4 episodes, I want more!! Thanks!
Great video, and OMG I never realised how much extra work has to be done when running your own photographic studio,, I love my photography, it's my hobby and I'm going to continue to do that,, make it my hobby not my job. Luckily I love my job "window cleaner" 👍👍
Thanks Derek, yes it sure is a lot of work! Keep enjoying taking photos on whatever level is enjoyable for you, that's the fun part! Hannah
***** thank you. And what a lovely comment. Thank you.
This awesome lady hooked me up with $1000 worth of Profoto gear.
Awesome video. No doubt all of those smiling, happy clients helps make all of the hard work worth it. Beautiful photos!
You are a real pro, that's for sure. (And not just because you are able to so casually fold up all of your reflectors where lots of people never figure it out the first time.)
Haha! Thank you. That's many, many years of reflector folding right there! You are right, if clients are happy that's all that really matters. Thank you so much for your kind words. Hannah
I just got into Commercial Photography and this video is just an inspiration and a great insight for me. I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video.
Hannah, WOW! I'm speechless and despite this video is just over 5.5 years old, I'm happy thrilled to have come across it. It is very informative and well done! But ther's a number of points I must point out. First was the family protrait shoot with Vickie. I so loved how you showed doing whatever it takes to get an amazing shot and expression! I'm a fashion photog on the east coast of the U.S. and so so many U.S. photogs believe you have to have these dull, boring perfectly posed and constructed shots. With my fashion yeah I get the general post but then do like you and maybe use a nosie maker or squirt gun to surprise the model or client and like you, you get one of akind genuine expressions as well as awesome shots!
Withe the corportate head shot of Gary and his team, here is another awesome and amazing point. After shooting them you resized and sent them a link to let THEM pick their best 3 images. Awesome! Here in the U.S. you will find most do not allow this and the photog has to do the culling. Like you, regardless if I'm shooting our fashion, or whatever, I always allow my clients to see the whole set. They realize that not every shot will be in focus or perfect, and that is where you educate them I was blown away to see when you got back to the studion Gary had made HIS picks and they were waiting on you. Likewise I have similar results. I always have my picks, and interestingly enough, sometimes the client and I have similar picks, and other times we are worlds apart. But this has allowed to gorow far better than most as the client feel more involved and there is a better value. Also, it save me time going through and picking out images. I also love the honesty with the shot of Gary and while you felt it may not be the best, you improved it with the removal of the red tv light and removal of the chair behind him. It's a great shot from what I could see so major kudos there as well!
I so have to mention and give you major kudos for being real with the business end of your business. 20 yrs. ago I after buying a failed swimwear business that 2 shady photogs bankrupted, I was forced into photography, to shoot my own products and fashions due to these con-artist criminals. Here in the U.S. most every State required some sort of business setup, licensing and/or registration, even it is on the city level for paying taxes. The problem is that 85% of the fellow photogs who inquire, I deal with or look up for others like models, on some level they are violating the law! Operating without a license which is called a Deceptive Business Practice, not paying taxes which is tax evasion, over charging, adding creative fees, and our wedding and commercial photogs are by far the worst! Again 85% to 90% are violating a host of state or federal laws or both. Typically they use U.S. copyright law to further exploit models and clients which is sad! So, that is how I was forced into it. Those two guys were reported to authorites and long story short, they end up in prison for 3 yrs each. In 20 yrs. I have reported some 4600 and put them out of business. It doesn't help when we have an easy coast copyright attorney and wanna-be photog in my view promoting bias to photogs and prejudice to clients, which she fails miserably to educate photogs on the business side and legal ramifications. Because of it, I'm in law school and when I get my license I will go after those shady photogs as we need more like you!!! So many let their customer service slack. I know wedding photogs who charge an arm and a leg for wedding shoots and clients are waiting 4-6 months to get their wedding images! Many females will wait 30 days as they say they get anxious or overwhelmed... girl emotions and yet days later they are taking on another wedding event. You can find this on Reddit, the subgroup of wedding photography. Then they wonder why they can't make a go of it!
That is the thing, most do not want to do or know how to handle the business end. You did an amazing job be honest and real about it. Thank you!!!
I also love how you do you viewings with a big fluffy comfy love seat and a big screen for the client to see their images. Amazing shots Hannah and you could see the expression of your client's face that she was super happy!
You also did an excellent job at the end delivering the images to the client. I hope it all wasn't staged for the video, with is exceptional, but being personal, like a friend, sipping a cup of tea, holding the baby, all of those little things is what makes a business excellent and stands out. I remember back about almost 10 years now, we did a custom fitness compettion suit for a female bodybuilder cleint. Normally this takes 4-6 weeks, but we can do rush orders if needed. We get their measurments, send the client the suit to "fit" and if it needs altered, they send it back. Well, we had a screw up and she had a competition in Las Vegas. We redid the suit and while I could ahve overnighted the suit to her hotel, I booked a flight and it worked out that when she called in panic mode, I was outside of her room to hand deliver her suit. I also took everything I needed in case we need to make an adjustment. She was in such shock and had tear of joy! But it didn't end there. I told her no charge do toy our screw up! I could have left, but I stayed to watch her compete, which she won her class. I even picked up more business both oreders as well as booked a few more shoots with other fitness models. Talk about tears of joy! I got to hang out with her afterward before leaving the next day. Like you, such it was exhausting, but it was going that extra mile that paid off greatly. She sent me so many referals as well as business for photo shoots and our fitness wear and competition suits.
Sorry for the short novel, but it is so so refreshing to see a fellow photog who is doing it right, who is open and honest with the business aspects and just doing anamzing job! I have save your video to my favorites and I will definitely giving links to our crummy U.S. photogs who complain and give excuses why they are not making it. I sincerely hope you are doing well and in the past 5 years you have grown and gotten even more successful! Major, major kudos to you Hannah!!!
Wow! A very high-quality video. Well done.
This woman is very beautiful, has hair beautiful hair, and takes beautiful photos.
Really good insight into the working life of a professional portrait photographer. Many thanks and well done to Hannah.
an absolutely brilliant photographer & positive to boot ! i wish you good luck & thank you for the video
This is amazing..... thank you for sharing your day.
As others have said, VERY informative, great video. It was interesting to hear about the 40% is photography statistic. Sounds about right : ) Thanks for sharing!!
Wow. That was really interesting. Thank you, Hannah for giving us an insight into your working life. Here's wishing you more success for the future
Thank you David. Glad that you enjoyed it. Sometimes it's fun to see how different people work so I am glad you found it interesting. Thank you also for your kind wishes. Hannah
What an inspirational and practical insight in the photographer's work! Definitely learnt from this.
Thank you for an excellent insight into what it takes to be a working professional photographer.
Saw Hannah at the Wex Photo Video open day in London where she gave a talk on portraits and lighting. She is an amazing photographer and teacher.
fantastic video , not big on portrait myself but what a good insight and what a lovely lady who came across so well would love to see more
Thank you Andy. Sometimes it fascinates me how little I know about other fields of photography and what's involved! Glad that you enjoyed the film and thank you for your kind words. Hannah
thanks Wex and Hannah! this was a very cool look behind the scenes!
You are very welcome Mark, we're so glad that you enjoyed it! Hannah
Thank you for sharing your photos are awesome! God Bless and keep your passion alive keep capturing those awesome snapshots of life :)
Absolutely amazing and truly inspirational......would love to be able to reflect and replicate your work one day on a very much part time basis as I am semi retired but just cant hang the cameras yet due to my strong passion of photography. Wishing you all the very best in all your future endeavors.
what a hardworking lady and personality
1:49 perfect way to have gorgeous photos! I will use this trick too!
Nicely done.! I added this video to the playlist called 'From Amateur to Pro Photographer' on my photography channel to help others in becoming more aware of what it means to be a photographer.
Love your work Hannah. Beautiful portraiture.
Thank you Granby, that's really kind! Hannah
Such a real video..kudos. You are amazing.
Well done, truly enjoy watching your processes, it would be very helpful for future reference, wish you all the best... Tnx
What a inspirational lady. Thanks.
What a fabulous video, and an inspiration!! I am just setting up and soon to launch my first portraiture business........and super nervous! It will be a home studio/office. This really helps :) Thanks
She's bloody amazing.
Wooow That photo ( 1:58 ) was superb.
Very well done Hannah. Loved the video.
Great video, absolutely professional great presence, hard working. But what I really do like is the studio layout. Glad to see that people I still investing on wall portraits, I do know that is the savoir-faire of the photographer marketing ⭐️
Nice video! Thanks for share.
wow.. Hannah, your a natural in front of the camera & obviously very talented behind it, do more of these and you will fly girl. Good Luck.
Thank you Phil. That's very kind. I try to always be myself, even with the stress of having a camera pointed AT you! haha! Thanks so much for your kind words. Hannah
Excellent work, I like your style 👍🏻 Great job.
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Very informative, thanks for letting us share your day
You're very welcome, so glad that you enjoyed it! Hannah
Such a fun video! Loved seeing your life! :)
Wow, a long day! Very nice video, thanks.
Thankfully not every day is like this but it's certainly not uncommon! Glad you enjoyed the video, Hannah
I'm sooo curious about your lighting set up! It's absolutely stunning!
Awesome video; definitely a busy profession but regardless of the ups and downs it still appears to be very rewarding.
A great video thanks for sharing.
A busy day for you and it really shows how hard it is to run this kind of business.
Fantastic Photography too!
Good luck for 2017
Mark
Really enjoyed this video. Certainly Shows how much work is involved. Congrats with your business.
Thank you Steve, so glad that you enjoyed it. You are right, it's a lot of work but it's always worth it! Thanks again, Hannah
Steve Elson ii
Really interesting viewing, Thanks Hannah & Wex.
Absolute pleasure, so glad that you enjoyed it! Hannah
So inspiring!
Really enjoyed this - thank you! 😊
Cheers Phil, appreciate your kind words. Hannah
Interesting video and insight to your work. You are an inspiration to young women, good luck with your business.
Thank you Paul, you are very kind! Glad that you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for your kind wishes. Hannah
Great film... awesome lady!
Thanks for your kind words Troy, glad you enjoyed it! Hannah
nice stuff, hardwork photographer and kind person ! subscribing
I blindly smashed that subscribe button halfway through the video. Well composed video, provided you don't have an assistant. Keep posting more such content
Thanks for sharing 👏
Great video
cool building/studio
Great video Hannah, really nice insight into your busy but super business, looks like you have some very happy customers! Geeky question but what tablet are you using to edit in PS?
How do you quote corporate pictures?
Great work Hannah and and some eye-opening insight into what it really takes to be a professional photographer. Not exactly a 9 to 5 job is it?
Ohh my god!!!you are really good...
So you think you wanna become a professional photographer?!?! Awesome video!
The business part looks like a lot but the photography job looks pretty fun. Seems like an easy and interesting job.
What do you call those levers that hold the lights and umbrellas in the first shoot?
Boom .. you are the boss :)
fantastic video
Thanks Howard! Hannah
Very good
I'm aspiring to be a photographer l really enjoyed this video any tips?
What canon camera did you have in this video?
💎💎wow
wwoooww..
Your photograpy is so beautiful.
I like your photograpy , like you so much..
What lens are you using?
please tell me,.. ????????
Please tell me ..????????
Great .......I Inspired From You...
How do you send the pictures the the clients?
Love the video! I have few questions regarding runing a photo business, would you be ok to help out find the answers? :)
wow great business you got going, very stressful i can see, you seem to handle it very well, nice work. I think your very very cute on top of it all, good luck.
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Sweet
Thanks Johnny!
I am truly speechless! I LOVE photography and know that at this early stage of my work, I am SO not ready for being a full-time photographer. I so admire you and thank you go sharing your life/business with us all. Very best to you!
You need an assistant! Nice studio setup.
Hi nice videos. If someone wants to work with you. So what we need to do.
who the hell dislike video like this?
Great looking shots but I'd cut down on equipment transported. Natural light and a reflector is 90% of my portrait business, just saying.
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The background is too clean and too plain
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