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Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 14:57:30 No.3436474 View View Reply Original Report

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how to make a living out of photography in 2019?
hard mode: no wedding or event shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 14:58:19 No.3436477 Report

Quoted By: >>3436480 >>3436481 >>3438762

>>3436474
become a social media influencer

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:01:12 No.3436480 Report

Quoted By: >>3436483 >>3436499

>>3436477
Either this or weddings
Zoomers are killing professional photography

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:01:19 No.3436481 Report

Quoted By: >>3436498

>>3436477
sounds interesting
please elaborate my nigger

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:02:27 No.3436483 Report

Quoted By: >>3436501

>>3436480
*millennials

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:34:51 No.3436498 Report

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>>3436481
>buy pictures on shutterstock
>post them on instagram
>pay someone to write content for you
>incorporate product placement into every post and get paid for it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:35:52 No.3436499 Report

Quoted By: >>3436501 >>3436504

>>3436480
technology killed it, and the shitty culture of everyone thinking everything is supposed to be free (culture which came about because of technology)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:42:01 No.3436501 Report

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>>3436483
>*millennials
Yea, might be

>>3436499
>(culture which came about because of technology)
I agree with what you said but this part, no; cameras were already accessible starting from 1940s, easy to use with plenty of material to learn it from for free by the 60s; and that was the period photography flourished most; to lay it on technology simply it's to blame one of its manifestations, not the thing itself that led to it, the dumb pop people culture

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 15:54:52 No.3436504 Report

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>>3436499

I think social media is the culprit here, and nearly an unlimited digital database of high quality photography online. Prior to this, you had to buy a book or a magazine if you wanted to see some remote images, now it's all available free online. Most people willingly post their images without compensation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 16:14:03 No.3436516 Report

Quoted By: >>3438765

>>3436474
Porn

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 16:17:58 No.3436519 Report

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>>3436474
Move to an area which you can photographically milk to oblivion (landscape, etc.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 16:22:36 No.3436525 Report

Quoted By: >>3436654

>>3436474

>Get Good.
>Promote on social media.
>Open gallery.
>?????

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 17:22:20 No.3436554 Report

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Fashion/portrait photographer. Fucking hate that it's what I like

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Feb 2019 20:33:01 No.3436654 Report

Quoted By: >>3437225

>>3436525
>open gallery
>impying anyone would give a fuck about my work in a place where people gossip, betray and lie about their very neighbors

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Feb 2019 02:10:38 No.3436766 Report

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>get on social media
>all platforms
>acquire mass following
>sell useless meme merch to soulless redditors

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Feb 2019 02:32:20 No.3436770 Report

Quoted By: >>3438938

It's like running any business. Come up with a product or service that is either niche and/or desired. Be a professional with your clients and have an excess of gumption. Don't expect things to happen overnight. Be smart about money and never go into debt for a photography business. Diversify the methods you have to make money (don't put all your eggs in one basket) and always be on the lookout for methods of income that don't require any actual work.

It's taken me a decade, but I now have a stable and growing business based solely on landscape photography.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Feb 2019 02:32:55 No.3436771 Report

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Idk, a creative agency perhaps? Or just sell your stock photos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Feb 2019 21:03:03 No.3437050 Report

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>>3436474
videography desu

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 07:52:42 No.3437225 Report

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>>3436654
that's literally almost everywhere. either beat them at their own game or ignore them and do you own thing. i do the latter as it's easier to do my job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 22:19:05 No.3437431 Report

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>>3436474
>no wedding or event shit
I feel you on that OP mate. I find that shit intolerable

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 22:37:28 No.3437441 Report

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>>3436474
I started by working at a communications agency. They create spots, posters, ads all that stuff. Pay was not good for the first two years but now that I have experienceTM I get paid OK

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 22:56:38 No.3437448 Report

Quoted By: >>3437637

>>3436474
Why would anyone want a photographer. When smartphones are almost as good as any DSLR.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 23:01:56 No.3437450 Report

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Anybody successfully making a living in photography most likely doesn't visit /p/. Even if they did, they wouldn't give you legitimate tips on how to invade their profession.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 23:20:06 No.3437453 Report

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How much money are you looking to make?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Feb 2019 23:24:19 No.3437458 Report

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>>3436474
doing headshots on the side can help supplement your cash flow, as long as you live in a place with a good amount of desperate actors, I've seen people with pretty cheap set-ups charge insane amounts, and that was without any editing or touch-ups.

NatureGuy !!tg3hbUo06u8

NatureGuy !!tg3hbUo06u8 Wed 20 Feb 2019 23:32:50 No.3437462 Report

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Teach it. Everyone wants to be a photographer or at least get better at it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Feb 2019 04:33:38 No.3437637 Report

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>>3437448
Gtfo Tony

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Feb 2019 04:55:10 No.3437645 Report

Quoted By: >>3438954

>>3436474
Baby photos my man. Charge do like 30 for the shoot 1 or 2 free photos. 9 tines outta 10 they will buy the rest of set

>Low prices means more clients
>Usualy single moms
>Single&redytomingle.orf
>buy condoms

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Feb 2019 01:09:29 No.3438026 Report

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>>3436474
I knew a guy that picked up work doing catalogues in lean times and believe it or not, superyachts. Mind you be didn't make much but it didn't matter cos he was married to a model he met doing a fashion shoot, and she'd stashed £750k from modelling. Not bullshitting

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 13:54:50 No.3438762 Report

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>>3436477
This. Just become a youtube photoasshole. Spout opinions and cause controversy, ask viewers to subscribe to your patreon acct and buy shit from adorama using your discount code. If your wife plays second fiddle in your shitty vids, so much the better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 13:56:06 No.3438765 Report

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>>3436516
Underrated business plan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 21:04:03 No.3438938 Report

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>>3436770
>a stable and growing business based solely on landscape photography
Now THAT is hard mode.
If true, I salute you, Anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 21:21:27 No.3438946 Report

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>>3436474
Certain governmental departments and agencies have a demand for freelancers, as many of them make a lot of publications that require photographic material.

When I was studying traffic engineering and was desperate for money, I asked a prof who was well connected if the engineering firms and infrastructure authorities needed freelancers. I was soon contacted by a regional development authority, they wanted to see my portfolio. The prof had gone ahead and called some old buddies. I got spooked because I wasn't expecting it, I didn't even have a portfolio. It was embarrassing to back out of the situation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 21:30:16 No.3438954 Report

Quoted By: >>3438964 >>3438973

>>3437645
>buy condoms
???
they already had babies their vaginas won't allow another one for 12-18 months

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 21:30:34 No.3438956 Report

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>>3436474
real estate/hotel/business shooting is probably the best way to make decent money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 22:00:45 No.3438964 Report

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>>3438954
True. But the anon you're responding to said 'single moms'.

I don't know how brave you are, but I am not brave enough to stick my peepee into a vajayjay that I know to have been previously entered by a member of the black community.

So yeah, I'd rubber up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 22:16:07 No.3438973 Report

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>>3438954
>their vaginas won't allow another one for 12-18 months
Jesus, the state of public sex education.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 23:05:19 No.3438999 Report

Quoted By: >>3439003 >>3439065

I have severe social anxiety and I constantly stutter and/or mumble when I talk. Am I going to have a bad time as a portrait photographer? I feel like I have an eye for aesthetics and I definitely know if a photo I take is good enough or if I should fix something. But the idea of giving directions to people on how to pose is pretty daunting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Feb 2019 23:19:00 No.3439003 Report

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>>3438999
Do some research on propranolol 40-80mg, it's a drug for stage fright (among other uses) but it's not a psychic drug (rather autonomous), it might help you a lot - it did for me; if that's the only thing hindering you from trying

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 00:03:42 No.3439013 Report

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>>3436474
>hard mode: no wedding or event shit
Expert mode: swallow your overblown pride and start photographing weddings or events.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 00:56:03 No.3439030 Report

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>>3436474
-become 'influencer' but you dont strike me as the bodybuilding/bikini model type
-shoot stock/product images. start a business offering these services
-get minimal recognition and start selling presets and/or workshops

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 02:23:14 No.3439065 Report

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>>3438999
Use it as an opportunity to improve your social skills

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 09:07:56 No.3439203 Report

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>>3436474
take good photos...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 09:30:07 No.3439212 Report

Quoted By: >>3439439

>>3439203
resize your shit my nigger

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 11:02:50 No.3439240 Report

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>>3439203
Kill yourself already you greasy cunt

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 18:45:22 No.3439439 Report

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>>3439212
my bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 18:52:18 No.3439442 Report

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>>3436474
>find local facebook hoes
>offer them """professional quality""" profile and cover photos, better than they could ever make with their phones

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 18:54:53 No.3439446 Report

Quoted By: >>3439534

>>3439439
>>3439203
How is it you've been into photography for over a year now and you still don't know how to shoot anything without a wide open aperture?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 21:47:18 No.3439534 Report

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>>3439446
>aperture
shooting wide open for maximum bokeh...
You realize anon only beginners do that right?

Who's works are these? I kinda like them
>>3439439
>>3439203

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Anonymous Sun 24 Feb 2019 21:50:44 No.3439537 Report

Quoted By: >>3439793

>>3439439
Excellent use of leading lines OP

BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY

BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY Sun 24 Feb 2019 22:56:10 No.3439569 Report

Quoted By: >>3439785

>>3439439
Thats a fucking horrible shot. It made me go to the toilet and the poo I excreted was beige because of that photo. Your photo broke my kidneys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Feb 2019 06:51:00 No.3439785 Report

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>>3439569
based

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Feb 2019 07:37:38 No.3439791 Report

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>>3439439
>>3439203
Based Chosis artwork.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Feb 2019 07:47:24 No.3439793 Report

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>>3439439
Imagine being this chickened to not treat this guy with respect, have a short talk and face the camera towards this guy.

>>3439537
What are lines worth if the composition is crooked everywhere else?

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