Even if it works out, it will take time. And during this time you have to eat. First start in parallel with the work, and if things work out, then leave. Because what do we do if you quit your job and at the same time for the first year you don't make any money from filming (if you ever start earning enough to make a living), and at the same time you spend your savings on equipment?
Otherwise success, whatever you do.
Author, you remind me of myself! I also think every day at work about how to become independent of the system.
Saturday and Sunday are starting to haunt me even more!
I have been inspired by vloggers and other content creators!
After work I watch videos all night and I am impressed by these brave people!
I also have savings, BUT I also look after my elderly parents, so if I lose my job I have something set aside!
I haven't decided yet - I've been thinking about streams, a blog, or a YouTube channel.
- YouTube ruined something with these legal norms (you will have to have a lawyer with these adopted new rules).
- It is difficult to make money from a blog money, because there is a high probability that only you can read it.
- Streams - another option for which you will need a powerful machine, because OBiS is a greedy program for stretch marks.
More ... I think ... and I think ... and I love ... And I go to work to humiliate myself, that's about sports ...
Tell you what, it doesn't make much sense. Now every 2nd is a photographer. I study at NBU and I can tell you that I know at least 5 people who have 1 course of photography. And there are 100-110 people per course. I even talked to one of the boys and said that even the teacher told them that there is no development in uk with photography. He is already a lame and crippled photographer. You take a photography course, buy a camera for euro 500 and you're done. Tighten it.
I have always wanted to become a photographer of landscapes, of the natural and the thematic, but then I think about how can I make a living from it, especially in uk? It is difficult for those who photograph people, what is left for me? So I will keep it as a hobby. Otherwise, it would be a great profession and I would work willingly.
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- I am 50 and photography has been my hobby since I was a child. I didn't make money with her.
- Photography literally means "painting with light". If you don't have a gift, you will paint, but mediocre.
- The technical side of photography is 10%, the rest is art. If you don't see the composition, the shadows, if you don't convey the feelings, the atmosphere ..., you will be an ordinary clicker, not a photographer.
- Number 4 - and I prefer the scenery. But it's true there too: he does only one thing, but he does it better than the others. And then there will be money. In the network you will find a young man from Burgas, his name is Evgeni Dinev. He has the most amazing pictures of landscapes on his page, spares no effort and time, climbs the mountains with 20 kg of equipment and a tent on his back just to capture the moment. He takes amazing pictures and yes, he even makes good money from them.
But there are few.
In short: a photographer is a vocation, not a "reserve profession".
You either have it or you don't.
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Author, dreams are a very good thing, but do you have the necessary education, gift and will you have the necessary equipment, because only with "acceptable equipment" it is not possible.
All my life I have been dealing with art, art high school, faculty of fine arts, etc. I don't do photography, but I know a lot of photographers around the art world.
This thing requires a lot of knowledge, it's not just pushing a button.
General knowledge of art history, history of photography, color science, composition, emotional center, general technique of using the camera and its parameters, knowledge of Photoshop and many other things.
I've had one semester of photography, and it's not easy at all.
Not all photographers I know make a living from photography alone.
If you are a little interested in the business and marketing side of things, you can make money, but you need to take the time to study. Here you say some composition should be captured, incredible talent should and I don't know what. But have you ever thought that there are less talented photographers who make a lot of money? They don't have an incredible talent for capturing light and shadow, they just know what pictures to look for and are practical. For example, if I have a blog, e-shop or just a site for cats, for example, do you think that if I write an article about a cat accessory, for example, I will need who knows what shadows, compositions and the like? I will just need the product to be taken on a white background and the image to be clear, a simple photo and a little work with Photoshop or even an online application. Think about how many people buy photos just to put it in the living room and how much for something practical, business, etc.
At least you can make a YouTube channel where you can be useful to people - for example, to explain to them how to shoot, how expensive equipment is worth buying, what lighting to use, etc. When you gain popularity, you can now offer your photos much easier, you can organize a photography course, you can sell equipment through an affiliate, you can write a book or release a photo album. There are already people in Bulgaria who do several thousand a month of such things, and not with an incredible number of subscribers, but rather with the engagement of the audience.
It is not said to work for Bulgarians even. You can promote yourself via Instagram directly in the United States. There are sites where you upload photos and if someone downloads it, you get some money for each download. One photo can cost you money for years. Imagine if you have even twenty such photos in time. Well, if each photo is downloaded 5 times a day and you get 50 cents for each download, that's $ 50 a day passive income. Of course, the figures are quite approximate, but the question is fundamental.
There are ways, but find out how things are going and what is being sought, get into the skin of the searchers. Consider that perhaps the most famous photo is a landscape of a green meadow with clouds on top, which for many years used it as something like the emblem of Windows. The photo was taken quite accidentally and spontaneously, while the man turned off the road, died in hell and just impressed him and took a photo. The photo doesn't have any unimaginable talent or light and shadow, but it's just such that it works for someone, you know?
Shake your brain a little, there are as many ways as you want. But as long as you sit and don't inquire and think, you won't fall from the sky. If you will even on eBay sell your photos some.
Photography is only one part of things, but think a little about the other. You may be da Vinci in photography, but if you don't have marketing and business acumen, no one will even know that somewhere there was some kind of photo masterpiece standing on someone's camera or server.
Remember the most important thing - create an audience that is emotionally connected to you and interested in the topic and most importantly give them free benefits, they will then want to thank you without even realizing it.
Here I give you an example video that you can post just as an idea.
You can buy some equipment, but invest 50% only from what you decided initially and start on Saturday and Sunday when you are not at work.
Initially, to get used to it, you can ask friends / relatives to take pictures of them for free and make a page. Take at least a month to read articles or pick up books from the library every day after work and learn some basic things.
If it's just clicking something there - anyone can. But the one who makes money should be able to do more than that. And you will need time. That's why don't quit your job. Take care of both and you will decide for yourself whether you can make enough from photography to live well.
Everything takes time and there are always costs. Even not only for food, but also for other things like accommodation, bills, and a little to live, that without it is not life.
I can also invest in a course if I have to. I did not say no. I just got burned out of my current job and I don't want to start the same again, but somewhere else.
I don't know how much money you can make from that at all. It would be great if you could. I will both get out of the system and do something I like to do.
Competition is everywhere. I will just try to be one of the good, very good and if it happens. Although everyone must be calling each other that.
Is it difficult for those who shoot? And I've heard they take good money. But I don't know how often this happens, or how many of the people who do it manage to do it.
However, none of you ever gave me any prices as a guide. And these things that I read on the net I do not know how relevant and adequate.
It's not like most professions where you open your job and look.
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