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Yeah, I definitely wanna bring back some photo book reviews...got a couple good ones recently :)) As for other stuff, I guess I think that there are already a lot of good channels out there that cover the creative part of photography and tutorials of how to shoot or edit and such, but less channels teaching about the business side. That's what I feel I am good at and can bring to the table. I sometimes wish I could make some videos showing you behind the scenes of photo shoots, but I would need a videographer to film me, which for now I can't hire yet. Are there any specific topics you would like to see me cover?

Thanks Sofia, I’m glad it’s useful ☺️

Yeah, I would not recommend that. Rather I would build up photography as a side hustle first if you want to get into it.

@@katjafeldmeier yeah. I would def try that. :D

What’s your question? ☺️

For scheduling issues, let them pay half the price upfront, so there will be less risk of cancellations. Is that the scheduling issue? For pricing: make a price list pdf that you send them. A list gives less room for negotiation. Hope that helps

it really really depends on the type of photography though...there is a lot of generic stock photography that you can just get for free or buy for pennies but if you are a skincare brand and you need your new products to be photographed, you still need to hire and pay a photographer or if you are a startup and you have a team that needs team portraits, you need to hire a photographer. or if you are a magazine that is reporting on social injustices, you need to send a photographer to cover the story. I have a video about photography niches that are lucrative and the ones that aren't. so yeah, there is still money in it, but you need to be a bit strategic about it and combine multiple things.

@@katjafeldmeier agree, BUT, i feel like if u not in some fancy city u have no chance, i tried everything near me and just no luck .. some tattoo shops and restaurants but that's it. All the corporate shops have their crew in the HQ. no matter how good u are, and how low u go with price they just won't spend money on photography...

@@ThatCarpathianG you are right that location does play a role in it. specifically for certain industries like fashion and such. and restaurants and tattoo shops are often struggling themselves... so, how about going for smaller businesses in financially strong positions? real estate, insurance, financial services etc. Or if you are in a more rural area, try the private sector: weddings, family portraits, couple shoots, engagements, baby showers, newborns - those can be very lucrative as well, depending on how well you package your services. with this stuff it can also be an advantage not to be based in a big city, because people know you, will recommend you in your community. You could also try assisting other photographers near you and see how they get business. It's definitely not an easy path but there are always ways in, so I would encourage you to keep digging if its really what you wanna do, but challenge yourself to offer stuff that solves peoples problems and that people are willing to pay for. and in the end, yes, for certain things, you might even have to consider changing your location - I mean that's why actors move to L.A., tech startup bros move to the Bay Area and models and fashion designers move to NYC - to get closer to opportunity.

No problem 😊, I'm glad you liked it

What a lovely feedback and comment Amanda! Thank you so much. Happy to have you hear. ❤️ If there are any other similar topics you would like me to cover, please let me know. I’m always looking to cover topics here that are interesting to people. I wasn’t sure this longer form, chatty style video with less editing would be received well, but I for sure enjoyed making it. Basically a bit podcast-style

Thank you so much ❤️

Hi Diego, hmm good question. Depends on your main profession I guess. Would it hurt your other profession to share your photography work on the same LinkedIn page? Ortherwise you could start your own account for your photography like Diego Nanni Photography….

Thank you for watching and good luck with implementing your new strategy 💪💪

haha good observation, both. In the thumbnail it’s a prop because I took the thumbnail on my Fuji. I have used the Minolta for client shoots in the past. Currently I’m mostly digital on client shoots or shoot medium format film

You could be the first one to start :)

Thank you, happy to have you here.

Thank you 🙏 I’m happy that came across

Thanks for sharing. Yeah I believe LinkedIn is still undervalued across the board

Ah I see what you mean. I made a video on this channel about how my experience studying law at Oxford was pretty awful and some subs are on the channel from this video. I guess I’m trying to say I went from one to now working as a creative :)

@@katjafeldmeier I see. But I really think, adding this information doesn't do you any good. If you would have studied photography or arts at Oxford (which is in fact possible) it would be an entirely different thing, because it would provide a professional background related to your photography ambitions. But since it is not, it just comes across like "Hi, I'm Mike, I repair cars fror the living, but see my Yale diploma on the wall? Not related at all, but I just wanted to show you that I am actually not dumb in real life." Basically virtue signaling or identity signaling, which makes you come across as pretentious, especially if you feell your Oxford experience didn't get you anywhere, why even add it as a credential? Especially when it has nothing to do with your photography?

​@@Project_2501I see her comment as she's implying that even a graduate from a college/university can change careers. Just because you go to college doesn't mean you have to stay in that field forever. With these popular universities, some people from them look down on others for changing careers outside of what they studied. Pretentious or not, it is what it is. I think it's a good jab towards the big universities to say she studied there and now is doing something different; breaking the mold.

Thank you, and thanks for letting me know, I'll try to fix the audio for the next video

Aww that’s really sweet of you. Let’s see, maybe the channel will gain some more traction eventually ☺️🙏☺️

Thank you for your kind comment Tiff. I'm really happy when the content is useful to fellow photographers out there 😊

Ah interesting. I didn’t know about the reach. I also feel like Video has been increasing on that platform but I think you can still gain some traction with photo + text posts.

@@katjafeldmeier The stats you get on Premium give you a better idea of how things do. I manage a customer's Linkedin account (as part of my side-hustle!) and you can see the clear distinction on both accounts. That said, I personally don't jump in front of the camera. But I do use Canva to create Mp4 videos that autoplay to show images I've produced. Great content from you as always!

Linkedin has been our main source of leads for our video production company. Which is crazy to think and is the reason why I am such a believer in Linkedin. Thanks for sharing!

@@BrunoPozo4Real That makes sense, and thank you for sharing that.

Very very good point you are making. I totally agree with starting at expenses and billable hours. Thank you for sharing that. I do wanna make a video specifically on the topic of pricing as well in the near future

@@katjafeldmeier Looking forward to the pricing video!

I think you are making some valid points Alecks. We need to be having more of these debates for sure. Not that it’s going to change anything 😂 but still. Photography overtook painting, cinema overtook radio, tv overtook cinema, on-demand-video overtook tv. Maybe AI will replace most photography but maybe we will find new things to do and create that can be done in person only far far away from our screens 🪐

You could, but it’s much much harder to do because of lack of clarity for yourself and your clients. If you had to pick one to earn money with, which one would you pick? I would take some time and write down the ideal path for each niche. Say, you picked nature photography: what would your portfolio have to look like? Who would your clients be? How much does a nature photography gig pay? What type of hours would you have to work to be a nature photographer? What would your life look like? Etc etc. And do that for each niche that you are considering. Then pick one and go all in for this niche for 6-12 months. If you don’t like it, you can pivot after that time to a different niche and try to go all in into that one. If you see a restaurant and on their menu they offer sushi and pizza, and Indian food, and Chinese and tacos…how likely is it that they will be exzellent at any of the dishes? And how likely is it that you would trust them? Hope that helps ☺️

Interesting term…"elite people"…

@@katjafeldmeier People from elites, if you like. It matters little.

Nope Berlin 🙂

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Yes, I’m still using the xt4 and it works effortlessly in a studio setting. I have made some comparisons with fullframe cameras such as Nikon z7ii and also with the fuji GFX medium and they do produce higher resolution and sharpness, so I am thinking of upgrading after 4 years. But I still love the xt4 and think that it performs well for most things. Like the images published in the magazine and for vogue were all shot on that camera ☺️

​@@katjafeldmeier Wonderful, thanks for your reply! It's great to hear that the xt4 has served you well :)

Im really glad it’s helpful ❤️

I’m not too familiar with careers in that niche. I could imagine that’s it’s pretty small and thus competitive. Probably similar to art photography in the sense that making books and selling prints is not a very sustainable income. Are you experienced in that niche?

Agree to disagree ;)

Thank you for commenting and sharing your perspective. Yes, I had another interesting experience with this recently in a Gregory Crewdson exhibition where my partner had a visceral reaction to the images and had to actually leave the room because of the unease he felt.

One of my fsvourite book - WITKIN, from Joel Peter Witkin

Sounds like a good idea 🙌

danke :)

Awww thanks so much, glad the content is helpful