Is Photography Worth It in 2024

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  • Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
  • Are you wondering if photography is still a viable career option in 2024? In this video, we'll discuss the current state of the industry and if it's worth pursuing as a long-term career.
    From the rise of smartphone photography to the demand for commercial photography, we'll cover all the factors that may affect the future of photography. If you're a photography enthusiast or considering it as a profession, this video will provide valuable insights into the industry's future. Don't miss it!
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  • @TinHouseStudioUK
    @TinHouseStudioUK  4 місяці тому +5

    If you want a look at the more pro life of commercial photography, I share all of that here www.patreon.com/tinhouse

  • @waynermyers
    @waynermyers 4 місяці тому +46

    Best thing I ever did was to turn my hobby into a career, I started late at 40 years old, growing year on year and absolutely never feel like it’s a chore. I’m now 52, I have a wife and four kids and we have enough from this career to pay all the bills, be well fed and have one holiday a year. The hardest transition for me, was to become a business man and I’ve loved that challenge. I wouldn’t change this for the world.

    • @paddlr5000
      @paddlr5000 3 місяці тому

      Interested to know what type of photography you do, commercial, consumer, people, product or something else and what type of market you’re working in. I’m a commercial people photographer in the US, medium to large market, and it’s definitely getting tougher. Fewer jobs, lower budgets, unlimited licensing and becoming harder and harder to find who to talk with at agencies and companies, and clients having less time to communicate, even about parameters of a job they want you to estimate.

  • @snapsbyfox
    @snapsbyfox 4 місяці тому +50

    Man I love your videos. I’m not a commercial photographer, nor will I ever be but your advice is bang on.

    • @StuartEdge1
      @StuartEdge1 4 місяці тому +5

      Your advice is too. I watch your channel as well. Keep up the good work chap

    • @JackieDElia
      @JackieDElia 4 місяці тому

      I watch both your channels now lol

    • @jonfletcher147
      @jonfletcher147 4 місяці тому

      You have similar philosophies Roman…👌🏻

  • @conorharrigan9311
    @conorharrigan9311 4 місяці тому +15

    Wife and I had a baby a year ago. She is back to working full time, and I'm home with her. I have been a full time working photog for over a decade, and it is definitely proving itself difficult. Feeling very much at a crossroads, and that is immediately after my top two income years ever (2022, 2023). Asking myself a lot of questions these days. Thank you for your continual insights.

  • @samlira9639
    @samlira9639 4 місяці тому +8

    Love your channel because it’s so honest and real. It’s crazy how the photography business is so similar to the business of architecture. Here’s my advice; don’t try to make money, try to be really good at your craft and you’ll make the money. Success and money can ruin you, remind yourself constantly to stay humble. Pay your dues, getting really good doesn’t come overnight, it takes lots of years. Plan for the times when work is slow. Enjoy the ride.

  • @nateporteractual
    @nateporteractual 4 місяці тому +7

    '...but that's a mental breakdown for another day.' I'm stealing that line if you don't mind. Brilliant!

  • @jonjanson8021
    @jonjanson8021 4 місяці тому +22

    The digitalisation of photography made good quality photography much easier and free for all. Trying to sell something that's easy and free for all isn't easy. Therefore the low to mid end market is taking a hammering. The small town general practitioner photographer is dead or nearly dead. So it's either starving artist (me) or high end (someone else), nothing in between. The last option is to teach photography so that your students can eventually be starving artists.

    • @jpdj2715
      @jpdj2715 4 місяці тому +2

      I don't agree with your opening "The digitalisation of photography made good quality photography much easier and free for all." Good quality photography is not about sharp and correctly exposed snapshots. It needs a vision that preceded the creation of the image. And story (telling) in it. And maybe resonate with a certain art school (in the sense of stylistic direction). And communicate the expected/desired message.
      In the past, practitioners (technically educated photographers) could easily create and sell images. Many creatives did not have the technical in-depth knowledge and that held them back. Today, you can be successful with a distinguishing artistic approach without worrying too much about the technicalities. Scott, in this channel here, illustrates that, however in a domain where you also need the technicalities in order to succeed or outperform the competition.
      Being successful in this as a business, however, adds a bunch of other criteria to that.
      Yes, there is a lot of teaching being sold today by photographers who cannot make ends meet otherwise, and by successful photographers who have "in between" time. If you earn enough with paid assignments and do not come close to, say, 47 weeks of 40 hours for that, then yes, teaching could be a side business, easily, that could add to the bottom line.

    • @fiddleandfart
      @fiddleandfart 4 місяці тому

      Yes, the maddening experience of quoting a REALLY low price for a job, and finding they've balked at your relative peanuts, and turned to their mates for a few snaps off their phone! Their typical excuse (if you can ever communicate to discuss), is that they were just "researching!" The jobsite BARK is full of these time-and-money wasters, who drop out after you've spent £20 - £40 just getting their contact details! Definitely NOT worth the investment!

    • @jonjanson8021
      @jonjanson8021 4 місяці тому

      By good quality photography I meant photography that was technically good quality as opposed to the analog days when making a good quality photograph was much more difficult. Today due to digitalization anyone can make a technically good photograph.@@jpdj2715

  • @ImtokyotheDog
    @ImtokyotheDog 4 місяці тому +10

    This one cut deep. This is a huge anxiety I have about pursuing my photography. I'm a single father of exactly three kids, and I have a corporate work from home job that pays pretty well and I actually do like the work and my co-workers. But it's not my passion.
    After doing the math, I realized the business would need to bring in at least $150,000 a year for me to be able to maintain my lifestyle and pay for the business. That puts me in position where I would have to command at least $500 a day. Which I definitely think I'm worth more than that, but still.
    Everybody in my house would be totally fine with making less money but having a more fun and fulfilling life, but a huge part of my parenthood with my kids is not threatening their livelihood. Which is why I got out of Photography professionally in the first place, years and years ago.
    Point being, it weighs heavy on me as a 37 year old father of 3. I'm still going for it, I'm still pursuing it, but I have to think very very strategically about what I'm doing.

    • @Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle
      @Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle 4 місяці тому +3

      $500/day would work out at 300 shooting days in a year. That's actually a very high number. Remember to allow for days pitching to clients and simple admin tasks. You might find 150 shooting days is nearer the mark for a busy pro.

    • @ImtokyotheDog
      @ImtokyotheDog 4 місяці тому

      @@Tom_UA-cam_stole_my_handle yep, sorry that's exactly what I mean. That's not sustainable, so I need to be worth at least $1000 a day

  • @jimjimgl3
    @jimjimgl3 4 місяці тому +10

    We are in a very dynamic moment in the photo industry. I was first a director of photography and then for the last 23 years a full-time commercial shooter. I love my job. But for sure things in flux. Just yesterday a fellow photographer, very talented at interiors, was hired by a leading home retailer and he told us he was flown to their studio and was just shooting pieces of furniture and that was going to dropped into existing imagery. He said it was challenging and also boring but still the pay was good. I began with film and then there was so much less competition and it was easy to bring in a good income. And back in the early 2000s a side hustle was creating images for Getty. We'd travel with a Getty AD and I paid all my expenses with the income from stock sales. Now almost nothing comes from Getty. However, I do get a few good jobs a year and some pay exceptionally well. What I miss from the earlier days was basically shooting almost constantly and traveling almost constantly. The competition is fierce now and lots of great talent out there. You can't slack at all if you want clients. A perpetual hustle.

    • @The_CGA
      @The_CGA 4 місяці тому +1

      Stills used to be a bigger part of people’s lives. But both magazines and web pages displayed on anything bigger than a phone are no more

    • @jimjimgl3
      @jimjimgl3 4 місяці тому +2

      @@The_CGA Yep. You are so right. I know this first hand too. I was a director of photography at magazines in NYC for years and magazines ruled the day back then. I'd get so excited when a photographer's film box of prints or chromes would show up at the office. And working on layouts was somehow more engaging back then..maybe I'm just romanticizing my past career. And because of my job I had a monthly budget of about $200 just for buying magazines which let me look at all the leading publications. Anyway, now I often shoot Fujifilm GFX 100s with those huge files and for this one client we shoot big files so they can crop the hell out of the image and use different parts of the image for their web pages or print. The photography world is just a different animal now--not necessarily better or worse but such different needs. Never mind having to shoot motion on the same set as stills...🤪

    • @benoitpigeon487
      @benoitpigeon487 2 місяці тому

      Furniture photography is a world of its own. Room scenes, silos, shots with models, pets, leather, fabrics, metals reflective or not, wood, plastics, glass, food, fluids.... it never stops. it's quite technical, often requires lots of light output and all kinds of accessories. Room scenes to me are the easiest. You can get away with much less perfect items, it will look natural. The hardest to me have always been isolated (silos) grand father's clocks because they combine woods with skinny intricate details, glass if you can't remove it, metals and the pendulum that's reflects everything and can have embossed deign. Such clocks in a room scene are easy but isolated not so much and the tall vertical size makes it hard to light evenly.

    • @jimjimgl3
      @jimjimgl3 2 місяці тому

      @@benoitpigeon487 Yep. There is always that one thing or product that you see and then just sigh. Tomorrow I'm shooting outdoor furniture but smaller setups and the studio I am at (an agency's space) is so small. There are columns every 12 feet which make lighting a challenge. Also, sometimes there are other sets happening right next to my set so you have to be aware of not imposing on the other set. And to top it off for some reason this client wants the least amount of post work done on the files so lot's of prep work to get as close as possible to the final image. When I used to shoot hotels/resorts the thing I liked the least was shooting bathrooms. Usually so small and then the client would always say "can we avoid the toilet" 🤪

  • @automationintothings
    @automationintothings 4 місяці тому +3

    Some 200 years ago, fine artists slaved to get the correct paint stroke, year upon year of painting on canvas. Training endlessly. Then out of no where this new technology called a camera came along and could take a picture image in an 'instant'. How do you think the painter felt. Yet, here we are today admiring painters along side photography.

  • @ricktwice2205
    @ricktwice2205 4 місяці тому +3

    You are just mega... i could whatch you talking all day long. A genuine hug for what you are

  • @fiddleandfart
    @fiddleandfart 4 місяці тому

    Love these philosophical (grounded) chats! It's not just your photographic advice, but that you come over as such a nice guy! And we need more of those in this frightful, misgoverned world!

  • @photorox
    @photorox 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for your chat, as usual full of honest and precious heads up.

  • @JanBors
    @JanBors 4 місяці тому

    Wish you all the luck!!! Enjoying your honesty in your videos which I from beginning did not know what to think about it and I am glad I did not figure that out yet. Keep on doing whatever it is, just if its also make you a little bit happy.

  • @tommywoodard2163
    @tommywoodard2163 4 місяці тому +2

    He gives the advice and knowledge that is so good, it hard to trust if he's being honest or not lol This is the best channel on UA-cam hands down!

  • @TerenceKearns
    @TerenceKearns 4 місяці тому +2

    Love your work man. Great topic.

  • @JeahnLaffitte
    @JeahnLaffitte 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for this real talk, Scott. I’m a dad of 2 with hopes of having 4. I love photography and it’s gut wrenching to think I may have to choose to get a real job if things don’t pan out. But for now I’m thankful just to be where I am

  • @smepable
    @smepable 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks I needed this today ❤

  • @RustyBrownPhotography
    @RustyBrownPhotography 4 місяці тому

    Good stuff, my guy; well-said -- thank you!

  • @MikeGrayFilm
    @MikeGrayFilm 4 місяці тому

    Loved this man.

  • @stillshootinginblackandwhite
    @stillshootinginblackandwhite 4 місяці тому

    Hey you did a nice job on this. Some good information there.

  • @andrewcroft2570
    @andrewcroft2570 4 місяці тому

    Great advice as always Scott.

  • @nelsonsousa3150
    @nelsonsousa3150 24 дні тому

    Thank you, for remind the basics, about being focused!

  • @SteveHasACamera
    @SteveHasACamera 4 місяці тому

    Such great content. I LOATH all these youtube-photographers who try and sell you the newest camera gear, and switch systems every time brands bring out their latest and greatest... and make you feel like you need to, too. They talk about everything but photography. So... thanks for holding the line. 🍻

  • @ronpettitt6184
    @ronpettitt6184 4 місяці тому

    Love your videos. I like how you are honest in all aspects of the photography world. I find that soon after people purchase a DSLR or Mirrorless camera, they ad "photography" behind their name and declare themselves a pro although most never make any money.

  • @jmcgonnell
    @jmcgonnell 4 місяці тому

    great advice, its refreshing to hear a rational opinion delivered clearly. very refreshing.

  • @DanaPushie
    @DanaPushie 4 місяці тому

    Slice 'em and dice 'em and a splash of cold water; very refreshing Scott.

  • @vinyalonde
    @vinyalonde 4 місяці тому

    Such clear and cogent advice - good on you. I was a hobbyist photographer back in my teens, and I sucked - royally, I could have been the bad photographer, purveyor of bad photographs to the court of HRH Elizabeth II. Instead, I found a career that paid me well, I enjoyed it and built a life that allowed me to retire comfortably. And now, finally, I am back to be a hobbyist photographer and I still suck. And I love it.

  • @jrfsailing07
    @jrfsailing07 4 місяці тому

    Thank you, this was great!

  • @cygnetkitchen
    @cygnetkitchen 4 місяці тому

    Another great video which gives me some hope that this year is going to better than 2023!
    I’ve got decent gear but just to get the job done, I don’t obsess about it. I know what I need to know but not an expert at all, which is probably why I don’t have the confidence to do more commercial work. I enjoy the creative process but probably should push myself more.

  • @adamhayek7889
    @adamhayek7889 4 місяці тому

    Hey man I love your content and especially your in depth technical set shots and lighting guides. I feel like those are swept under the rug by this type of video however.

  • @Popa_Bogdan_Light_Drawing
    @Popa_Bogdan_Light_Drawing 4 місяці тому

    Nice point of view! thank you!

  • @garethowen367
    @garethowen367 4 місяці тому +1

    This is so true, I love going to work as photographer it's the funnest job to have, go to work with a smile on my face and come home with a smile on my face and lots of free time to do what I want. It's still a good time to get into photography and I think it will always be a good time. But photography is no different to any other business some will make it and some won't.

  • @JackieDElia
    @JackieDElia 4 місяці тому

    I love the point you made about getting rid of your overhead and do what you love. I’m retired now and just started a UA-cam channel. I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m not a pro, but I want to share what I enjoy. A photography/gear channel and a garden channel? Very likely.

  • @irjaelisa
    @irjaelisa 4 місяці тому

    You nailed it. I’ve been at this for 15-years now. Still love it, and it’s really the only thing I’m qualified to do anymore 😅 Def didn’t save enough in my 20s either and oof… the catch up is rough. Thanks for your vids.

  • @AaronGodderis
    @AaronGodderis 2 місяці тому

    Actually the most level headed, straight up bloke in this pro photography youtuber space. And I think that's what makes it motivational too. You put the responsibility with the viewer, to make their choices, to better their work, ... as we should. And it puts a fire up your ass. I didnt necessarily need it, but I got a jolt anyway. Seeing this title, I was honestly expecting a review of the industry with some vague pro's and cons. It wasn't. It's timeless, no-frills advice.
    I feel like I should know your name but I don't! In any case, crack on, great channel. Am following for more.

  • @EM-nv2ep
    @EM-nv2ep 4 місяці тому

    Why are these videos so entertaining? I find myself enjoying watching lighting setups and repeated photos of soft drinks being taken. Neither of which have anything to do with the sort of photos I take. I suspect hypnosis or perhaps some new AI algorithm that’s being tested on viewers. But other than that - sound advice for any creative to think about, a presentation that is the opposite of grating (not always the case on UA-cam of course) and overall a perfect set of videos that entertain and inform. Lovely.

  • @colintraveller
    @colintraveller 4 місяці тому

    Top Drawer as always !.

  • @jenniferdurham2782
    @jenniferdurham2782 4 місяці тому +2

    I've been a full time commercial photographer since 1988! Probably my best years were end of the 90's early 2000's. Yes, I remember 2008 - I was working in advertising in LA then. That's when they really started cutting into photographer's usage and copyrights. It's been downhill for the industry since then. I now live in Seattle shooting mostly architectural stuff. I would not advise anyone to go into this as a professional nowadays. AI is the death knell on this profession. I am not even sure what will happen to the art side. But if I were doing it over, I would pursue the art only.

  • @Tzunami07
    @Tzunami07 4 місяці тому

    I Respect you for beeing honest

  • @vistasuprema
    @vistasuprema 4 місяці тому

    This is so relatable.

  • @jonathansapsford
    @jonathansapsford 4 місяці тому

    Great video! 👏

  • @bobdamico1099
    @bobdamico1099 4 місяці тому

    Great perspective, I know now that i am retired from a long career of commercial work, that I love just shooting for myself. The sacrifices one makes to be successful at this profession can be trying if you have the responsibilities of caring for others. Even though I see and hear that there is still quite a bit work out there, it has changed a lot from when I was starting out, so long ago. Sometimes I wonder where this profession is heading.

  • @luissalazar2021
    @luissalazar2021 4 місяці тому

    Yes, 💯 % you are correct! I am still shooting film in 2024 but it’s not freaking easy, on the 90s was about who you knew . Today is how well you salesman you are . It’s just likely playing guitar, there’s too many’s players. Thanks for sharing Ps you really inspire me bro.

  • @stewsview5164
    @stewsview5164 4 місяці тому

    Love this! Refreshing! I know my work is good but I need to find a mentor to get me to breaking into the professional level. LOL

  • @eltee5696
    @eltee5696 4 місяці тому +1

    I work in advertising and in the film days, good photogs were easily pulling in as much as the CEO of a mid-sized company.
    My good friend told me in the film days, he'd buy a Mariya RB and an RZ plus a few lenses. And that was it. Maybe a Nikon FM 2, a view camera system.
    But now, it's cheaper to buy (than rent) a Light Phase which he pays in instalment over 5 years. And just when it's almost all paid up, a higher res version comes out.
    And that's not all
    These days, fooled by smartphone ads, dumb clients think any art director with a Pro smartphone can do a shoot, especially for online ads.
    Clients would rather spend 1,000 on retouching/image manipulation than 750 on a pro photog.

  • @helmutwalter5465
    @helmutwalter5465 4 місяці тому

    It is worth to go for it in every moment, even in these times of AI and all the digital challenges. The passion of looking different on things, people or events, landscapes...life in general will never end. I totally agree in the contents of your video. I am in my "later life" now (67years old) but it's not over....keep on being a lightcatcher....!!!!

  • @BigBanana55
    @BigBanana55 4 місяці тому

    I burst out laughing at the end, I am also a serial worrier too. Great viewpoints once again.

  • @quirkworks4076
    @quirkworks4076 4 місяці тому

    Photography is always worth it. It’s been the great joy of my 40-year career and the learning never ends.

  • @josephchan4198
    @josephchan4198 4 місяці тому

    Great videos. I am hobbyist. Thanks.

  • @khengteoh4318
    @khengteoh4318 4 місяці тому

    I work full time in my 9 to 5 and part time freelance and i think i like this mix

  • @photom3
    @photom3 4 місяці тому

    I’ve said this before and I think it bears repeating. If you’re in the middle years; 30s or 40s and you’re scrambling it’s worth looking around. Adjustments can still be made. A few good things were done but I’m still paying for it in ways I didn’t expect. I think they call it counting the cost.

  • @aeyde
    @aeyde 3 місяці тому

    very interesting video. i have one big question tho, how do you know if i can be an elite photographer?

  • @leonarddavis8449
    @leonarddavis8449 4 місяці тому

    What with it being quite cold out today, how do you heat that large studio ? sorry if you’ve been asked that before. Excellent video as always.

    • @TinHouseStudioUK
      @TinHouseStudioUK  4 місяці тому

      We have a huge Mitsubishi air con system that also heats, but too loud to have on when filming. The office is all infrared and the warehouse is not heated at all

  • @photobygeraldine
    @photobygeraldine 4 місяці тому

    thanks for making this video. I think your reflection as your role between a starving artist and a rich photographer is very well analyzed. I often think about this since I left university. During my studies I was okay with having not much on my bank account and didn't think about saving up money for the future. I cared less. But ever since the day I started my business as photographer I'm facing many challenges to increase income and also choose jobs that are not making art. I think we all need to adapt to the market and sacrifice ourselves (artistically) in order to survive as a creative professional. But sometimes, I wish I would care less tbh, as you said. It makes you nuts to think 24/7 about money. I only hope every Creative person will find its way to continue in this industry even though there is a lot of expectations and challenges to own exorbitant skills.

  • @alexmirza5210
    @alexmirza5210 4 місяці тому

    If money makes you happy overall.. then stick with it until it doesn't. But at the end of the day doing what you don't enjoy or believe in just seems wrong to me though I admire all who do important or essential work. But after decades of doing the work for others it's time to start being you. Boy I wish I cared like you. I really admire those who care.

  • @adamgasson
    @adamgasson 4 місяці тому

    I've seen too many photographers not realise that hard work never makes up for being bad at photography. And I've seen good photographers avoid hard work and get nowhere. I agree, you can still make a good living from being a photographer but you need to figure out what makes a good professional good at being professional.

  • @marcfiset8481
    @marcfiset8481 4 місяці тому

    Bravo!

  • @373EDx
    @373EDx 4 місяці тому

    I am single , ad I am willing , and I have a camera , so at least I have partially a good start : ) . excellent advice , I actually feel that your advise today , was the only thing left to take the leap... thank you bro

  • @000CloudStrife
    @000CloudStrife 4 місяці тому +3

    I think you can do both. Technique and art. I think having a good combination of both will take you higher than having just one of them.

    • @TinHouseStudioUK
      @TinHouseStudioUK  4 місяці тому +1

      I think long term you are right, but for short term achievement its easier to be one way or the other.

    • @000CloudStrife
      @000CloudStrife 4 місяці тому +3

      @@TinHouseStudioUK agreed. I know this isn’t your kind of video but I’m interested in seeing a video on diffusion. Two layers of diffusion one on top of another the same size does not soften light further. What’s perceived as further softening is something else entirely. Cinematographers get that but photographers don’t. (Ones who tend to work in bigger productions)Would you make a video on this? Or is it too much science and math? I personally think photographers need to learn about this but most are just willing to see and do and not understand.

    • @vistasuprema
      @vistasuprema 4 місяці тому

      ⁠​⁠@@000CloudStrifethat’s a complicated thing you’re talking about. Softness is frequently referred to as a function of relative size of light source, but the material does make a difference. So if your first material is 251 and your second is 216, even if they’re stacked directly on top of each other, the light will be “softer” and also less intense. To take that further, the light will get softer as you create distance between those two pieces of material (up to a certain point). This why book-lights are a thing. Bounce the light of bead board, and then through diffusion. it’s the same thing as going through 2 pieces of diffusion (with distance between them) it just saves some space because the light is in the center of the setup.

    • @000CloudStrife
      @000CloudStrife 4 місяці тому

      @@vistasuprema so to my understanding it’s not that it makes it softer but light that wasn’t passing through the first time is actually passing through the second time. Its quantum probability was changed. So is it actually softer or is it light that was supposed to pass through now passing through and wrapping along with light that was passing through. (Some light always gets left behind)
      So diffuse scatter.

    • @vistasuprema
      @vistasuprema 4 місяці тому

      @@000CloudStrife 😂

  • @bassamhassan1119
    @bassamhassan1119 4 місяці тому

    May I ask, what lenses did get for the Fujifilm gfx

  • @DavesFilmLab
    @DavesFilmLab Місяць тому

    I’d be curious to talk with you about this topic. Been at it for years and am not happy in my current job. Despite having been published plenty, running a darkroom for 3 years, and developing color/b&w for 20+ years… I still question if my work is good enough to make it in the business

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 4 місяці тому

    I started off with 35mm film in my late teens, gave it up and got a science degree. I wish I tried starting a photography business instead. That was a long time ago.

  • @TechnikMeister2
    @TechnikMeister2 3 місяці тому

    At the age of 73, and having made a living for a long time as a press photographer in the film area, and now bored with retirement, I still love high fashion photography. Thats what I am going to start all over to do. I look at the online versions of Harpers Bazaar and Vogue and see terrible mediocrity in the images. Images showing new fashion by many famous houses that are badly lit and cut off at the knees. Its appalling. And it infects up and coming designers, and they are terrible about showing the garment and are fixated with the models face which is actually unimportant. So I will rattle the cage and show off fashion in all the splendor of beautiful fabrics and style. I hope I get some takers.

  • @TomParsonsposts
    @TomParsonsposts 4 місяці тому

    Solid

  • @JakeFosmirePhoto
    @JakeFosmirePhoto 4 місяці тому

    Yes its still worth it, yes you can still make a ton of money. But there is no question THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED!! Massively! You have to be talented/skilled as heck, being just decent wont cut it anymore at all.

  • @Callmedstone
    @Callmedstone 4 місяці тому +1

    This MF has mastered non-clickbait clickbaity video titles. Love your channel

  • @ryancooper3629
    @ryancooper3629 4 місяці тому

    I'd actually put fourth the idea that if you have an insanely deep passion for photography that you couldn't imagine doing anything else, it is actually possible that you will be able to do more photography doing it as a hobby than as a career because it eliminates all the sales, marketing, billing, customer service, etc aspects of it and lets you just focus on photography on your free time (which can be pretty considerable if this is your only hobby and you have a reasonable hour high paying job)

  • @thomaseriksson6256
    @thomaseriksson6256 4 місяці тому

    I suck at photo but I still want to do ART/ fine art Woodland Photo. Just upgraded my equipment to 45 Mpix FF DSLR from 12 Mpix APS-C DSLR but I don't have time to work on my photograph project due to working as an engineer 6 days per week.

  • @NickGuttridge
    @NickGuttridge 4 місяці тому

    I told my 22 year old assistant yesterday to start a pension. That cheered him up..

  • @deathspawn54
    @deathspawn54 4 місяці тому

    I have to keep trying in wedding photography, I can't not, I still hate plumbing(been doing it for 12 years) but I can't stop right now until I can make it to full time

  • @j.f.7509
    @j.f.7509 4 місяці тому

    Damn, it's like you are talking to me directly lol!

  • @sbai4319
    @sbai4319 4 місяці тому

    Remember professional photography is a business! Stuck in a boring admin job? You will still have to do admin!

  • @samueljames9015
    @samueljames9015 4 місяці тому

    I can't quite believe the commercial rates you are talking about - $300K US per day for a shoot? That single fee would be enough for me to live for ten years in Sydney Australia!

  • @Steaphany
    @Steaphany 4 місяці тому +1

    What are your film cameras ?
    What are your favorite films ?

  • @PipsClips
    @PipsClips 4 місяці тому

    I know a lot of family photographers, jobbing, but making bookings - cant imagine they are making more than 30k a year, but they are doing ok - probably living tax free and hustling - and they are BUSY! - personally I prefer to keep it as a hobby and shoot what I want, same as when I DJ'd i didnt want to play music i didnt like, or CDs - but I dont have to, so its chill, but the elite level thing you keep refering to, there is a LOT of middle ground and its getting busier

  • @garonkiesel1646
    @garonkiesel1646 4 місяці тому

    Everything you said is absolutely true. Sadly, most of us never want the truth. We want to be told "yes". "If you can dream it, you can make it happen." This is great advice in a fortune cookie but poor advice for life.

  • @widam
    @widam 4 місяці тому

    well.. I'm an vfx artist, I do lighting for 3d and vfx, kind the same as real technically, we have softlights, spots, exp, etc.. I did this for +13 years, now things are not good anymore, to make it short: lot of work is going to be done by AI, sooner or later we all get replaced, is pretty bad lot of layoffs in my field, I will tell you, the only work we going to do in the future is the one that AI can't do and is the real thing, like build something, cook, or take photos of somebody that is real, and want real memories.. is there where you have to focus.

  • @bobbullethalf
    @bobbullethalf 4 місяці тому

    The cost of the equipment and the return on the investment is not worth it. Not unless you find some sort of niche. But other than that you have people with iPhones that are more than capable.

  • @darkphotographer
    @darkphotographer 4 місяці тому

    once you have the basics , gear and know how , is not about how good you are , is all about the people you know , if you gone make money or not , the guy from the burger shop next door , or the guy from mc donalds

    • @kiwimike2330
      @kiwimike2330 4 місяці тому

      Nah, it’s about how good you are. The key to being a successful photographer is primarily delivering fantastic images. Which of course is more difficult than it sounds. It’s not deliver fantastic images sometimes and just OK images other times, it’s about delivering awesome every time, without fail. Being the photographer that people come to because they can rely on you to deliver the superb images they need to drive their businesses.
      You can know everyone in the world, but if your photos are average you won’t survive in the photography industry.

    • @darkphotographer
      @darkphotographer 4 місяці тому

      ok , well guy from local burger place , i want 1 photo for FB i can give you 20euro , ,,, what you gone do 1,take and set meticulously every ingident , set up 4-5 ligths set up 10bg take 1000 shots ,and spend 5houes in photoshop , or2 just take the burger as it is , throw a softbox ,take 5shots , press auto on ligthroom and call it the day , , or 3just say no my minimum is 1000 per image , @@kiwimike2330

  • @michaelwhiles5282
    @michaelwhiles5282 4 місяці тому

    Are you Chris Packham with hair ??????

  • @ola68
    @ola68 4 місяці тому

    What about age, in Sweden, age seams to be a factor, when photographers are 45 and up they seam to lose most of there clients.

  • @corysilkenphotography308
    @corysilkenphotography308 4 місяці тому

    Well you let me know where I'm going and I'll let you know where you're going, deal?!

  • @grantrobertdavies
    @grantrobertdavies 4 місяці тому

    Great Video Mate :) I think if people understand the power of diversifying skills and seeking multiple streams of income AND investing a certain percentage - You’ll be good to go :)

  • @geofflongford2008
    @geofflongford2008 4 місяці тому

    Is anything really worth it man.

  • @samanthaodonnell4329
    @samanthaodonnell4329 4 місяці тому

    Far too many pro's losing out to amateurs who work for free, or "experience". No-one will pay a service when they can get it for free.

  • @BrettHoustonTube
    @BrettHoustonTube 2 місяці тому

    It is certainly not worth what it was when I started in the 80's...
    With the advent of digital cameras and phones everyone is now a photographer/producer. Ya don't really need technical skill with automatic cameras. The UA-cam is full of craptacular commercials filmed on iphones. + with the New Normal World Order economy many independent businesses can't really justify the expense when they can do it themselves so easily.
    There will be a great culling of artistic professionals lost when AI really takes off.

  • @andrefelixstudio2833
    @andrefelixstudio2833 4 місяці тому +5

    Photography can be great fun for hobbyist but my advice to anybody that wants to turn their photography into a business don’t do it, if you love photography do it for fun and get a real job, the people that make it in photography you can Count on your hand ! The days of making big money in photographer are gone!

    • @caesar8337
      @caesar8337 4 місяці тому

      I disagree. Maybe I'm young and hopeful, but I like to think I can have great fun having photography as a job. It's a creative job, you should be able to make it interesting. Besides that I have photographed bunji jumps strapped to a side of a bridge in the scorching sun, I have photographed paragliding, meanwhile on a boat, in the middle of the summer. Everyday for about a month, 5-6 hours on a boat. When I was on land I could still feel the waves. Not ideal circumstances, wasn't even desperate for the money but just wanted to take pictures. Try it out and take it as a challange.

    • @Davion474
      @Davion474 4 місяці тому +4

      Nah. That’s your experience. I’ve made 23k from photography last year and that was my first time in businesses. What I’ve found is that most photographers aren’t adept to running their own business. The business of photography is 80% business and 20 photography.
      I’m happy the way things are for me at the moment. I can also say things are getting better. I’m not doing the level Scot is doing but it’s slowly growing in an upward trajectory.
      I encourage people to go for it.

    • @JeremiahTrue
      @JeremiahTrue 4 місяці тому

      I started a part time business of photography for this reason. Not making it a full time endeavor lets me enjoy it while not having to do it every day.
      With that said, I have lost some interest in it for fun because I do see it is work oftentimes

  • @moneek3027
    @moneek3027 4 місяці тому

    same girl, same. lol

  • @Buttercup697
    @Buttercup697 4 місяці тому

    I work at a newspaper... so yeah... pay is basically like working for government benefits! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheBigBlueMarble
    @TheBigBlueMarble 4 місяці тому +1

    Five years from now AI will dominate photography and it will be almost impossible to break into most areas of professional photography. Stock photography and most commercial/still life photography will be completely AI.

    • @TinHouseStudioUK
      @TinHouseStudioUK  4 місяці тому

      There will need to be some serious law changes to allow that which I don't see happening in the UK.

    • @nicolai_berlin
      @nicolai_berlin 4 місяці тому +1

      There will be / and there already is a demand on people who can acutely „use“ AI. It’s just a new tool for creating something and it may become important to have the knowledge how to do. So in my opinion: machines need humans to use them. I don’t worry about AI. It’s already there.

    • @TheBigBlueMarble
      @TheBigBlueMarble 4 місяці тому

      @@nicolai_berlin AI is in its infancy. We haven't seen anything yet. Within 5 years AI will be for the most part autonomous and that's where the danger really starts. Imagine you're the marketing director for Coca-Cola. Rather than hiring a photographer, a copywriter, a director, or an ad agency, you will simply go to your computer and say, "Create a new ad campaign with copy and photos of a biracial couple vacationing on the beach in Thailand and enjoying Coca-Cola." 60 seconds later you have your copy and your photos and you've saved millions.

    • @TheBigBlueMarble
      @TheBigBlueMarble 4 місяці тому

      @@TinHouseStudioUK What type of law changes?

    • @nicolai_berlin
      @nicolai_berlin 4 місяці тому

      @@TheBigBlueMarble possible - there will always be a demand for the authentic over the artificial. Look at Analog photography- it celebrates its renaissance. Classical music - apple did a complete streaming service for that.
      Food! Look at the trends there. Its in human nature that we prefer the true value over the artificial.

  • @archie2.8
    @archie2.8 4 місяці тому

    I ask my wife about AI advertisement. She knows nothing about photography, but she immediately said "some computer's fake cr*p will never told me what to wear, I want to see only REAL models"

  • @Bran_Redmaw
    @Bran_Redmaw 4 місяці тому

    Camera lenses arent cheap 😂

  • @yordanlamouche
    @yordanlamouche 4 місяці тому

    i love your videos but this time i don't. To say this kind of thing you'd have to read some studies on social dterminism.

  • @criticalwokeracisttheory4645
    @criticalwokeracisttheory4645 4 місяці тому

    90% of the people I know are miserable as hell with their current jobs, even lawyers and doctors I know. They are making enough money to try and retire comfortably, have never done what they actually wanted to do but for less money. So at 60 or 65 they will retire - then possibly expire. Follow your dreams - you only got one shot, excuse the pun.

  • @alliedfroth
    @alliedfroth 4 місяці тому

    Ai will end professional photography within 10 years!

  • @TheOgreKingdom
    @TheOgreKingdom 4 місяці тому

    I stopped watching after "You don't NEED a sports car."" This man clearly doesn't know anything... but he does have a denim jacket, so perhaps... 😉

    • @TinHouseStudioUK
      @TinHouseStudioUK  4 місяці тому +2

      Haha since filming this I impulse purchased an old v6 merc, so I don’t always follow my on advice

  • @-globe
    @-globe 4 місяці тому

    “Is it over” Very ‘Click bait’ titles Scott. I’m gonna force myself not to watch this one on principle, so there !