Posting Instagram Photos WILL NOT Grow Your Photography Business
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Today we are talking about why instagram will not grow you photography business if you use the old strategy of “share your best work”.
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Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for posting!
your videos are gold. thanks for taking the time to share evan!
So happy I discovered your channel! I love your honesty and truly appreciate your perspective:)). Finding your videos very helpful!! Thanks for sharing so generously😊
You actually provide value, thanks and this is very inspiring. It is nice to know that you can do something you love and make a living!
AYYYYYOOOOO! I got surprised! What an honor! I really appreciate it! One of the coolest things ever!!!🙏
all depend on your location and the type of photography you go for!
Thank your for this inspirational and insightful video. very helpful
Fire advise!🔥
Wow this was deep Evan good video
Appreciate it! Glad it resonated 💯
Great advice! 🤙
Thanks bro 👊💯
I think what I learned is the whole time I just want people in the community to cherish some of the photos I’ve made and for the photos to live on. The hard part for me to except was that maybe I’m being lazy. I use my full time job and having a family a excuse for not making creative reels and such. I feel more like a dancing monkey vs actually creating something with value. But I think I’ll try my best and go for it and whatever happens, happens.
This is literally how I feel about it. I feel like I have to cater to the trends when I just feel like it’s fake or how you said feel like a “dancing monkey”.
Great video 👍
Thank you!
this is the best video of the week.
Great Video. What Leica is that you have?
My account on Instagram is so algorithmically buried that not even my following sees my posts. Growth completely stopped for me two years ago and I constantly receive messages from people wondering why they never see my posts in their feed. Even despite my work containing so many aspects you went over in this video. Different niches and value. One huge similarity between you and I is how you combined creating awesome photos with your interest in sneakers to give you a baseline for your business. Mine is hats (New Era), and despite being connected with a few big brands and stores, being paid or monetizing the work has never happened. It's to the point where I blame myself constantly for the inability to be savvy. Not just in that specific niche, but in general business-wise. Keeps me up at night.
I have similar observations. To me Instagram is pretty much dead as a promotion tool. Unless I decide to make some crazy, viral reels, it won't work for photos.
recently i also posted a photo. Thst is not showing to my followers & my own followers are note able se my photo in their feed.
What is the problem i don't know. But i feels frustrated 😑.
@@masaytaka I wanted to make reel but my phone { Samsung A21s } is not able to do that.
And i also don't have money to buy Better phone/Camera.
Great video bro! Awesome tips
That was the bamboo forest in atlanta GA you was at right? at 0:57
Evan I love your story telling. It flows so smoothly. You’re a big inspiration to me.
Yeah this is true but if your goal is to grow as a fine art photographer and to sell more prints then I wonder if posting your photos on instagram and social media is useful. Maybe this isn't so useful since I don't know how many serious art buyers and collectors are using instagram or social media to find new artists to add to their collections, I wonder what the data is on that and what the conversion is from what you post on social media and how many of those lead to prints of those photos being bought.
Curious to hear any replies to this as prints and such is something I'm much more interested in than working with clients.
Agreed!
What would be your advice for someone who is just starting out and they are not that good with their skills yet. How can they gain a following?
I talk about this in my upcoming course but focus on telling the story of what you’re doing online. Not just pictures. Go out to shoot make reels, TH-cam, or write good captions with carousel posts. Become a brand outside just your pictures and make things that relate to people growing like you. And try to use your skills to find clients who align with the value you can provide that this time
Ethan's stuff is truly awesome.
it may not grow your business that way *ALONE* but it is an easier way for people to find you or see your work, posting at night might help to because most see posts later in the night, asking friends for advice may help on healthy criticism but the point is to see your progress & have fun … you never know who might see it might have 500 followers for years then one day earn 1000 more you know. just be happy with what you’re doing, don’t spam but be consistent & nothing wrong with asking personal circles to share love on your posts too. also don’t be afraid to show others love too sometimes people won’t respect your work because they don’t like you. you can’t please em all just please yourself be clever & creative
Solid as always mate, appreciate the wisdom shared on this 🙏🏼
Love this video! Super useful because I’m struggling with some of these changes lately! Trying to adapt as quickly as possible
What shoes are there early in the movie just after climbing the tree ? 🙂
Indeed ! They looked like nice shoes ! I'd like a pair
Flickr wow...now I feel old 😂
Evan I found your channel years and years ago and have always enjoyed your content. But these videos over the last few months have been super helpful beyond even those that I found years ago. Super cool to see your channel evolve over time. Makes me want to start my own thing and get to work.
I put ALOT of work into these videos. Especially one like this that has so many layers to explain the concept. So this comment really means so much 🙏 thank you!
The Nike react prestos are awesome shoes! Ive had a few pairs of them🔥
You are so concise, I love it so much. Every word you spoke is so intentional and it felt like I didn’t waste any time. This video was so valuable!
yes.. 🙏and it's a good news for our creative fulfillment
How does AI come in in this picture? As a photographer i am pretty good at creating ai
As a photographer for fashion photography and car photography is quite hard to market myself since in at alley are many and are awesome at what they do. So yeah sometimes I just feel blocked…
You nailed it on this one! Great take.
🙏🙏🙏
Finally someone who gets it
What I learned from this... bathing suits still have chance...
You honestly inspire me to push through the wall I’ve built around my creativity.
Funny story. I used to do blog pre TH-cam on life lessons learned through a camera. It was combined with the how and why of the set of pictures and how to edit. I should have turned them into videos. Things have come full circle.
That’s a brilliant idea! I think people who can create great photos have so much information to offer others. If you start let me know and I’ll check it out! Hope the recent photo missions have been going well
Awesome video, Evan! I've been figuring out how to leverage the skills and interest that I already have in conjunction with my videography. Your video helps to pinpoint what people are looking for and not just pretty images.
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I just stumbled onto your channel, great, talking point! +Sub’d
Quick question for you @Evan Ranft :
I have that same desk and mine didn’t come with the drawers. I was wondering where you got the chest of drawers or filing system for that table in the background (with the wood top)?
It’s all good and well using Instagram to sell or promote skills or values, but not everyone wants to use or experience Instagram in this way. I’m a photographer, I’m not a maker of reels nor am I interested in watching them. I like to share and look at photographic work I find inspiring. Instagram can surely exist in a variety of capacities without mutual exclusion of certain users. What’s wrong with just wanting to share work and gain feedback and interaction from likeminded users? If I’m not mistaken, Instagram is a ‘social’ platform, or is supposed to be.
Very interesting take. I have been a musician / audio engineer for a long time . But, photography is a love too and I have started to form it into a business. My uniqueness would be the musical side and taking advantage of that lane. So with that I applied music and photography together. I use my skills on both sides to build my content together and I work for musicians as well in the photography side. Pretty cool.
Thank you for the video, I found out that investing is not for everybody, you just need a strong stomach too see your portfolio go down. It might be wiser for a novice to start with copy trading investing, but it is not easy. To invest in growth stocks it is another level, definitely you need to know what are you doing.
From my own point of view, you need to invest smartly if you need the good things of life. so far i've made over $255k in raw profits from just 6 months into the market from my diversified portfolio strategy and i believe anyone can do it you have the right strategy, mutual funds takes long time but investing smartly is the key for short term. Most of us tend to pay more attention to the shiniest position in the market to the cost of proper diversification.
@@benjaminotto5711 I've been solely investing in real estate. But with the recent hyper home pricing i've liquidated a few things and have $45k in cash laying around idle. Would love to get your recommendations, I'm in search of something lucrative in the current crazy markets, i will be glad.
My portfolio is very much diversified so it's not like i have a particular fund i invest in, plus i dont do that by myself. i follow the trades of Mrs Karen Gaye Gray.
She is a popular broker you might have heard of. I can correctly say she's worth her salt as a financial advisor as her diversification skills are top notch, because i see that in her results as my portfolio grows by averages of 10 to 15% on a monthly basis, unlike i can say for my IRA which has just been trudging along, my portfolio just mirrors what she trades and not just on some particular industries of my choosing.
@@benjaminotto5711By following her trades do you mean copying her trades? I have heard about copying trades
you got this spot on. I had to start making fitness videos and short form video, and blew up cause of it! but now I'm pivoting again since I may have gone too far on the fitness side of things...
It takes real work to start to get anything out of IG. I just got to a point where I just use it as my personal photo gallery. I know it can still be powerful but I can't find myself putting hours on in trying to work with the algo.
SO MUCH better out there than McKinnon (sp - whatever) - he's trendy and that's all.
I love your videos and you have helped me look at my work in a different way, however, I would say for anyone starting out you still need some sort of following on Instagram to be able to sell the like of pre-sets, as these followers will essentially be your fan base. No matter how much SEO you use for organic searches, even with a website, no one will buy your work, whether pre-sets or prints, if you don't have some established following.
I think one of the best routes a photographer could go down to give extra oomph to their work is to be a TH-camr or produce video content alongside. No offence but the images posted by yourself and pretty much every other TH-camr who focuses on photography are not jaw dropping, they are like most other people's work you see on other platforms such as Instagram etc. however you get an audience through your other work. So your popularity and growth stems from here more than your work. I went to a talk with Sean Tucker and he said without TH-cam he thinks his follow count may be around 10k on Instagram and I think I agree again his work is very much the same as everything else yet he has another layer to it. You need something else and can't rely on photography alone because there are many many fantastic photographers out there who will never be known because they just share images and the chances of being noticed are slim. It's sad in a way but just the way the photography game on social media works.
Yeah 100% the point of this video. I grew a following on IG about 30k before TH-cam during the the period I mentioned in this video. Where things were new and exciting. Those days are done. Photography is like I mentioned in the video, just a skill in a stack now. And that sucks to say but I recognized that a long time ago. It’s one of the main reasons behind my channel. I felt there needed to be something to go along side the pictures. If you want I make money as a business, use the skill effectively. If you want to grow on social media stack it with something else. And no offense taken haha I’m fully aware of what social media does to my work. If it was up to me I’d share the 4/5 really great pictures I get a year.. but I still haven’t figured out how to make that align with my life and business goals just yet
feel like I threw away my life chasing creative and artistic photography. It felt meaningful to me because it inspired others but it wasnt sustainable financially and now its on a downward trend and I need to figure out a new career path ...
If you want to grow fast and make real connections get out and become a community based photographer/creator. Once you build real life connections you can grow your photography business. It’s easy just be sociable and not the lone wolf no one cares about anymore. I see it all the time…the big influence in the car community who knows it all and is great but no one sees them as a serious creator because they are seen as leaches riding coat tails. I guarantee if you went out made new friends and networked it would work so much better for you. Stop spending money and start making it. 😊
I stop watching after the 3 time mentionning woman in a bathing suit
Photography is dead thanks to AI. We're now Synthographers.
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It's not dead, but as it will come to pass, the value of photography will be in the selling of verité as guaranteed by the photographer and known by the subject: "That was really me, and I was really there." Many of the things photographers have been doing lately, such as background compositing, will be dropped in favor of the capture of reality. Photography has been there before.
……wat 😂😂
Just canes across you channel. Consider me subscribed her and on Instagram. Cheers