I love the Income Octopus ;) Here is a summary of the income streams mentioned in the video: 1 - Editorial: Magazines, Newspapers, Blogs, etc 2 - Commercial: Working with Brands 3 - Stock: Rights Managed and Microstock 4 - Social: Working with Brands on their social media accounts 5 - Blog 6 - Vlog 7 - Photo/writing Assignments 8 - Miscellaneous Some other potential income sources: 9 - Affiliate marketing: recommending products and services you use that pay you a commission for refering a sale. 10 - Teaching: E-books, Video courses, Workshops, Speaking at events 11 - Photography Tours 12 - Selling photography prints Another tip I would add is if you're travelling longer term you can volunteer in exchange for accommodation and food to bring down your travel expenses and then work on your own stuff on your time off. www.workaway.info/ www.helpx.net/ As well as camping and couchsurfing.
Thanks for breaking that down! That's great. I do earn from 9-12 as well, although I count 9 into Blog income. And workshops and phototours I just put in as assignments. Print sales are so minimal for me that I just plug that into misc.
Wow man. Thanks so much, this is exactly what I needed. I quit my 7 -5 job to go into full time photography. Starting with full time assisting till the season ends and then hope by then I've built up enough resources and knowledge to carry me through the winter, also maybe go visit a friend in Namibia since I'm in SA. Thank you though, I've always considered my "art" to be a business and not just a state of existential crisis creating work for sensation but rather run it as a business with the 9-5 principle but in my own way. So honestly, thank you. This December holiday was long, all the businesses are closed and tomorrow I'm going to the warehouse to check out the lighting equipment I'll be using this season. If all goes well I hope to meet you on the road. I'll go look for you on Instagram. Safe travels!
I love the new look of your channel, you're back to adding the value that got me watching in the first place! You have a ton of really useful information in a really approachable way. I'd love to see a "getting the shot" on street portraiture!
I'm glad. I thought it would be fun to mix things up between the vlog and the learning stuff. Keeps everyone happy. And, yeah, my goal in the channel was always to give back a bit. And, yes, your idea for a street portraiture getting the shot is coming up. I hope to do it in Goa, although I'm not sure what the situation will be like there.
Man, this is an amazing video. I've just quit my job and I'm going to SE Asia to give photography a proper go on February 1st . I'm going to draw my own octopus and carry it with me! 😊
Your handwriting is way better than mine. Always enjoy how open you are, and this sounds like good sound advice from someone who has figured out a path that works well for them, and addresses all of the alternatives that might work well for others.
Thank you for being so sincere. As you say, it's now a formula who works for everyone, it's not a magic formula, but it's great to see someone like you open the book. Keep going and good luck!
I accidently came across your channel. It's really selfless of you to share your personal experience in such detail. I've subscribed and hope to make good use of the knowledge I acquired. Stay safe and peace :)
Thanks so much for this video! I've watched almost all of your uploads on this channel and though they've all been good, I found this one the most useful. I really appreciate the honesty, too; it's one thing to say there are 8 ways you make money (love the income octopus) but being so open about how much you're making on each from not only this trip but overall is really appreciated.
Thank you so much for these vids! I am tryin to soak all this in. I'm a 42yr old who loves travel and photography...I've been working on it for so many years, but not really knowing the business side of it, it's been impossible. So THANK YOU!!
Excellent summary on how to get into this business! On July 24th, i'm starting my first course on photography and i'd like to focus on wildlife. Thanks for sharing your experience, Brendan!!! Hope it keeps going excellent!!! For me... i will start breaking even =D Best wishes from Argentina!
Hey man, that was really really really awesome video, some great tips, u explained like a mentor...that thing was out of the world...i m sure gonna follow up for ur upcoming venture good luck and keep showering your experience with newcomers like me
Hey Brendan, really nice video. People almost never share their inside knowledge of the business. Even though I am never ever going to do what you do (which btw I admire so much) it was interesting to learn that aspect of your work. I guess the next logical step in your evolution would be to build a small team that can chase up all those assignments, editorials, etc and you making all the decisions. It might take another 5 years, but if you don't grow you won't be able to move forward. In addition you will come to the realization that you cannot be a one man show for ever. Not to mention that you will feel less stressed trying to juggle all that by yourself. This is where taking the intern is the first step towards this direction. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and good luck.
You're exactly right in the evolution. I'm actually looking for an intern as you might have seen in another video. This will be part of their work. I also have a management team that looks for work for me as well.
I really enjoyed this video. It is very interesting to see how anyone can start into the business of travel photography from the ground up and how you can go from breaking even to earning a profit. The income octopus was a very good model for showing the different ways for earning income from travel photography as it is very easy to understand. I am glad to see how you are living the dream by seeing exciting places and earning money along the way. Although traveling is only a hobby of mine right now, it is cool to see how it can be possible to make a living on travel, and I may consider changing my career into something in the travel world. Only time will tell. I hope all the best, and I will for sure keep watching!
Great video man, great way to show how you can do it. I'm trying to get away from sports photography a bit (diversify I should say) and its good to know that my thinking is on the right track - except I'm just thinking local in Australia to start with.
This is what I've been looking for for months. When I'm done uni, I'm paying off all my debts and then following in your footsteps. My family all think I'm crazy but it's something I gotta do. I can't live a 9-5 life. Thanks for the inspiration Brendon, keep up the great work! =)
Brendan van Son that's the plan! Can't live a boring life =) Any recommendations on how to build a social media platform? I went from 100 followers on Instagram to 1100 in a month, and then all of a sudden it's like I gain 20 and then lose 20. I try to keep all my work similar but diverse at the same time.
Thank you for this vlog! There's so much gear-related content on the interwebs, but not much real down-to-earth business talk, at least about our industry. So much appreciated! I'm looking forward to going full-time as a travel and outdoor lifestyle filmmaker/photographer (the gap between those two is getting narrower each day), but still struggling with the business side of it. Especially the part of getting assignments and doing commercial work when you're just starting out and if you're not exactly living in the busy part of the World such as US, Canada or even Western Europe. It can't be cold-calling, can it?
+Eaglewood Films yup cold calling is a huge part of getting work. And there's lots of work around. In India, if I wanted, I could have worked 100 days for the hotels. Everyone wanted images. But, how would you know that unless you called them and pitched them?
My goodness, this is really helpful. I love the income octopus now! I'm actually about to start attempting travel photography (lots of things to do to prep still), but I'm looking forward to starting my first "Me" venture in about three weeks. Fortunately I'm not starting from a debt position like you talked about since I saved money from my day job I had just quit. It's going to be a really tough first year, like you said, but I think that I'm going to enjoy this far more than my previous job. P.S. I like your handwriting, it's very similar to mine :D
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you for being so open and honest about the life of a travel photography. I learned a lot from all your videos and I truly do enjoy each and everyone of them. If I ever have the pleasure of meeting you in real life, drinks are on me ;-)
One of the best half hours I’ve spent in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing your insights and experience with us. By the way, I see determination, rather than anger, in the first Income Octopus! ;-)
love you sharing your knowledge honestly... funnily, I just want photography as one of my octopus tentacles... ;) wish me luck.... just got a sternum fracture when i travelled to Bulgaria for lovely summer photography... what a bad luck... now stuck in my home.... So when you mentioned ME trip is 100% risk, I was nodding my head strongly!!!! Good Luck and Safe Trip!
That's a great way to do it too. Photography can be an income tentacle in itself in your business plan. Sorry to hear about the sternum, that one hurts!
Love the Video and Octopus but I have to say that's a purpose of those thin pages on your notebook and that its that you don't have to put a different paper or board like you didi before, lol! Pretty funny :-)
Good info! But your missing affiliate marketing, thats huge money that is very passive. super easy to sign up too. Get on it and link all your gear in all your videos
I do a bit of affiliate, and it's not included in my octopus because I consider it vlog or blog income, since that's where it comes from. That said, I definitely don't focus too much on it.
Thank you so much for share you knowledge with us, i been always ask me how earn money with landscape photography. i'm new in this, i have a basic dslr and lenses but i enjoy so much doing it than i want to investment in a better equipment to do this to live, so i appreciate your help to do my dreams come true!! greetings from Chile :D
Thank you so much for this Video!!! It is so inspiring and it really motivated me to keep fighting and working for my dream...! I was really get stucked by the Question how can I start with earning money with Landscape and Travel Photography. Your Income Octopus is a great Plan to start with! Thank you!!!
Great Job Man. I have not seen anyone explaining stuff like this so easily because this is hell lot of experience from your real life. I love this video and it's a good start for me. Quite a good amount of information. Octopus is a nice way to track your earnings. Is the online sites like Dreamstime, Shutterstock, Fotolia, istockphoto are the source you can sell or there are other ways to get clients who look for photographer and photographs?
Great video Brendan! (And nice to meet you quickly the other morning at Lower Sabie!) Just wondering, on the Stock spotted tentacle - did you have another video on that? Any suggested agencies? I've been wondering what the work (keywording, uploading time etc) to reward ratio was like, but it sounds like it'd be worth building up a bit of a portfolio. Just hard to know where to host it :-/.
Was so good meeting you. Thanks for stopping and saying hi. I always appreciate that. I've got a video coming on stock, I think. Actually working on a free eBook that will have that info. It's worth it, but it takes a lot of time, for sure. But, it's nice residual income which is always good.
That's fantastic - looking forward to it. And thanks for sharing! (Feel free to make it an optional paid ebook, I imagine quite a few of us would be happy to support your work...)
Great video! Thanks for sharing how your business works. Now I have a better idea on how to start getting mine off the ground a bit more. I already so a few of the eight legs but did not know about the others till now. Now if I could just get rid of my CC debt too lol.
Man, debt sucks. I cannot wait to be debt-free. If I keep my photography business steady for the next while, I could maybe have it cleared in 18 months which would be amazing.
That would be amazing and I hope you pull it off and maybe even get rid of it sooner. I am looking to sell all the stuff I never use that I have laying around. Seeing yourself and Elia Locardi who can just up and go without "stuff" holding you back is something I want to work for. I decided if I don't use or need it that means it has to go. Plus that will help pay off some of my debt lol.
This is such a fantastic video!! I am hoping to start doing this full time soon and it has been so hard to know how to approach it. When you say "breaking even" does that include business costs such as gear insurance, travel insurance, new gear you need, website hosting, etc.? Thanks so much!
Perhaps the best video explaining all the ins and outs of travel photography. Thanks for the inspiration! I have one question, how to approach editorial or commercial clients. Where to find them? Any websites like fiverr where you can find new clients? How to know the worth of your travel article? How much can I be expected to be paid for my travel article?
Thanks Brandon!!! There are very few photographers out there who are willing and selfless as you to share such inside knowledge. Respect Buddy. Take a Bow. With your permission, can I share this?
Great tutorial brother. Thank you for sharing your experience and how you do it. I have been looking into getting videography as a job. It is something that I enjoy doing. Have you heard anything about MatadorU? I've heard some good things about that site.
Brendan van Son I heard as well that it used to be good and it declined. But very recently I have also read that it is still a good deal. Do you recommend a good videography course that also offers opportunities to look for work and networking etc? MatadorU still offers that according to their website. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
So much for me to ask myself. I need to find more information on what editorial work I can do, and how to do it, and what it even is really. Because I have no idea. And how to find these tourism boards or brands or places to pitch to. What do I say to these companies? Which ones work with my photography style? Is my photography even good enough? I need to take more pictures, take more trips. How can I do that whilst barely getting by with my current job? So much good information here Brandon. Although I sort of knew these things existed before, I now know that nothing is going to come to me. I need to go get them and work hard at it. Thanks for opening my eyes a little more!
Oh, those are the great questions! It's all about pitching and researching. Finding editorial work (magazine, newspaper, etc) is a lot of work. But, if your work is good enough, there will always be people willing to buy it. You just need to pitch everyone. As for tourism boards and brands, it's the same thing. Just constantly pitch potential clients that seem like they might be relevant.
Brendan van Son makes sense. no harm in pitching. worse they can say is no. I would love to see examples of pitches, to better understand what to say. I'm sure it's different depending on who and what you're submitting to. Going to spend tons of time today looking for potential blogs or something that resonates with me and that I can use either pictures I already have or can take with gear I already have.
Man, fair play for sharing all that inside knowledge. Really selfless. This was so interesting, hope it keeps going well.
My pleasure, that's what I'm here for.
I love the Income Octopus ;)
Here is a summary of the income streams mentioned in the video:
1 - Editorial: Magazines, Newspapers, Blogs, etc
2 - Commercial: Working with Brands
3 - Stock: Rights Managed and Microstock
4 - Social: Working with Brands on their social media accounts
5 - Blog
6 - Vlog
7 - Photo/writing Assignments
8 - Miscellaneous
Some other potential income sources:
9 - Affiliate marketing: recommending products and services you use that pay you a commission for refering a sale.
10 - Teaching: E-books, Video courses, Workshops, Speaking at events
11 - Photography Tours
12 - Selling photography prints
Another tip I would add is if you're travelling longer term you can volunteer in exchange for accommodation and food to bring down your travel expenses and then work on your own stuff on your time off.
www.workaway.info/
www.helpx.net/
As well as camping and couchsurfing.
Thanks for breaking that down! That's great.
I do earn from 9-12 as well, although I count 9 into Blog income. And workshops and phototours I just put in as assignments. Print sales are so minimal for me that I just plug that into misc.
Super helpful. You clearly put the hours in and work hard at it.
Wow man. Thanks so much, this is exactly what I needed. I quit my 7 -5 job to go into full time photography. Starting with full time assisting till the season ends and then hope by then I've built up enough resources and knowledge to carry me through the winter, also maybe go visit a friend in Namibia since I'm in SA. Thank you though, I've always considered my "art" to be a business and not just a state of existential crisis creating work for sensation but rather run it as a business with the 9-5 principle but in my own way. So honestly, thank you. This December holiday was long, all the businesses are closed and tomorrow I'm going to the warehouse to check out the lighting equipment I'll be using this season. If all goes well I hope to meet you on the road. I'll go look for you on Instagram. Safe travels!
I love the new look of your channel, you're back to adding the value that got me watching in the first place! You have a ton of really useful information in a really approachable way. I'd love to see a "getting the shot" on street portraiture!
I'm glad. I thought it would be fun to mix things up between the vlog and the learning stuff. Keeps everyone happy. And, yeah, my goal in the channel was always to give back a bit.
And, yes, your idea for a street portraiture getting the shot is coming up. I hope to do it in Goa, although I'm not sure what the situation will be like there.
Man, this is an amazing video. I've just quit my job and I'm going to SE Asia to give photography a proper go on February 1st . I'm going to draw my own octopus and carry it with me! 😊
Your handwriting is way better than mine. Always enjoy how open you are, and this sounds like good sound advice from someone who has figured out a path that works well for them, and addresses all of the alternatives that might work well for others.
Thanks for watching. And, I'm pretty sure that was the best version of my handwritting ever. haha
Thank you for being so sincere. As you say, it's now a formula who works for everyone, it's not a magic formula, but it's great to see someone like you open the book.
Keep going and good luck!
I accidently came across your channel. It's really selfless of you to share your personal experience in such detail. I've subscribed and hope to make good use of the knowledge I acquired. Stay safe and peace :)
Thanks for subscribing Nadir! Appreciate it.
Thanks so much for this video!
I've watched almost all of your uploads on this channel and though they've all been good, I found this one the most useful.
I really appreciate the honesty, too; it's one thing to say there are 8 ways you make money (love the income octopus) but being so open about how much you're making on each from not only this trip but overall is really appreciated.
My pleasure Trent. Always happy to give back to the community.
Awesome, you are really honest and pragmatic, what a nice surprise!
My pleasure.
Hello Brendan, very good information, and thanks for the clarity on your part. It is good to hear you are making good progress.
Cheers.
Thanks for watching it GIno!
Excellent! Thanks for sharing. And good luck for all future assignments/travel.
Thank you!
I absolutely love this video! Thank you Brendan for your hard work.
Thanks for sharing this great layout for photography business! You have given a lot of new photographers a direction!
Thanks so much for all the information man. This video, bad hand-writing included, has made me a true fan - thanks again for breaking it all down!
My pleasure. The best part about this video is that that's the best handwriting I've ever done in my life.
Although this video is older, it is great to hear you grinding it out doing what you do!
Great stuff, mate. Always good to learn more. I'm inching towards this.
You'll get there, too, man!
Thanks for being brutally honest about the true financials and showing how things work as a business
My pleasure Chris, I hope it was helpful.
I really want to be a travel photographer when I grow up. Thanks for sharing and advice!
your transparency and the selfless sharing of knowledge won my heart dude!! subscribed... :)
Thanks!
Great, informative vlog Brendan, thank you for sharing.
Awesome vid....thanks a lot for sharing....I've wondered how to start on this kind of photography
That was so useful. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.
This was one of the most valuable videos information wise. Thanks so much. Subbed !
This is a brilliant visual presentation. insightful it is.
Thanks for sharing these practical nuggets.
Thanks for watching!
7 years of wisdom from photography business. so interesting; i had no idea! sorry I missed the op to apply for an internship now!
Happen to come across this video & beyond thankful I did. You really broke it down well
I'm glad it was helpful, Eric.
Great video Brendan. Well put. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Keep up the good work
+barthestation my pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Long story short. Thank you! You just gave me the confidence to pull this through!
+James Macdougall glad to inspire a bit. You got this, man!
Thank you so much for these vids! I am tryin to soak all this in. I'm a 42yr old who loves travel and photography...I've been working on it for so many years, but not really knowing the business side of it, it's been impossible. So THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much for sharing this. Best breakdown of the travel business that I have ever seen. Keep up the great work!
Was it my hand writting that made the video? haha
I would call it an exceptionally personal touch :D
Hey Brendan, great episode! Thanks for that!!
My pleasure Allan!
Excellent summary on how to get into this business! On July 24th, i'm starting my first course on photography and i'd like to focus on wildlife. Thanks for sharing your experience, Brendan!!! Hope it keeps going excellent!!! For me... i will start breaking even =D Best wishes from Argentina!
Hey man, that was really really really awesome video, some great tips, u explained like a mentor...that thing was out of the world...i m sure gonna follow up for ur upcoming venture good luck and keep showering your experience with newcomers like me
Hey Brendan, really nice video. People almost never share their inside knowledge of the business. Even though I am never ever going to do what you do (which btw I admire so much) it was interesting to learn that aspect of your work. I guess the next logical step in your evolution would be to build a small team that can chase up all those assignments, editorials, etc and you making all the decisions. It might take another 5 years, but if you don't grow you won't be able to move forward. In addition you will come to the realization that you cannot be a one man show for ever. Not to mention that you will feel less stressed trying to juggle all that by yourself. This is where taking the intern is the first step towards this direction. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and good luck.
You're exactly right in the evolution. I'm actually looking for an intern as you might have seen in another video. This will be part of their work. I also have a management team that looks for work for me as well.
I really enjoyed this video. It is very interesting to see how anyone can start into the business of travel photography from the ground up and how you can go from breaking even to earning a profit. The income octopus was a very good model for showing the different ways for earning income from travel photography as it is very easy to understand. I am glad to see how you are living the dream by seeing exciting places and earning money along the way. Although traveling is only a hobby of mine right now, it is cool to see how it can be possible to make a living on travel, and I may consider changing my career into something in the travel world. Only time will tell. I hope all the best, and I will for sure keep watching!
Thanks for watching, and commenting! I really appreciate the support. Best of luck to you.
Precious information! So grateful that you are willing to share your experience.
+John Lin my pleasure John.
Great video, you should be proud of yourself! Thanks a lot for sharing!
Thanks!
That looks like an awesome career. I'm trying to make photography and roadtripping my job as well.
This is so funny and so informative at the same time :D thanks so much for this!
Great video man, great way to show how you can do it. I'm trying to get away from sports photography a bit (diversify I should say) and its good to know that my thinking is on the right track - except I'm just thinking local in Australia to start with.
Nothing wrong with starting local. In fact, I recommend to most people to start that way.
Really enjoyed this thanks for sharing. Consider visiting the Solomon Islands sometimes.
Thank you!! Great informations in that video, I feel more confident now.
This is what I've been looking for for months. When I'm done uni, I'm paying off all my debts and then following in your footsteps. My family all think I'm crazy but it's something I gotta do. I can't live a 9-5 life. Thanks for the inspiration Brendon, keep up the great work! =)
You got this man! Chase those dreams!
Brendan van Son that's the plan! Can't live a boring life =) Any recommendations on how to build a social media platform? I went from 100 followers on Instagram to 1100 in a month, and then all of a sudden it's like I gain 20 and then lose 20. I try to keep all my work similar but diverse at the same time.
Awesome video! Thanks! Extremely informative!
Fantastic video thanks for sharing your business!
You are very interesting. Appreciate your efforts and sharing. You will definitely go well....
Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing you experience.
Thank you for being straight up and honest.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Really useful. Thanks a lot for sharing
great video thank you for sharing
Thanks for sharing !
Great Stuff.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Cheers
Thank you for this vlog! There's so much gear-related content on the interwebs, but not much real down-to-earth business talk, at least about our industry. So much appreciated!
I'm looking forward to going full-time as a travel and outdoor lifestyle filmmaker/photographer (the gap between those two is getting narrower each day), but still struggling with the business side of it. Especially the part of getting assignments and doing commercial work when you're just starting out and if you're not exactly living in the busy part of the World such as US, Canada or even Western Europe. It can't be cold-calling, can it?
+Eaglewood Films yup cold calling is a huge part of getting work. And there's lots of work around. In India, if I wanted, I could have worked 100 days for the hotels. Everyone wanted images. But, how would you know that unless you called them and pitched them?
thanks a lot for sharing the insights.. I have been searching for this... for now a long time! this really helped! 😀
Glad it was helpful!
My goodness, this is really helpful. I love the income octopus now! I'm actually about to start attempting travel photography (lots of things to do to prep still), but I'm looking forward to starting my first "Me" venture in about three weeks. Fortunately I'm not starting from a debt position like you talked about since I saved money from my day job I had just quit. It's going to be a really tough first year, like you said, but I think that I'm going to enjoy this far more than my previous job.
P.S. I like your handwriting, it's very similar to mine :D
Good Luck on the 'me' venture . i hope you enjoy it
Im still stuck in school :(
Good Luck on the 'me' venture . i hope you enjoy it
Im still stuck in school :(
Great work and info
thx for this video , we enjoy watching you and you do make some great photo's
Great video !
Thanks so much for sharing! Great info.
My pleasure, thanks for watching, as always.
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you for being so open and honest about the life of a travel photography. I learned a lot from all your videos and I truly do enjoy each and everyone of them. If I ever have the pleasure of meeting you in real life, drinks are on me ;-)
Thanks for watching the videos. I really do enjoy the support.
Thanks for the insight! good stuff right here
My pleasure!
Great video!! What kind of trips where you doing back in the Africa when you where riding around on that motorcycle that came in a box?
Haha. That was a serious me trip. I was only making enough money to get by, too.
You were seriously crazy. Seemed like you were living this mad-max lifestyle. Getting malaria monthly. Wish you were able to keep that first bike.
One of the best half hours I’ve spent in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing your insights and experience with us.
By the way, I see determination, rather than anger, in the first Income Octopus! ;-)
Awesome! Subscribed.
+Abhijit Bhavsar thanks! Appreciate the sub.
love you sharing your knowledge honestly... funnily, I just want photography as one of my octopus tentacles... ;) wish me luck.... just got a sternum fracture when i travelled to Bulgaria for lovely summer photography... what a bad luck... now stuck in my home.... So when you mentioned ME trip is 100% risk, I was nodding my head strongly!!!! Good Luck and Safe Trip!
That's a great way to do it too. Photography can be an income tentacle in itself in your business plan.
Sorry to hear about the sternum, that one hurts!
I loved the video. Subscribed. Peace from California!
Love the Video and Octopus but I have to say that's a purpose of those thin pages on your notebook and that its that you don't have to put a different paper or board like you didi before, lol! Pretty funny :-)
Thanks for sharing! It's really helpful!
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Good info! But your missing affiliate marketing, thats huge money that is very passive. super easy to sign up too. Get on it and link all your gear in all your videos
I do a bit of affiliate, and it's not included in my octopus because I consider it vlog or blog income, since that's where it comes from. That said, I definitely don't focus too much on it.
thank you so much for the advice Brendan 8)
Great video, Brendan. Where do your Assignments come from? Travel agencies? I am not sure who to approach. Thanks for your input.
such a helpful video, thanks loads man!!
Thank you so much for share you knowledge with us, i been always ask me how earn money with landscape photography. i'm new in this, i have a basic dslr and lenses but i enjoy so much doing it than i want to investment in a better equipment to do this to live, so i appreciate your help to do my dreams come true!! greetings from Chile :D
Haha. So warming when you said. I can't spell guarantee so I'm just going to.... Lol. Keeping it real is always endearing
GREAT video.Thanks so much man, keep it up!!
Thanks for this insight…much appreciated.
+Coro Robo my pleasure.
Thanks for the advice!!
+Alabama_Route_ Man my pleasure. Hope it's helpful.
Thank you so much for this Video!!! It is so inspiring and it really motivated me to keep fighting and working for my dream...! I was really get stucked by the Question how can I start with earning money with Landscape and Travel Photography. Your Income Octopus is a great Plan to start with! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much.
Good video, appreciate the candidness!
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic vlog..
Great Job Man. I have not seen anyone explaining stuff like this so easily because this is hell lot of experience from your real life. I love this video and it's a good start for me. Quite a good amount of information. Octopus is a nice way to track your earnings. Is the online sites like Dreamstime, Shutterstock, Fotolia, istockphoto are the source you can sell or there are other ways to get clients who look for photographer and photographs?
Great video Brendan! (And nice to meet you quickly the other morning at Lower Sabie!)
Just wondering, on the Stock spotted tentacle - did you have another video on that? Any suggested agencies? I've been wondering what the work (keywording, uploading time etc) to reward ratio was like, but it sounds like it'd be worth building up a bit of a portfolio. Just hard to know where to host it :-/.
Was so good meeting you. Thanks for stopping and saying hi. I always appreciate that.
I've got a video coming on stock, I think. Actually working on a free eBook that will have that info.
It's worth it, but it takes a lot of time, for sure. But, it's nice residual income which is always good.
That's fantastic - looking forward to it. And thanks for sharing! (Feel free to make it an optional paid ebook, I imagine quite a few of us would be happy to support your work...)
Great video! Thanks for sharing how your business works. Now I have a better idea on how to start getting mine off the ground a bit more. I already so a few of the eight legs but did not know about the others till now. Now if I could just get rid of my CC debt too lol.
Man, debt sucks. I cannot wait to be debt-free. If I keep my photography business steady for the next while, I could maybe have it cleared in 18 months which would be amazing.
That would be amazing and I hope you pull it off and maybe even get rid of it sooner. I am looking to sell all the stuff I never use that I have laying around. Seeing yourself and Elia Locardi who can just up and go without "stuff" holding you back is something I want to work for.
I decided if I don't use or need it that means it has to go. Plus that will help pay off some of my debt lol.
This is such a fantastic video!! I am hoping to start doing this full time soon and it has been so hard to know how to approach it. When you say "breaking even" does that include business costs such as gear insurance, travel insurance, new gear you need, website hosting, etc.? Thanks so much!
Perhaps the best video explaining all the ins and outs of travel
photography. Thanks for the inspiration! I have one question, how to
approach editorial or commercial clients. Where to find them? Any
websites like fiverr where you can find new clients? How to know the
worth of your travel article? How much can I be expected to be paid for
my travel article?
Search through my videos for one called "the art of pitching"
Thanks Brandon!!! There are very few photographers out there who are willing and selfless as you to share such inside knowledge. Respect Buddy. Take a Bow.
With your permission, can I share this?
My pleasure. Yes, of course you can share the link.
Cheers!!!
I have shared in on my official page:
facebook.com/shutterchemistry/
You are awesome sir.
Great insight
Great tutorial brother. Thank you for sharing your experience and how you do it. I have been looking into getting videography as a job. It is something that I enjoy doing. Have you heard anything about MatadorU? I've heard some good things about that site.
MatadorU used to be good. I know that there's definitely been a decline over there. Not sure what the deal is these days, to be honest.
Brendan van Son I heard as well that it used to be good and it declined. But very recently I have also read that it is still a good deal. Do you recommend a good videography course that also offers opportunities to look for work and networking etc? MatadorU still offers that according to their website. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Great video
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
So much for me to ask myself. I need to find more information on what editorial work I can do, and how to do it, and what it even is really. Because I have no idea. And how to find these tourism boards or brands or places to pitch to. What do I say to these companies? Which ones work with my photography style? Is my photography even good enough? I need to take more pictures, take more trips. How can I do that whilst barely getting by with my current job? So much good information here Brandon. Although I sort of knew these things existed before, I now know that nothing is going to come to me. I need to go get them and work hard at it. Thanks for opening my eyes a little more!
Oh, those are the great questions!
It's all about pitching and researching. Finding editorial work (magazine, newspaper, etc) is a lot of work. But, if your work is good enough, there will always be people willing to buy it. You just need to pitch everyone.
As for tourism boards and brands, it's the same thing. Just constantly pitch potential clients that seem like they might be relevant.
Brendan van Son makes sense. no harm in pitching. worse they can say is no. I would love to see examples of pitches, to better understand what to say. I'm sure it's different depending on who and what you're submitting to. Going to spend tons of time today looking for potential blogs or something that resonates with me and that I can use either pictures I already have or can take with gear I already have.
Can you do a video of photographing Snakes?
nice
how do you make the money off the me trips
That's amazing
When your reaching out to editorial or commercial how do you make sure your photos get stole or anything like that??
Great info and truly insightful! How does the tax system work for you as a Canadian being abroad most of the time? Cheers!
I'm not a Canadian resident anymore. So unlike Americans I'm not bound by the system.
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shouldn't you add taxes to the expenses? great videos and advice.