If you put a coffee machine in your workplace, you will save about $5000 a year on coffee if you drink 2 cups a day. If you make your lunch in the morning instead of buying takeaway lunches, you will probably save another two or $3000 a year. If you shop at secondhand shops, the clothing instead of buying new brand clothing, you’ll save yourself another $2000. If you reduce your alcohol intake to maybe one drink or two drinks on a Friday night, you’ll probably save yourself another couple of grand a year. Yes Photography is expensive but so is life. I made some simple changes to the way I live in the last five years, because I wanted to expand my photography equipment. I simply made some changes that were very subtle, but save me a significant amount of money. And you can too.
Honestly bare minimum... Canon 500D crop sensor less than £100 or a full frame Canon 6Dmk1 less than £350. i5 processor with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD £200 or less. Software free. Fully setup for £500 for a decent setup.
Dude if I'm entry level I don't have all that garbage to worry about yet. I'm still using my $500 Walmart camera to do half priced portraits of my friends
Now that you're done hearing this guy's bs, here's some real advice on how to save money when you wanna get into photography : >Buy used gear >Cameras that are good in video are relatively more expensive than the ones that are good in photography, if you want a good photography camera, just buy an old used dslr that has a high enough megapixle count for what you need and a decent autofocus system, that's all you need (megapixles don't really matter but they do matter when you wanna print your stuff) >If you don't wanna invest a lot into buying lenses and don't care about the highest optical perfection, consider buying vintage lenses, they are damn cheap and give your pictures and videos a really good look. But remember you'll have to use manual focus so taking video with these lenses is kinda hard. >You don't need gimbals and stabilizers unless you're really serious about this stuff and you "really" need those buttery smooth moving shots. >Buying more and more gear will never satisfy your inner greedy animal, you'll always want more, make the best of what you already have, even if it's just a phone. Buy more stuff when you absolutely need to buy more stuff, not when you start getting ideas about how it would be better if you had all that extra gear. >Feel free to add anything to this
Unfortunately if you want to charge people for your photography and take professional looking photos, you need to spend over a grand to get a good enough camera. Anything less than that and it’s a beginner camera with lower specs. Obviously you need skills too, but like any business, there’s an initial investment.
@@yani1343 for starters, it’s over $1000. Also, it’s a great camera for a teenager or any beginner, but I wouldn’t recommend it for professional work. I’ve personally used and it was meh. - It doesn’t have 2 SD card slots. - it lacks a lot of buttons, so it’s hard to quickly change settings such as focus point. - the grip is absolutely tiny, it would be very uncomfortable to use for more than an hour. I work at a camera store part time and I shoot semi professionally, so I know what people want/need for professional photography work.
I love how he just said, “you don’t need a camera thats 5,000$ to start off with” and then goes to say you only need one thats a few thousand dollars, like those are the same thing, I know what he means, its just he could have worded that a bit better(also I think he’s out of touch a bit, thats still pretty expensive.
If you’re looking to go into business, yeah it can end up expensive. But if you just got an eye for it and like doing it then just whip out ur Kodak disposable from cvs that you bought in 2003. I ain’t no professional but after making music and taking photos for a long time what I took away was just do it, with whatever you have. (and a few thousand dollars isn’t cheap wtf)
The thing with using a budget camera or any cheaper equipment for that matter is that the client will judge and prefer companies that has better equipment. Yes, skill is also an aspect to a good photo but most clients don’t understand that😂
Most people can't tell the difference. All you need is lots of bokeh and natural colours. My camera is 12 years old and cost £50, and with a cheap, fast, modern lens, everyone says the photos are "good quality" just because there is lots of bokeh. (The lens cost £70. My dad didn't think it was cheap, but relatively speaking it's cheap)
Hey im a beginner and i wanted to know if i have to buy a professional camera or for now can i just stick with the one i have which is canon Eos 600D since i just started it i dont know much stuff and i dont want to regret buying anything too expensive
If you keep learning with what you have, then what you have will be enough. I’d say don’t upgrade unless you have a good reason to and know and can explain why you need a certain camera over what you have now. :)
The story doesn’t sound real, sounds more like an excuse to make a nonsensical TH-cam short that ends explaining that photography IS expensive. Your videos are become a lot more about quantity over quality.
Photography is indeed expensive (or at least for what I like to do and services that customers desire to have with regards to real estate photography). When totaling the cost of camera, wide angle lens, 360 camera, tripod, drones), my final sum for that physical equipment narrows in the area $8k. I know what some of you critics will say: You're spending way too much, why not buy used. Are you crazy 🤪? I need assurances that my stuff is going to work w/o any problems, and if not, I have recourse for recovery.
WHATTT YOU DONT NEED a camera for e FEW thousand dollars to get started! A 300€ cam with 200€ lense gets the job started! You are just testing around! A few thousand dollars! I think I am in the wrong movie! (A German Sprichwort)
You are disconnected lol, for most people looking to get into photography either as a hobby or side hustle, yes it is absolutely expensive. If “entry level” for you means spending “a few thousand” that’s insane. Majority of people cannot afford that. Entry for most people is $1000 or way less, $500 even.
Man you don’t even need $1000 to do photography. The higher end gear is not going to make your photography automatically better, it may help you take better shots but when it comes to photography the most important thing is you. I know people with expensive camera gear and I’ve been able to take better photos with my Nikon D50 from 2005. Building up skill is the most important thing, not what camera gear you have
A few thousand dollars is still very expensive man and I do believe that for most of us we're looking for a camera (including lens) under 500 usd, which was still very possible even a few years ago but nowadays the "entry level" is becoming around 1000 usd. For a lot of people using their phones will be a great option but only if they own an iphone or a pixel or something that retains flagship quality but for me I use a phone around 150-200 usd so that's out of question lol.
I laughed soo hard when i heard "entry level camera" and litterally in the next sentence "a few k dollars". If it's only photography then e.g. the sony a7iii will do more then enough and its like 1k or bit more and it's fullframe but there are even cheaper models which if you got some nice lenses, and thats the nice thing if you collect them you can use it later on better cameras, can produce great results. But even cheaper lenses can produce nice results. I only use cheap lenses and the results are great. Of course if i would invest more in way better lenses, the results will get even more share etc. but you don't have to start with few k dollar lenses f.e
As a hobbyist, Photography is expensive and artificially OVER-PRICED. For commercial/businesses it's still over-priced, but and investment that can be written off.
you dont need a 5000 dollar camera, just get a camera thats a couple thousant dollars
Exactly what I thought😂
Photography it’s a really expensive hobby for me 😮💨 but so worth it
I got started with a $200 camera bro!
Meanwhile in this universe i offer my service using my DSLR with kitlens in it.
I like how you can spend over a thousand dollars and still be called “Entry” level camera.
If you put a coffee machine in your workplace, you will save about $5000 a year on coffee if you drink 2 cups a day. If you make your lunch in the morning instead of buying takeaway lunches, you will probably save another two or $3000 a year. If you shop at secondhand shops, the clothing instead of buying new brand clothing, you’ll save yourself another $2000. If you reduce your alcohol intake to maybe one drink or two drinks on a Friday night, you’ll probably save yourself another couple of grand a year. Yes Photography is expensive but so is life. I made some simple changes to the way I live in the last five years, because I wanted to expand my photography equipment. I simply made some changes that were very subtle, but save me a significant amount of money. And you can too.
Maybe get affirm, and pay it later and get any camera and lens
Learnt this in Financial Accounting. Great tip
I had a setup that costed no more than 500 and I still got photo shoots 🤔
Hey can you share what was in your setup? Thanks ❤
I bought second hand Nikon d7000 for Rs 18000 which is 218 dollar 😂
Honestly bare minimum...
Canon 500D crop sensor less than £100 or a full frame Canon 6Dmk1 less than £350.
i5 processor with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD £200 or less.
Software free.
Fully setup for £500 for a decent setup.
Dude if I'm entry level I don't have all that garbage to worry about yet. I'm still using my $500 Walmart camera to do half priced portraits of my friends
Make a video on canon m50 mark 2
Would the r10 and a 50mm f1.8 allow me to start making money off photography?
Only a few thousand dollars? 😂 Bro my camera is like 250 dollars and the lens is 90 dollars
(I'm so cheap ._.)
Btw man i love ur content, keep up!
Guys photography isnt expensive. I'm into cars and this is nothing compared to that 😂
Good luck getting clients that pay with a point and shoot
"not expensive"
meanwhile me barely paying my motorcycle 25$ a month with my salary 50$ a month😀
⛵⛵🏴☠️✅
how out of touch can someone be
Now that you're done hearing this guy's bs, here's some real advice on how to save money when you wanna get into photography :
>Buy used gear
>Cameras that are good in video are relatively more expensive than the ones that are good in photography, if you want a good photography camera, just buy an old used dslr that has a high enough megapixle count for what you need and a decent autofocus system, that's all you need (megapixles don't really matter but they do matter when you wanna print your stuff)
>If you don't wanna invest a lot into buying lenses and don't care about the highest optical perfection, consider buying vintage lenses, they are damn cheap and give your pictures and videos a really good look. But remember you'll have to use manual focus so taking video with these lenses is kinda hard.
>You don't need gimbals and stabilizers unless you're really serious about this stuff and you "really" need those buttery smooth moving shots.
>Buying more and more gear will never satisfy your inner greedy animal, you'll always want more, make the best of what you already have, even if it's just a phone. Buy more stuff when you absolutely need to buy more stuff, not when you start getting ideas about how it would be better if you had all that extra gear.
>Feel free to add anything to this
Used gear
> Entry level camera
> A few thousand dollars
Glad I wasn't the only one caught out by that.
To me, "entry level" about a tenth of that, so somewhere around the £100-£200 mark.
@@Toby_Price exactly
@@Toby_Price with that budget you'll get a point and shoot camera.
@@wassupbhavesh Not if you buy a camera second hand. Keep looking and you'll find bargains.
@@Toby_Price I know I'll, but nobody here is talking here about 2nd hand camera brother.
spoken like a true rich photographer
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If you’re gonna shoot an event that will earn you a couple thousand it makes sense to have some decent equipment first
Does he mean a few *hundred* dollar camera?
I hope so😂
I thought the same at first but I saw his beginner camera list and they’re like well over a thousand dollars
Unfortunately if you want to charge people for your photography and take professional looking photos, you need to spend over a grand to get a good enough camera. Anything less than that and it’s a beginner camera with lower specs.
Obviously you need skills too, but like any business, there’s an initial investment.
@@jamesSevenAteNine canon r50 enters the chat
@@yani1343 for starters, it’s over $1000. Also, it’s a great camera for a teenager or any beginner, but I wouldn’t recommend it for professional work. I’ve personally used and it was meh.
- It doesn’t have 2 SD card slots.
- it lacks a lot of buttons, so it’s hard to quickly change settings such as focus point.
- the grip is absolutely tiny, it would be very uncomfortable to use for more than an hour.
I work at a camera store part time and I shoot semi professionally, so I know what people want/need for professional photography work.
It's always morally right to pirate Adobe products
I was literally gonna say this and not just adobe mega thread has everything from ide s to autodesk stuff
Onb, except Lightroom. I had to buy that because of Adobe not allowing a certain license or something like that.
do you guys have any links to pirate them,i need help,thank you
@@vishwamurthyganeshan1796can't help with that, because 1. malware, 2. TH-cam isn't gonna be too happy about this one
Tell him to use crack version of software 😂
The smartest and most ethical way
Or use free/open source software if you're in a country with a government that actually does something against piracy.
Adobe Employee?
I love how he just said, “you don’t need a camera thats 5,000$ to start off with” and then goes to say you only need one thats a few thousand dollars, like those are the same thing, I know what he means, its just he could have worded that a bit better(also I think he’s out of touch a bit, thats still pretty expensive.
It must be nice being rich like him
Bro got his opinions from Waffle House ☠️
The meme is dead
If you’re looking to go into business, yeah it can end up expensive. But if you just got an eye for it and like doing it then just whip out ur Kodak disposable from cvs that you bought in 2003. I ain’t no professional but after making music and taking photos for a long time what I took away was just do it, with whatever you have. (and a few thousand dollars isn’t cheap wtf)
The problem is that good lenses cost aften just as much or more than the actual camera that's already descent. And it's only 1 lens
is an a7iii entry level? damn man you killed my happiness here
That’s what I’m saying 😭😭
LOL no
The thing with using a budget camera or any cheaper equipment for that matter is that the client will judge and prefer companies that has better equipment. Yes, skill is also an aspect to a good photo but most clients don’t understand that😂
Most people can't tell the difference. All you need is lots of bokeh and natural colours. My camera is 12 years old and cost £50, and with a cheap, fast, modern lens, everyone says the photos are "good quality" just because there is lots of bokeh. (The lens cost £70. My dad didn't think it was cheap, but relatively speaking it's cheap)
If you have a great portfolio and reputation and people recommend you, you're gonna get work.
@@mushroomcraft wow, can you share the equipment that you used? both camera and lens
Hey im a beginner and i wanted to know if i have to buy a professional camera or for now can i just stick with the one i have which is canon Eos 600D since i just started it i dont know much stuff and i dont want to regret buying anything too expensive
If you keep learning with what you have, then what you have will be enough. I’d say don’t upgrade unless you have a good reason to and know and can explain why you need a certain camera over what you have now. :)
Bruh, if you showed up with a $1000 camera you’ll get laughed outta there. A7IV is 3300 CAD with a single 50 mm lens.
The story doesn’t sound real, sounds more like an excuse to make a nonsensical TH-cam short that ends explaining that photography IS expensive. Your videos are become a lot more about quantity over quality.
For software there is
Davinci resolve
Photography is indeed expensive (or at least for what I like to do and services that customers desire to have with regards to real estate photography).
When totaling the cost of camera, wide angle lens, 360 camera, tripod, drones), my final sum for that physical equipment narrows in the area $8k.
I know what some of you critics will say: You're spending way too much, why not buy used.
Are you crazy 🤪?
I need assurances that my stuff is going to work w/o any problems, and if not, I have recourse for recovery.
I'm not fully against buying used, but you're right, reliability is the absolute most valuable thing!
try switching software like capture one or affinity photo which are both more cost efficient on a long run.
You don’t even need a camera that’s $1k, there are plenty of cameras with good lenses- even come in kits and packages for just a few hundred dollars.
L short a entrance camera costs a few hundred like the canon m50
Yh... phone it is
Entry level camera, only few thousands dollars. Bro wtf
draftin?? like... writing?? 10k computer rly?
"Photography is not expensive"
"a setup for a few thousand dollars is enough"
Yeah lol a few thousand dollars IS expensive
Photography is not really expensive, but videography or filmmaking is crazy expensive for producing cinema grade results
"Photography is expensive.... or is it 🤨" vsauce music starts playing
🤣
Holy....
Didn't expected you would reply
Or 1 dollar with crack version. 😂😂😂😂
WHATTT YOU DONT NEED a camera for e FEW thousand dollars to get started!
A 300€ cam with 200€ lense gets the job started! You are just testing around!
A few thousand dollars! I think I am in the wrong movie! (A German Sprichwort)
And in my country i do photoshoot for $50 with a $3000 camera! Photography is expensive 🙂
The guy who has 150k worth of equipment says photog doesn’t have to be expensive! 😂
You are disconnected lol, for most people looking to get into photography either as a hobby or side hustle, yes it is absolutely expensive. If “entry level” for you means spending “a few thousand” that’s insane. Majority of people cannot afford that. Entry for most people is $1000 or way less, $500 even.
Sorry but with basic camera u can improve your hobby not photography service. People go by quality quality is expensive
the difference is that starting a business isn't generally considered a hobby
Man you don’t even need $1000 to do photography. The higher end gear is not going to make your photography automatically better, it may help you take better shots but when it comes to photography the most important thing is you. I know people with expensive camera gear and I’ve been able to take better photos with my Nikon D50 from 2005. Building up skill is the most important thing, not what camera gear you have
A few thousand dollars is still very expensive man and I do believe that for most of us we're looking for a camera (including lens) under 500 usd, which was still very possible even a few years ago but nowadays the "entry level" is becoming around 1000 usd.
For a lot of people using their phones will be a great option but only if they own an iphone or a pixel or something that retains flagship quality but for me I use a phone around 150-200 usd so that's out of question lol.
So you need to buy camera and lens and you can offer your photography service? Are you serious?
I was expecting Micheal to show up at the beginning...
was surprised he didnt glorify canon in this short like he always does
I almost choked on... when he said a few thousand dollars on an entry level camera. Really?
I laughed soo hard when i heard "entry level camera" and litterally in the next sentence "a few k dollars". If it's only photography then e.g. the sony a7iii will do more then enough and its like 1k or bit more and it's fullframe but there are even cheaper models which if you got some nice lenses, and thats the nice thing if you collect them you can use it later on better cameras, can produce great results. But even cheaper lenses can produce nice results. I only use cheap lenses and the results are great. Of course if i would invest more in way better lenses, the results will get even more share etc. but you don't have to start with few k dollar lenses f.e
first time i listen that who talk about software licence
A few thousand dollar cameras are not entry-level you can get a decent camera for five or $600
Without a name on the market your equipment is worth nothing because is earning nothing.
How can you get a photo shooting contract as beginner?
Spend the same amount of money on a single lens that you could buy a good used car for and some dude on youtube still calls it “good for beginners”
Well, digital can be not so expensive, but analog - I shoot film and believe me - that's what you'd call expensive
Photography is dead cheap of we get a replica of evry camera and lense from China😂
Its “Photography isn’t t expensive, or is it? This guy makes no sense
hes a sale man
you lost me at "a few thousand dollars" lmao
Yeah its expensive
All i have is 5900$
ahh yes a camera that only costs a few thousand dollars
Which serveces do you use/pay monthly? Such as Stock Video Platforms or webs like skillshare/squarespace?
Crack version
Why do you always close your 1 eye while talking like that.
As a hobbyist, Photography is expensive and artificially OVER-PRICED. For commercial/businesses it's still over-priced, but and investment that can be written off.
$5,000 IS a few thousand dollars
Pawnshop!Pawnshop.Pawnshop!!is the way to go
My “beginner” first camera was 1300
or, just go the M0nkrus way and save a lot of money