"Money is just a tool to open the opportunity to spend more time with the people you love." Hot dog. That's good. Thanks for pouring your heart out into your craft. It is reflected in what is delivered over and over again.
Yeah, buddy! If you don't know Eric, this is him in RL. This isn't some BS TH-cam persona. He's trying to help everyone be successful. Community over competition. Great video, my man👌
Eric, you have no idea how much I needed this video. I'm 17 and I'm deciding between pursuing a career in photography, or getting a bachelor's degree. There's nothing else I want to do but take photos, but I've always felt like it was such a risk, and a degree would be safer, but I wouldn't be doing what I love. This reignited my passion and I'm ready to pour all my energy into photography.
i started working with a venue company and only charged $800 at the time, now I've moved towards 1-3k its definitely possible to do 5-10k, you just gotta provide talent thats like no other and have a backing to show your previous work. this is in not accurate but its how i was able to raise to upwards of 3k which is not near the 5-10k but for being 19 years old i still got time to move forward.
That's freaking impressive at the age of 19. Good work! Yeah, what most people don't realize is the years of hard work it takes to make those strides. It's most definitely not something that happens overnight, but I always want to convey and encourage that it's absolutely possible if you take the right approach. Thanks for watching!
@@EricFloberg Most definitely, I'm a big believer in the law of attraction, what ever you want to happen will happen, you just gotta act on it, there's slow periods but once your foot is in its like pressing the gas pedal down from there.
@@alphaandomega2709 haha thats great! Start by shooting random things at your house, and sign up for some workshops if you can...that will help you a lot!
The level of heart, dedication and passion you put into your videos is incredible. Those clips at the very end gave me the chills! Love you work man! God bless you and your family.
You can see this guy's passion in his videos. I've seen a lot of wedding photographers here on youtube but nothing hits me more than this guy. Instantly subscribed.
That bit at the end... first video I've seen from you man and convinced me to subscribe. Especially as someone who's just getting into photography, getting to know my gear, discovering my style and preference.. I feel like I'm just barely tapping potential to have photography be such a significant part of my life and my family as well. Can't wait to see more!
You are such an inspiration!! From the day I discovered your channel I was in awe of the videos you're able to create and the emotion you're able to capture. It's so unique and beautiful! I hope to one day be able to capture and show the beautiful moments in life as you've been able to!
got the chills watching this--your transparency, words, art, and editing work so well!! thank you for yet another incredibly helpful and insightful video
Hi Eric, you made me smile - I can see me, just a few years behind. Serving my clients far beyond other photographers, leaning into what makes me different / night photography, usage of off camera flashes and modifiers, double exposures, silouhettes... and more and more of true moments and emotions, even if it´s beyond the normal line. And it does make you fly. Thank you for your honesty and true yourself and I wish you the very best of for your life journey ;) Martin
You are the best of TH-cam! Thank you for opening up with so much information to the world. You're an inspiration, really helping and motivating in every video, and an amazing teacher.
Do you ever use flash on a wedding day? I have watched your prime lens video on for the wedding and planning on ditching my 17-28 and 28-75. I find it really handy not bringing any flash with lenses that have 1.4 aperture. Is 1.8 aperture ok for weddings? 1.4 prime lenses are kinda expensive
Killer content and message, Eric- as always. Thanks for always inspiring and boosting the creative community in so many ways you probably will never know. 🙏🏼
Storytelling is the art of photography that I am attracted to. To capture a moment that probably can't be recreated is a gift from God. Thank you for your heartfelt words.
I got asked to shoot a wedding, and it would be my FIRST wedding, and even worse, it's in less than a MONTH! Gez. I need to watch all your videos and see if I can even manage this, or what I need to even do
Dude, killing the game! Solid tips and advice. I just wish every new photographer would see this and invest their time and energy on these things. Next part of this series "Make $15-$20k per wedding as a photographer" 😏
Hi Eric, I've found myself in the same boat you were in in college, wondering if the career I had set out for myself was ever going to actually happen. This video was so informative and reassuring that I'll be able to get to a place where I want to be very quickly out of college!
So good to hear! There's no shame in balancing another job while you grow the business. I actually encourage it! Put in the work, keep filling your portfolio, and try to convert all of your inquiries into jobs. You've got this!!
How has Covid changed your wedding photography business in the past few months? I'm curious to know if wedding photographers had an emergency savings account in case of an emergency. If you were the main provider for you and for your family. Plus with Chicago and the riots shootings etc. if that also changed things in your community as a business owner.
These videos are always so good. The endings... damn, these endings really hit home Eric. The way you tie it all back to family is beautiful! Well done
i appreciate all of your videos and have learned so much from you in the past two years. I am slowly breaking into the wedding industry but struggle hard with it. I haven't shot my first wedding yet( I will be soon) and I know when I do, the sky is the limit after that!!
Amazing video, man! Liked and subbed! You’ve inspired me, and I hope to be able to capture moments for people as beautifully as you do one day. Keep up the amazing videos, my guy.
I am just starting photography. Your video are inspiring. One question I have: what kind of people pay 10000$ for weddings photography? I have a hard time imagining paying 10000$ for a wedding. How much do these people spend on a wedding? What is a normal paiement schedule for a paiement like that? What kind of net worth do these people have? How much do they spend on their wedding? What percentage of the total budget do people usually allocated for photography? 10% to 15% would make sense? Is that reasonable?
Eric - Does Polymail ever end up in people’s spam folders? My biggest fear with joining Honeybook or Polymail is not having the assurance that regular old Gmail gives me. Thanks for all you do ❤️
It's still connected to your Gmail account, so you can always go to the Gmail URL if you're ever worried something didn't go through. :) I haven't had any issues at all! I actually trust Polymail more because I can see if they read the email or not, whereas you can't see that at all on the Gmail interface.
This "5K-10K $ " level of being a successful photog ,DEPENDS on wheres the photographer based or located in, the fee problem being a creative isnt limited in one dimension. I lived in small city in Germany for 7 years where i started my career and now based in Bali . I have been professionally freelancing in Germany since 2014 and things became different when moved back to Bali recently, i tell you.. that the marketing and the business depends heavily on where you at. Here in Indo people are still not aware of creative industry where photogs and videographers make a living for themself, i cant use my german price here and vice versa. Maybe because you are american and mostly you target for american audiences , those advices do make sense but for me who just somehow ended up here and not american... idk man but i understood the general ideas in this tho.
Totally agree. In Ghana, only a handful will be willing to pay that much for a wedding. With a saturated competition, no matter how good you are, technical and soft skills, somebody is equally good or better and eager and ready to charge half your price. I client will tell you they only budgeted 80$ for videography and photography for their wedding. Yet they've paid over 1k$ for food, about 500$ for venue, but wanna pay 80$ for videography and photography
I got to tell you, I normally hate this motivational "you can do it, you just have to try" stuff. That's obvious for the most part. But for some dam reason, listening to you makes me think it can be done. I own two businesses, one a franchise (don't recommend) and the other a handyman business. I love both but am only moderately successful in both. The pandemic killed me on the franchise. I love photography and would like to build my portfolio to maybe do it as a regular side gig. You might just be able to push me to get me there.
It is! Feel free to check out all of the other videos in the description. I chat a lot about how I book work at that price range all over my channel. :) Thanks for watching!
@@pahwraith I see photographers all over the U.S. make this kind of money. It may be easier to find higher budgets for wedding photography in big cities, but there is a market for it everywhere. You have to show your value & get people on board with your philosophy. Plenty of people everywhere want very good wedding photographs, and if you can prove that you'll provide that AND a wonderful experience for them, you'd be surprised at how quickly you can raise your prices and book at higher rates. Thanks for commenting and watching!!
Ha! My man, thanks for watching even though I come across as some hipster dad. I sincerely hope you take the message to heart more than the superficial parts of who I present myself as to the internet. I wish you nothing but the best, Kurt!
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"Money is just a tool to open the opportunity to spend more time with the people you love." Hot dog. That's good. Thanks for pouring your heart out into your craft. It is reflected in what is delivered over and over again.
Yeah, buddy! If you don't know Eric, this is him in RL. This isn't some BS TH-cam persona. He's trying to help everyone be successful. Community over competition. Great video, my man👌
Eric, you have no idea how much I needed this video. I'm 17 and I'm deciding between pursuing a career in photography, or getting a bachelor's degree. There's nothing else I want to do but take photos, but I've always felt like it was such a risk, and a degree would be safer, but I wouldn't be doing what I love. This reignited my passion and I'm ready to pour all my energy into photography.
How did it go?
@@twmedia-film i'm doing computer science now lol
i started working with a venue company and only charged $800 at the time, now I've moved towards 1-3k its definitely possible to do 5-10k, you just gotta provide talent thats like no other and have a backing to show your previous work. this is in not accurate but its how i was able to raise to upwards of 3k which is not near the 5-10k but for being 19 years old i still got time to move forward.
That's freaking impressive at the age of 19. Good work! Yeah, what most people don't realize is the years of hard work it takes to make those strides. It's most definitely not something that happens overnight, but I always want to convey and encourage that it's absolutely possible if you take the right approach. Thanks for watching!
@@EricFloberg Most definitely, I'm a big believer in the law of attraction, what ever you want to happen will happen, you just gotta act on it, there's slow periods but once your foot is in its like pressing the gas pedal down from there.
Im 17 and I shot first wedding 3 weeks ago using the Cascade presets and studying your videos front to back. Big fan. Thank you Eric.
Thats great! Im sure you will have a bright future...im 19 almost 20 and im starting to learn and you already shot a wedding!!
@@alphaandomega2709 haha thats great! Start by shooting random things at your house, and sign up for some workshops if you can...that will help you a lot!
@@alphaandomega2709 that went from 0 to 100 real fast
also 17. haven’t got my first Clint yet.
But let me tell ya this mans videos are a vibe, from the music to the story, to editing and camera work its truly satisfying to watch.
Ah, too kind!! Thanks so much!
Eric Floberg he's absolutely right. This video was perfect. Thanks for always sharing your wisdom, my man!
The edit is pretty decent!
To be able to bring someone to tears with a photograph! Truly inspiring and touching work.
The level of heart, dedication and passion you put into your videos is incredible. Those clips at the very end gave me the chills! Love you work man! God bless you and your family.
You can see this guy's passion in his videos. I've seen a lot of wedding photographers here on youtube but nothing hits me more than this guy. Instantly subscribed.
That bit at the end... first video I've seen from you man and convinced me to subscribe. Especially as someone who's just getting into photography, getting to know my gear, discovering my style and preference.. I feel like I'm just barely tapping potential to have photography be such a significant part of my life and my family as well. Can't wait to see more!
You are such an inspiration!! From the day I discovered your channel I was in awe of the videos you're able to create and the emotion you're able to capture. It's so unique and beautiful! I hope to one day be able to capture and show the beautiful moments in life as you've been able to!
That final sequence filled my eyes with tears...you re such an inspiration
got the chills watching this--your transparency, words, art, and editing work so well!! thank you for yet another incredibly helpful and insightful video
Hi Eric, you made me smile - I can see me, just a few years behind. Serving my clients far beyond other photographers, leaning into what makes me different / night photography, usage of off camera flashes and modifiers, double exposures, silouhettes... and more and more of true moments and emotions, even if it´s beyond the normal line. And it does make you fly. Thank you for your honesty and true yourself and I wish you the very best of for your life journey ;) Martin
dude... freaking love you man. seriously.
ending hit me deep.
inspired yet again. thanks, Eric.
You are the best of TH-cam! Thank you for opening up with so much information to the world. You're an inspiration, really helping and motivating in every video, and an amazing teacher.
Do you ever use flash on a wedding day? I have watched your prime lens video on for the wedding and planning on ditching my 17-28 and 28-75. I find it really handy not bringing any flash with lenses that have 1.4 aperture. Is 1.8 aperture ok for weddings? 1.4 prime lenses are kinda expensive
I really appreciate the honesty throughout the video. A lot of food for thought; making me realize I really want my work to evoke the same emotion.
That us powerful. Thank you and you reminded me what I love about photography which is capturing what is already there and editing to showcase that.
Killer content and message, Eric- as always. Thanks for always inspiring and boosting the creative community in so many ways you probably will never know. 🙏🏼
Appreciate this man, originality is refreshing
Quality, quality, quality content. All truth, no filler!
The algorithm really thought it could get away with not sending me a notification :/
srsly tho what the frick is youtube doing when they don't send out notifications if you smash bell or whatever? I don't understand.
Eric Floberg 😓🤦🏼♂️
@@EricFloberg I got a notification from the bell!
Storytelling is the art of photography that I am attracted to. To capture a moment that probably can't be recreated is a gift from God. Thank you for your heartfelt words.
I got asked to shoot a wedding, and it would be my FIRST wedding, and even worse, it's in less than a MONTH! Gez.
I need to watch all your videos and see if I can even manage this, or what I need to even do
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! Always appreciate your authenticism, most sympathetic and honest channel on here in my opinion!
Funny am obsessed with watching u wedding photographers every day watching how to perfect my shots.....Thanks Eric!
Dude, killing the game! Solid tips and advice. I just wish every new photographer would see this and invest their time and energy on these things. Next part of this series "Make $15-$20k per wedding as a photographer" 😏
Hi Eric, I've found myself in the same boat you were in in college, wondering if the career I had set out for myself was ever going to actually happen. This video was so informative and reassuring that I'll be able to get to a place where I want to be very quickly out of college!
So good to hear! There's no shame in balancing another job while you grow the business. I actually encourage it! Put in the work, keep filling your portfolio, and try to convert all of your inquiries into jobs. You've got this!!
'm a teacher too trying to be a full-time creative...you're inspo that's actually possible!
So much great tips & infos in this video! A big thank you for sharing Eric 👌🏻🙏🏻
Really good info. What is your turnaround delivery time to the client?
Literally needed this dude. You are a great teacher
So good to hear, Thomas. Thanks for the kind words. Always appreciate your support, friend!
How has Covid changed your wedding photography business in the past few months? I'm curious to know if wedding photographers had an emergency savings account in case of an emergency. If you were the main provider for you and for your family. Plus with Chicago and the riots shootings etc. if that also changed things in your community as a business owner.
Amazing ❤️❤️❤️ thank you Eric
These videos are always so good. The endings... damn, these endings really hit home Eric. The way you tie it all back to family is beautiful! Well done
i appreciate all of your videos and have learned so much from you in the past two years. I am slowly breaking into the wedding industry but struggle hard with it. I haven't shot my first wedding yet( I will be soon) and I know when I do, the sky is the limit after that!!
Amazing video, man! Liked and subbed! You’ve inspired me, and I hope to be able to capture moments for people as beautifully as you do one day. Keep up the amazing videos, my guy.
Beautiful content, to be passionate about what you do make a world of difference. I pray your continued success!
I am just starting photography. Your video are inspiring. One question I have: what kind of people pay 10000$ for weddings photography? I have a hard time imagining paying 10000$ for a wedding. How much do these people spend on a wedding? What is a normal paiement schedule for a paiement like that? What kind of net worth do these people have? How much do they spend on their wedding? What percentage of the total budget do people usually allocated for photography? 10% to 15% would make sense? Is that reasonable?
this is so epic dude you're truly a legend.
You are so modest. Your caliber is 10-20K.
My TH-cam dad divulging the greatness.
Hey Eric! Great video! I would love to know how you get the most of your leads? Especially on the beginning ... Facebook ads? SEO?
How do you deliver the photos to your clients?
Thanks Eric, you are a big help for me!
TH-cam just recommended me this video. I love your edit and content. Subscribed and bell
7:37 is so underrated!!!
That endiiing! So beautiful!
Love this ! Thanks for the content ! Super helpful !
Thanks for sharing Eric!
Amazing content!! I'm a fan!!
Where did you get that hat? My wife is wondering and asked me to comment.
Joe Nicolette any chance of giving the hat away? Please......
Thanks Eric! This is great :)
Thinking about the existential value of that one person who disliked this.
Lol
Eric - Does Polymail ever end up in people’s spam folders? My biggest fear with joining Honeybook or Polymail is not having the assurance that regular old Gmail gives me. Thanks for all you do ❤️
It's still connected to your Gmail account, so you can always go to the Gmail URL if you're ever worried something didn't go through. :) I haven't had any issues at all! I actually trust Polymail more because I can see if they read the email or not, whereas you can't see that at all on the Gmail interface.
Eric Floberg bless, thank you
Good video thanks eric.
This "5K-10K $ " level of being a successful photog ,DEPENDS on wheres the photographer based or located in, the fee problem being a creative isnt limited in one dimension. I lived in small city in Germany for 7 years where i started my career and now based in Bali . I have been professionally freelancing in Germany since 2014 and things became different when moved back to Bali recently, i tell you.. that the marketing and the business depends heavily on where you at.
Here in Indo people are still not aware of creative industry where photogs and videographers make a living for themself, i cant use my german price here and vice versa. Maybe because you are american and mostly you target for american audiences , those advices do make sense but for me who just somehow ended up here and not american... idk man but i understood the general ideas in this tho.
Totally agree. In Ghana, only a handful will be willing to pay that much for a wedding. With a saturated competition, no matter how good you are, technical and soft skills, somebody is equally good or better and eager and ready to charge half your price.
I client will tell you they only budgeted 80$ for videography and photography for their wedding. Yet they've paid over 1k$ for food, about 500$ for venue, but wanna pay 80$ for videography and photography
I know a few Photogs that charge 10k. My question: Do you get that since Covid?
I love your content bro
You are not Eric. You are TH-cam Dad. And I’m only commenting bc I want the algorithm to bring you success 😆
Very good video thank you
You. Are. The. Man.
Super kind of you to say, Ben. Thanks so much. :)
Super inspiring
Put an affiliate link for the hat! which brand is it? looks so genuine.
You're amazing!
Good points
Thank you for the awesome video Super helpful
The TH-cam dad 🙏
You are different my youtube dad 😅 you help so much with all the information I never comment but always watch 😁😁😁😁
Ah!! Thanks so much for watching! Please comment more! Always love chatting with everyone down here!! 😀
That Moment when commercial Starts at 3:50 - 6:00...
Also this Video has 3 TH-cam ad Segments.
Checks out.
Good GRACIOUS dude I love you 🙌 you are 💯
I love you too!
Omg @8:30 so true!!
Let's meet more people
Brilliant
I got to tell you, I normally hate this motivational "you can do it, you just have to try" stuff. That's obvious for the most part. But for some dam reason, listening to you makes me think it can be done. I own two businesses, one a franchise (don't recommend) and the other a handyman business. I love both but am only moderately successful in both. The pandemic killed me on the franchise. I love photography and would like to build my portfolio to maybe do it as a regular side gig. You might just be able to push me to get me there.
We need some more of that lip beard. Give us the content we want and deserve
Ha! Priorities! I'll have to get it going again. Fall is coming, so my lip will be cold. Let's go.
Eric Floberg Let’s gooo 🙌😂
anyone else getting fixated on the D rings not being the same on his holdfast lol ?
lololol me. When I edited this, I was like "NOOooOoOOoooOOooooo" 😂😂😂
@@EricFloberg hahaha really great video man. Huge fan of what you are saying.
One of my incomes
Is this possible? :O
It is! Feel free to check out all of the other videos in the description. I chat a lot about how I book work at that price range all over my channel. :) Thanks for watching!
In Chicago yes.
@@pahwraith I see photographers all over the U.S. make this kind of money. It may be easier to find higher budgets for wedding photography in big cities, but there is a market for it everywhere. You have to show your value & get people on board with your philosophy. Plenty of people everywhere want very good wedding photographs, and if you can prove that you'll provide that AND a wonderful experience for them, you'd be surprised at how quickly you can raise your prices and book at higher rates. Thanks for commenting and watching!!
Nice video man, you should check out Studio Ninja, freed up so much time for me ✌🏻
Based on how you dress, I cant trust you. lol
Ha! My man, thanks for watching even though I come across as some hipster dad. I sincerely hope you take the message to heart more than the superficial parts of who I present myself as to the internet. I wish you nothing but the best, Kurt!
@@EricFloberg ❤️
these polymail people cant be serious. a monthly fee for a couple of extra features for your email. lmfao.