Does anyone here freelance? Any tips to make it a stable source of income (even just side income?)I have done photography freelance on and off but I cannot seem to find clients who reliably want photography. Just connections and odd jobs here and there. Any tips for finding good clients who reliably want stuff done?
>>4486226Weddings, you can turn that into long term clients with anniversary & family stuff down the roadWeddings also give you engagement and possibly boudoir sessions too
>>4486226dont turn your hobby into a business/job - you will regret itback in the day I was a fat computer nerd and turned that into my career. now I hate computers and would world wide ban them. I dream of being a park ranger. I hate fucking computers and programming languages and all the people that come with that field.don't turn your photo hobby into a job. you will regret it. you will hate photo.
>>4486251This anon, this
Another thing to try would be local bands/music events. If you're actually interested in a local music scene, you don't even need connections at the start - just go to concerts, take photos, be the guy with the camera. If you get any good ones, send them over to the band/organizer, they'll want something to put on their social media, and if you snapped something better than what their friend with a phone did for them, they'll be happy to post it, tag your page.Once you have some sort of portfolio/connections/reputation, bands need photos somewhat regularly. They need some sort of "press kit" for their social media, for event posters, etc. That needs to be updated when lineups change, when they record something, or just to refresh every 1-2 years or so. And they might want photography/videography once in a while at their events to have something to put up on their social media.t. not a photography freelancer, but I do music at a semi-pro level, so I've seen this from the other side, where we've hired photographers and paid them decent money.I guess this can generalize to any event-based hobby/entertainment, I personally just happen to have experience with music. That said, I'd suggest choosing a thing you personally are interested in and would go to the events even if it's not a paid gig for you. You'll likely need to do some "for your portfolio" photography at first, so best if you're getting value out of just going to the event, and you're interested in what you're photographing.
>>4486226There's a lot of money in doing freelance upskirt photography. Obviously some risks that have to be navigated but the money is there.
>>4486269you'd need to live in big city with overflowing music scene, real good connections and be the best/the top 1%/the only photographer around to actually make any money. I don't live in a shithole yet bands rarely if ever seem to care about marketing photos to the point of actually paying for them. promotional material is rarely needed on level more complex than outdoors photo on brick wall background snap by band girlfriend and commercial live music photography is obsolete and as good as dead with smartphones and social media. i'm still going to grind my shutter on shitty bands in dive bars because I love it (and free entry to all events is nice) but there's very little money here. would be nice to have at least some cash to supplement my dayjob and i might have to train myself in any other genre that's more viable
>>4486226>bullshit post>/tv/related.jpgOP is s fucking fag.
