$500 a Day From Photography | How I Got Here

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@RanftEvan Год назад

Hope this gives you a more realistic understanding of how to build a career with pictures. I wish it was a over night quick thing, and it may be for some people. But this is how it worked out for me.

@fishbarbeque8540 Год назад

Thank you so much!!!!

@codMasterMarc97 Год назад

super helpful, evan!

@Mystervee Год назад

hey @@claudianreyn4529 I hope I find you well. as a person who ponders this very same question. I Believe so ! there is always a story to be told as you are the writer of the photograph. its never too late. as the masses will find you. as you grow your story telling grows with it. bring in your expertise of other fields. you may even create your own genre. I think you got what it takes! cheers -v

@TCan7219 Год назад

Really appreciate the overall honesty. I'm tired of the "get rich quick" stuff. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Great video man!

@MattyDCCollins Год назад

respect on putting this out buddy, I appreciate the insight!

@Yulfi Год назад

This is great. Thanks for sharing your story and giving us this type of insight. I’ve been a photographer since 2010, but the first 8-9 years were dedicated to shooting retail portraits of locals and their families/events. I pivoted to commercial photography in 2019 before I knew a pandemic was around the corner. Thankfully, I was able to spend time educating myself a bit further and building up somewhat of an editorial portfolio for this new journey that I’ve decided to embark on. I’ve also paid for creative coaching, marketing and branding classes, and creative workshops. It has been a tricky thing to get a grasp on, but it’s all coming together for me now. I hope to one day be able sit and tell my story like you are doing here. Thanks again, Evan 🙏🏽

@Adrian-ih3mh 3 месяца назад

How are you doing now?

@jeffbergenstock Год назад

Every time I watch one of these videos from you it really keeps me motivated. I appreciate you sharing your experiences and knowledge; it's super valuable to a person like myself that is in a place you used to be. Thank you!

@thibaultgras5854 Год назад

This is amazing, good reminder that it takes time. I've had a few small contracts after a year of photography, and it feels like it's going to take forever, but no, it just takes time. Thanks Evan

@PeterB_California Год назад

Great story! Persistence and determination pays off in a notoriously difficult business. You don’t have to apologize for working with sponsors. Kudos to you for the creativity.

@nateflip Год назад

Thanks so much for this video - it’s a very realistic reminder that these endeavours takes time and dedication. I’ve come to a crossroads in life myself and have been feeling a bit lost/conflicted and this video helped me realize that with some consistency and patience, I can achieve my goals similar to the way you have.

@NathanielRolland Год назад

Good stuff, Evan. Love hearing that the process and consistency pays off. Keep up the great work!

@patrickbako Год назад

Thanks for the transparency, bro! Love hearing about the come up. Cheers from Canada!

@thelostvisuals Год назад

This was so insightful; feel like I have taken a lot of great information on board. Also so refreshing to sit and take something in via long form, great pace to follow your journey. Thanks dude 🙏

@xanfrancisco Год назад

Super interesting to hear your perspective, Evan! I found your channel way back in 2018 and very much considered you a fully-fledged youtuber even then. Yours is the only channel I follow religiously and so it's been fun going on this ride with you.

@roycerichardsphoto Год назад

Awesome video Evan! I really appreciate the info!

@kjkreates Год назад

Always appreciate your honesty and transparency on your videos. 🙌🏽

@RanftEvan Год назад

Always!

@ikechadmedia3116 Год назад

Thank you for sharing. This is both inspirational and educational. Continued success to you

@fishbarbeque8540 Год назад

I love these longer videos!!! thnk you so much!

@jackstringfellow1254 Год назад

Thanks for the content. Really inspired me and my photography is so much better because if you. Just straight to the point. thanks!

@RanftEvan Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@6462797220 Год назад

Love this, thank you for the break down and great details, truly valuable.

@roderickfranco Год назад

Great video & very informative, had this on while I was editing

@Mystervee Год назад

Super helpful, thank you for making this!

@upcomingvillain Год назад

This is really inspiring Evan! I’m from ATL and got my Nikon D3100 that I bought as well 10 years ago (still here with me). The channel that made me buy it was Kai from DigitalREV also! I didn’t take it seriously like you at the time but I’m getting back into it and about to purchase an R5! Thank you for these awesome BTS business side of photography videos!

@leftoverpizza01 Год назад

This video is great inspiration to me. I’m in the first phase of your story. I’m a student at GSU doing. I started doing street photography and now doing photos for friends and friends of friends.

@jd3330 Год назад

It's nice hearing and seeing some of your journey bro. Been a subscriber for a while now and I bought my Fujifilm in college after watching a lot of your earlier videos. I never really took my photography into a business due to school (now doing my PhD) but you continue to inspire me to what's possible. Currently, I am transitioning into film and maybe making it a business is the more economical solution lol

@BattGoods Год назад

Amazing video brother 🎃 love the long form conversation style. If you were going to do another, i would be interested in how you came up with your style of shooting. Like mentally what draws you to your style of street photography. Or maybe a work ethic conversation talking about things most creatives deal with like, anxiety, imposter syndrome, and how you can overcome that to push harder and always give your 100% regardless, the long conversations are a treat, not a trick, happy Halloween!

@travelwithlenses Год назад

Thanks for sharing your story, path and experiences!

@DannyLes 7 месяцев назад

awesome vid. love this format

@french__laura Год назад

Amazing to get to know more about the whole story, and this more “podcast” format is really nice

@RonaldDuverge Год назад

Dude very well deserved 👏 🙌 it's easy to give criticism but is not easy to follow a good example, and appreciated success of others, my respect to you because I know that thanks to people like you many artists can change their lives and create a better life. And you are giving us in such short time what takes you all those years to learn. Thank you so much.

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

This’s a good and very educational video. Thx so much for your efforts! 😊

@americanpenguinz3897 Год назад

Saw one of your shorts at the Varsity. I’m also from Atlanta and recently bought my first camera. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

@ShantalRhodes Год назад

Hello. Thank you so much for this video. Really insightful and gave me some things to think about. You popped up on my explore page yesterday, subscribed and now I’m binging some videos 😊. Have a good one.

@michellew2172 4 месяца назад

I'm just getting started. I need all the ideas I can get. Thanks for sharing.

@haydeneastburn4383 Год назад

very important information to be open and honest! Thank you for this video

@chrisfragiskatosphotography Год назад

One of your best videos, well done.

@higoralvesdefreitas7716 Год назад

Hey dude, great video. These long-form videos where you pull back the curtain and really talk through your thought process are insanely insightful, and show the human day to day struggle that can sometimes disappear behind the catchy video titles and thumbnails. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that side of it, I completely get why you and others on RU-vid do it as it's just the way RU-vid works - do you think there's a false incentive to make videos clickbaity, and how would you fix that in the same way you fixed what was wrong with preset packs?

@michaldziekonski3162 Год назад

Great advice! Thank you for sharing 🙏

@RANDassociatesinc Год назад

Great video! Great thoughts! Thank you!

@IliasKoureas Год назад

As a college student with a small but amazing following on youtube i find this video really helpful and inspiring.

@giallodreams Год назад

Dope breakdown, thank you

@mitchphotoflix 9 месяцев назад

Thank you man. I've been at photography for about 10 years and became disabled so I'm looking for some ways to make extra money with my photography and you gave me some great ideas.

@droneinspectionimaging Месяц назад

Outstanding!

@sittymaha3741 Год назад

This is very inspiring to me. I love the way you turning problems into the solution that solving for future clients. I’d like to see next content about how you develop your photography skill through your work. What is the biggest mistake or how you solving the problems? How you finding your style of your photography? Cheers!

@beau__ Год назад

Really appreciate this! Watched while on the treadmill. Two birds with one stone! 🔥💪

@tbwriter1 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, this was amazing.

@Naiim98 Год назад

I’ve been enjoying your content for a while now I’ve been inspired to start my own RU-vid channel too ❤thank you

@ehjd09 Год назад

Sincere appreciation for your time and effort in sharing your story with so many interesting details regarding your struggle to reach your goal to become a successful photographer. Wish you continuing success. I have subscribed to your channel, and I will be looking forward to hearing more from you about business strategies for photographers.

@onlyevanromo Год назад

Thank you for the time you took to make this Evan! My only note… would you mind raising the volume of your videos please? 🤧 I had the tv blasted to hear your video and when an ad came up it scared the crap outta me 🤯

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

I think I’m going to start taking notes 📝.

@WhirlOmar Год назад

I love the soft and pleasant look of this video.

@wazlght5884 Год назад

great story, took notes. thank you

@_SYDNA_ 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing what it takes. Appreciate the honesty. Totally agree on "always learning." Met a sports journalist who said he had learned all there was to know about 5 years in. I asked him if he used Photo Mechanic in some of his photo organization projects. He had never heard of Photo Mechanic. I've heard it said that "If you find a way to create value, good things will generally come your way." Works for me.

@jlgbaby229 Год назад

I saw the title and then 49 minute’s, ooh wee! 🔥 🔥

@Splashphotoshoots Год назад

Thank you for this video :)

@danienelphoto Год назад

Hey dude, been a pro freelancer for 22 years, and you have some valuable info. From my early days (print media, transparency, film, media format cameras - stock agencies where you submitted FILM!) to now is completely different. The industry is completely new, so there is a lot of value an old dog like me can still get from your story.

@doctornebula Год назад

Very interesting and inspiring.

@stephenblakeman625 5 месяцев назад

This was encouraging to hear how to "play the long game" for building a photography business. I'm turning 63 this year and l love learning from the experience of "the young guys." Maybe you should describe yourself as a "photogrepreneur". 🤔

@ds_capture Год назад

Thanks for your story. Thats very inspiring for others. I prepare right now to be an independent photographer and I´m preparing for my 1st Artgalery next year. We´ll see how it goes. i also starting a RU-vid channel for behind the scenes.

@ASHfilms22 4 месяца назад

+1 subscriber. I'm already on my 2year and half freelance journey. I'm still 19 Years old and Hopefully one day I could make this as my living. I really found myself more by doing photography and videos.

@Ravenwoodring Год назад

Thanks brotha !!!

@lmnop7098 Год назад

Dope. I’m at the gym I’ll let this play.

@mylegsasleep1934 Год назад

Yo I just checked how long this video will be… nearly an hour? Dude, hell yeah. Looking forward to getting into this one.

@RanftEvan Год назад

Appreciate it! Tried something new!

@jeffreyzie Год назад

Just came on here to comment on the thumbnail. Thing is superb 🔥

@DoseofYorch Год назад

Can you do more lifestyle car camping, exploring self portraits and car landscape photography

@Stratton218 Год назад

9:56 really hit the nail on the head here. If there was one thing someone should take from this video it's that point right there

@hari1111 11 месяцев назад

Gosh Evan you are the reason I bought my XT3. I saw your xpro 2 videos and craved a fuji camera. Eventually in 2019 I was finally able to afford it and here I am now doing weddings on the side 😂

@damiendee4900 2 месяца назад

Thank you

@tonytaneja29 11 месяцев назад

Your video is very much inspiring for everyone watching your RU-vid. I am new in photography. It’s been 3 yrs. I still struggling, how to make money from photography but if you can advise more abt photography.

@TeenyWeeny 3 месяца назад

before watching this I thought I was dipping my toes into too many areas with my camera lol... now watched this I am thinking I am in not enough areas lol.

@shalimali2983 Год назад

Big fan .,.❤️❤️

@RanftEvan Год назад

Appreciate it!

@ericmorales1934 Год назад

Evan, I had a question, been doing my search but haven’t found a review about the Leica D-Lux 7

@fromdonwithlove Год назад

Do you have a video that talks about how to license your work?

@Q_ski Год назад

Thanks

@RanftEvan Год назад

🙏🙏🙏

@matielo4429 Год назад

NICE OG

@davehandelman2832 Год назад

I REALLY MISS going out with you for a shoot....

@judeemclaughlin7394 Год назад

Dang. Wish I had time to watch this but my covered bridge project awaits.

@RanftEvan Год назад

That’s cool! Thanks for stopping by 💯

@judeemclaughlin7394 Год назад

@@RanftEvan Now that I can sit and watch....you were just getting started when I was considering quitting. My skills had plateaued and everyone I was meeting in the photo community was an a-hole. Another photographer's work (not RU-vid) remined me it is should be fun. A friend who helped me through a vary hard time asked for a copy of a pic so I just gave it to her. When she was recently going through a hard time she told me that pic always lifts her spirits. That convinced me to pick my camera back up and just have fun. I still attract a lot of toxic people with my photography, but I don't care anymore. I will never make money. But I wont quit again in the chance that someone else gets a smile out of my work. And before someone says "give it time".... I picked up my first camera in 1987.

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

Can’t agree more at 13:50 🎉

@tituskimutai25 Год назад

THANKSS🙏🙏

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

What is the name of the book? Are they still available for sale?

@doctorstrobe Год назад

Even artists such as Mozart had sponsors. No shame in it, that's the game.

@SamKerssenGriep Год назад

Don’t felt weird about talking money. It’s more helpful to see that it’s possible for someone starting out and to have the transparency!

@claudianreyn4529 Год назад

Ppl say I should concentrate on one thing or one type of photography. F"%k that, I will do everything I can, all types in the same time until something grows. I can't bet everything on one card.

@RanftEvan Год назад

You always get the best result from doing the thing that comes the easiest to you. Work is work but it’s better when you have a natural inclination/curiosity about the subject

@bankyankerdude Год назад

It’s funny because I’ve got a Sony a7 4 in my Amazon cart and still undecided if I want to do payments or just keep my camera now and invest in glass 🤯

@AlrosAvellana Год назад

If you lost everything and had to start all over again from scratch, knowing all that you know already. What would you do? I'm asking for myself. I have a fulltime job but it would be amazing to leave and do photography/videos fulltime.

@AlrosAvellana Год назад

should've watched the whole video first lol signed up for your course. Thank you for sharing your experience!

@gfuzil Год назад

This videos are always great, don't get me wrong... but it feels like the channel is missing the raw photography experience that you used to deliver. Now what i feel is that it's like a photography talk and money making than actually taking photography with a camera. Still like this videos, no hate at all

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

Nice! May I look at your website?…

@wadecoffie7255 11 месяцев назад

Do you Leica Leica? I know I am being a smarty pants, just had to ask.

@viszlaymark Год назад

working days or eveyday average?

@andilesomifilms8036 4 месяца назад

i am not even makin a cent right now, hope this video helps me😪

@tcartist_studio 8 месяцев назад

Question: what I do wrong, I need help tips Aka Artist + photography I engaged with good looking ppl They aren't models, but I tell them. 20 years I do free work, I am tired, what I do wrong? How to tell them If they need portfolio etc business card reach me out?! Or.. They think is free I must do that to make them famous and portfolio pictures. How to stop this nonsense and how to make $. I am learning to shut my mouth not to tell them how beautiful are they, lol. Ur help is important. Thx

@heliophobix Год назад

Very nice story! But what am I supposed to do it literally nobody gives a damn f about my work? I'm doing automotive photography for three years now and I never had someone asking me for photos :/ I'm actually pretty close to quitting now.

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

How do I get into that course?…

@RanftEvan Год назад

Go leave your email on the homepage. We are re opening the course in April with new material and updated modules + updated workbook

@silvestersze9968 Год назад

@@RanftEvan I see. Thank you for your reply Evan. I’ll go do exact that! :)

@jonathanvdk55 11 месяцев назад

Really interesting that you can make any money from such generic photos!

@TeenyWeeny 3 месяца назад

damn you're young

@MrBcast99 Год назад

pls for god's sake use some timestamps...

@Willopo100 Год назад

500$ is great. just depends on your bookings. If you are doing that 20 times a month. Then great. However your not. Probably more like 5-10 days a month.

@uateva Год назад

Man, I checked your portfolio on your website and it’s either badly outdated or doesn’t represent the width and quality of your work. Either way, it doesn’t say “this is a photographer making $500-1,000 a day with his work”. I watched the video and still don’t understand it. Sorry but there must be stuff you’re not telling us.

@owenatkinson2058 Год назад

I don't know why I read this as $500k a day

@_SYDNA_ 4 месяца назад

Woah. Epitome got looted and it was enough to destroy them? Sad. You can still find their photos and they look pretty solid. Was that part of the BLM riots? 2020 was a rough year for a lot of folks. Thanks for sharing what it takes to hustle and adapt.

@fcurcic Год назад

you got there by living in a country rich enough where normal people are willing to pay that money for photography

@Sophiesimss Год назад

You make that sound like a bad thing🥴

@alexshopov6802 Год назад

I am making these money for month lol

@RanftEvan Год назад

I was at one point too, keep grinding!

@teejay9373 Год назад

I need 48 minutes back. This was such a ramble.

@MrMolotov69 Год назад

Can someone summarise this video? Even watching this at 1.75x speed is still too long. Let me guess he makes most of his money by selling courses to other photographers wanting to make more money lol