How to Attract Clients as a Filmmaker & Photographer: Expert Tips + Q&A 🎥📸 

First! Lovely video Sjoerd, great info and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

The Genuine and relevant advice in this video is what makes it so helpful. I'm trying to learn and improve on filmmaking & sales and personally I'm sick of so many generic videos out there offering hacks and secret templates that just magically land high paying clients.

Youre video quality is AMAZING. Great colour and quality! Also, amazing points and details.

I really love this!! Shoot the work you want to shoot for! And yes your network is your net worth!!

Great video! Currently in a position where I'm trying to grow my network of people in the industry where I live while also waiting for hesitant potential clients to give me an actual solid answer about what we're doing (or not doing) 😂I could relate to a lot of stuff you mentioned both about your own experience and the questions other people left about their situation as well. Love to see videos like these that give a more realistic look on what things are like when trying to make a living as a filmmaker/photographer. It's very refreshing to every now and then see something authentic and not just another "I'm at this cool place shooting the big launch campaign for this big brand" which is a situation most people aren't even close to being in 😅 Keep up the great content, only found your channel recently but I've been diving into your past content and I'm really glad I decided to subscribe and stick around.

Thanks for the in depth explanation. Very valuable! The RU-vid part gets me thinking, hopefully i’ll find the time and discipline to start a channel specific to my filmwork. Bedankt Sjoerd 💪🏼

This was very refreshing and excellent info. Thank you, Norwegian Elijah Wood.

WOW! This is so damn relatable! Thank you, Sjoerd!

Thanks for sharing! Always insightful to another filmmaker’s perspective

Hey man, great video! Thanks a lot for answering our questions. This is an absolute gold mine of informations :)

Made it into the video! Great information, thanks Sjoerd!

So inspiring, and I always appreciate when youtubers are real, 🙏💚

Amazing video!! thank you for sharing your pov and experience in the field, I relate very much with the struggle of taking off, hope I can make it this year!

Thank youu for this video and the tips! I figured that it would take great communication skills for this kind of work but damn, seems like quite a journey to embrace.

Very nice !!! from Brazil!

Thanks man for this super helpful insights! 🙌🏻

Thanks for all the valuable information!

Thanks for sharing and your efforts Sjoerd

Great informative as always! thanks!

Great honest video ! Thanks for sharing this :)

Love this one!

goeie video!👏🏻

Thanks for sharing Sjoerd, it's really helpful. btw, what's that tube light behind? do you use a grid? That looks nice as a fill light but also as a background.

What training and schooling did you get to help you become a camera operator, cinematographer?

Hey bro, is there a way to get your help with setting up my lighting at home for videos?

great video!

The Q&A is invaluable man. The whole saying that 1000 true fans are more important than a million followers is true, me hearing my own question answered made me a true fan. Would highly recommend doing more Q&A's! P.S. super bedankt voor je antwoord, zelf ook fulltime bezig en hoop jou ooit op set te treffen!

Hey Sjoerd Thanks for the tips and tricks. I'm dutch but I'll write this in english so people can read it :) For me the work life started 13 years ago, after my graduation I worked at two companies as a Motion Graphics Designer and as a Junior Cinematographer (Radio 538, Final Kid). After my two jobs I became a freelancer and the work started coming (Animation/Camera). But after a couple of years I noticed that the balance got lost between the Animation and camera work. Now I'm at a point were I'm looking for more camerawork but I mostly get asked to animation stuff and I don't like that anymore. Its very difficult for me to get jobs as a cinematographer because I dont get a lot of opportunities or projects to fill my portfolio. I also communicated clearly to my clients that I'm more interested in projects where I could film instead of only animation work. The comment that you made in the video about doing what you want to do (documentaries for example) is easier said than done. I would love to assist someone with my camerawork for a project, but I'm not a journalist or someone who comes up with a documentary from scratch. Because I'm more facilitating people with camerawork and come up with shot ideas to make an even stronger story for example. How would you approach this issue I have? Would love to hear your perspective.

only few people talk this way, u nice

It's not difficult either tbh but it does take effort... and a system :)

Dit helpt heel erg! Is moeilijk om beetje te starten met geld verdienen met film. Bedankt voor deze video..🙏

You took Ross's FlatPack FX course didn't you,? Lol

Nice

Nice video, thanks Sjoerd. Groeten,

Mannnnn, this was, again, pure awesomeness! Thanks so much for all those advice, they’re priceless 🎉. Cheers!

My search on FX30 found this channel, and I found the answer to my troublesome problem here: the last one. And subscribed.

Love how honest you are! A great way to earn money as a videographer is ‘the wedding game’ , thats my main source of income. This year i’m going to try to enter ‘the real estate game’ :) anyways happy i found this channel, keep it up!

Great vid, Sjoerd - thanks for making it! Do you have any advice for shy filmmakers that struggle to come out of their comfort zones on set? I've been trying to overcome my shyness for a while now and I think it's really hindering my growth as a filmmaker/all round human bean lol.

Thank you so much for all this info! I just move to Germany and it's hard for me to find Clients. This video makes me feel so much better!

Unique and valuable post, clearly targeted to those still on the way up.👍 Sporting of you to present this material, Sjoerd. Blocks with recaps effective structure, with gap-filling Q&A. Price breakout and networking advice a plus. On potential negative side, IMO this kind of post risks hexing your success. My only question: do you still do handstands?😁 Cheers!

I'd like to thank you for making your videos and making them in english, i wouldn't be able to follow you in dutch and that would be a shame. I just discovered your channel a few days ago and it's already a game changer for me. You make useful and concise video with practical advices and it helps a lot. And the second thing is that at every end of your video that make me want to take my camera and go shoot, so thank you for that !!

Great insights Sjoerd thx for taking the time °¬)

Great flow Sjoerd! Easy to watch!

Super insightful! Crushed it 🔥

Hey Sjoerd, top video weer en nuttige informatie die ik meteen al kon toepassen! Deze kant van het film maken en de achterzijde wordt toch weinig besproken en al helemaal niet zo transparant zoals jij dat doet. Vooral ook met echte cijfers etc. Top!!

All good and relevant advice.

Valuable info man! Thanks for the answer to my question!

that Matt d'Avella inspired video was something else! 😂🤍 anyway, back to watching, this is sooo good man, thanks for making this kind of content!