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I STARTED a PHOTOGRAPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL in 2024 | what the "pro's" AREN'T TELLING YOU

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I've watched about... A MILLION? videos on starting my own RU-vid channel - but I realised that NONE of them really helped me, when I WAS STANDING IN MY OWN WAY. Today I go deep into the mindset changes I made this year to finally do it and stick with it!
✨ THINGS I REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome video: • How to overcome IMPOST...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome FREE download: www.redandthew...
Patrick Gerard Photography Channel: / @patrickgerardphotography
The Daily Stoic books I used to get out of my own way: www.redandthew...
⏰ TIMESTAMPS⏰
00:00 Coming up in today's episode
00:25 Welcome and Intro
01:54 Mindset change #1 - the magic pill you're looking for in all the wrong places
04:35 Mindset change #2 - Leading vs joining in the conversation
06:06 Mindset change #3 - There's channels you enjoy, and there's channels you don't
11:33 RU-vid maths homework time (it's ok, I did it for you!)
13:02 Mindset change #4 - Are you ready for the marathon?
14:54 Mindset change #5 - You HAVE TO start to trust yourself again
21:39 The knock on affect RU-vid has had on the rest of my life
23:09 Mindset change #6 - Allow yourself time and grace to acclimate to your new normal
27:31 The importance of pre-seeing your comments section
✨ FREE RESOURCES FOR FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHERS: www.redandthew...
✨ THE BLOG (with a bit more behind the scenes cos I'm still old school like that): www.redandthew...
🔗 LINKS 🔗
My main camera: geni.us/4DS6qz
My RU-vid camera + backup (next generation): geni.us/0pQC
My main lens for the 5D: geni.us/fUUK
My RU-vid lens: geni.us/PtHNKgL
My current bag: geni.us/x3X8wD
The bag I'm asking Santa for: geni.us/IJqnRQY
My cheap lighting setup: geni.us/sk6Bi6
My FAVOURITE camera accessory: geni.us/fDHX6V
Every photographer needs this (and it's cheap!): geni.us/1YEN0DI
My SD card: geni.us/ZDlVsv
My CF card: geni.us/9iCHkC3
The "next big purchase when I save up enough": geni.us/tRIw
THE books that helped me settle my brain and finally take the leap: geni.us/KMRn2AA and geni.us/4UON9f
*many of these are affiliate links! If you shop with these links I’ll earn a small commission. Thanks for supporting the channel! 🥰
🙋‍♀️ WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME 🙋‍♀️
Website: www.redandthew...
Instagram: / redandthewolfphotography
Facebook: / redandthewolfphotography
♫ MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE ♫
Thanks to Epidemic Sound: share.epidemic...
(7 days free trial if you click through this link too, just FYI.) ;)
📷 MY STOCK PORTFOLIOS IF YOU'RE CURIOUS📷
Adobe: stock.adobe.co...
Shutterstock: www.shuttersto...
DepositPhotos: depositphotos....
🤪 ABOUT ME + THE CHANNEL 🤪
If you've read this far down, I'm guessing you're looking for some more info...
So - Hi! I'm Tracy, I have a love for photography that I'm currently working to create into a business. I'm a 43 year old homeschooling Mum of 3, that's trying to fit in all sorts of photography endeavors primarily from home to work around my family, including starting this RU-vid channel!
As much as I love the big photography RU-vidrs (I BINGED Peter McKinnon when I first got into photography + have to give credit to him for teaching me SOOO much!), I found that there weren't a lot of us on here over 40, that wanted to START photography - it's either people who have been doing it for years, or young guys that are inspiring - but impractical at my stage of life. So that's why I started this channel - how to fit your photography in around the life that you have, especially if you love it but want to do it from home - either because of your circumstances or because you're just starting out and want to get some more experience before taking on bigger clients. So - I hope you enjoy, and feel free to reach out if there's anything you want me to talk about! :)
🔔 Have you subscribed yet? You can do it easily here: ;) 🔔
/ redandthewolfphotography
#tracyreid #redandthewolfphotography #newzealandphotographer
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14 авг 2024

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@jimpchip Месяц назад

You're doing well. Stick with it!

@redandthewolfphotography Месяц назад

Thanks Jim! Still lots to learn, but loving it. :)

@Delts_The_Photographer Месяц назад

You’ve spoken to me 👌🏾

@redandthewolfphotography Месяц назад

I'm glad my video resonated with you!

@craigpiferphotography Месяц назад

I'm only about half through, but I'll watch to the end, I promise. I'll be checking out some more of your videos as well. Like you, I've got 3 children that have been home schooled, mainly by my amazing wife. The oldest just finished her first year of college. One piece of advice that I heard recently, and really fits with what I did, is to just do it. If you wait until you have all the pieces perfect and ready, you'll be waiting a long time. I'm still growing and learning and trying to improve all the time. I can't compete with the large channels for various reasons, not the least of which is time. Oh, and the link to Patrick's channel in your description doesn't work. I did find him via a search, but thought you'd want to know.

@redandthewolfphotography Месяц назад

Hey Craig. Thanks for the link feedback - I'll make sure to fix that asap! I've subbed to your channel too - it's great to see other small channels coming up. And yes - the concept of "I'll do it when the time is right"... the time is almost never "right"! And even if you stumble when you start - it's better to at least have started than not. And all those bigger channels - they started right where we are. Once upon a time, even Peter McKinnon probably only had his Mum subscribed. lol. But yes - time is totally different when you have other responsibilities. That's why all my stuff so far is just talking head - it's the easiest for me to produce - lowest hanging fruit, if you will. One day I'd love to be out there getting amazing b-roll, but I just don't understand my camera well enough for that to be easy. I'm starting where I'm at - but I do have some pretty big self-improvement goals. It just means I need to be a lot more strategic about upleveling - AND really push myself out of my comfort zone. And instead of just upleveling one thing at a time, I'm trying to do a tonne this year, so it's kind of all being thrown in together. lol. It's weird - cos when you finally start to get good photography work - it's kind of like you don't want your videography, or other area's your testing in, to be less than the new standard you've set yourself - but every area is a new journey - so I've made peace with my work looking all over the place. I'll make sure to go check out some of your video's too! :)

@jackthair8311 Месяц назад

I just had to write and say thank you for your videos. I have been thinking about doing stock for a few years now. I even ran into a woman that worked for a stock site, and she said I should be putting shots on stock. Unfortunately I am the type of person that has to research everything to death before starting. After watching your videos I have decided to go for it and figure things out as I go. I am going to start with one site and build from there. Which would you recommend. Again, Thank You. Regards, Jack

@redandthewolfphotography Месяц назад

Hey Jack! What a neat comment to wake up to this morning! :) I am also the kind of person that likes to do a million amounts of research - I think as you get older you realise that there's always more to something than you thought there was, so you become a little paranoid about moving forward until you've got "all the info". lol. At least, that's how I felt. In the end, after YEARS of wanting to do things and never moving forward, I've decided just to do them - and if I fail, at least I tried it and I can try again or make a decision at least from being on the other side. As for sites - I'd definitely recommend Shutterstock to begin with - they have a great interface and it's easy to use, plus they generally let you know within a few days - I think it's taken like a week at the latest to get a yes/no answer from them. And they give pretty good feedback on one's they decide not to take so you can adjust from there. After that I'd go to Adobe. I'm actually changing my strategy this month and dropping DepositPhotos, Alamy and Pond5 - all 3 of their back end systems are - clunky - is probably the best word. And I get no sales at all from them. I'm thinking of starting up with Getty/iStock - so I'll probably cover that in my next video too. But definitely - start with Shutterstock and go from there. And remember - just build your portfolio, it's definitely not an overnight success, and the people who do really well with it, have been building portfolio's over years. So don't give up too soon. :) Best of luck.

@jackthair8311 Месяц назад

@@redandthewolfphotography Thanks for the advice