What You Need to Know to be a Professional Photographer 

I feel like lighting isn’t discussed nearly enough on photography/tech RU-vid. Using light intelligently, bouncing it, diffusing, and having the right light sources is something I’d really like to see videos of!

Great work Tyler, true representative breakdown of what being a "pro" is really like. Taking pictures is such a small part of life as a full time creative!

new intro is excellent!

All great points. And I know this is a tech channel, but you failed to mention what I believe are the two most important elements that every, single aspiring photographer needs to learn and understand... licensing and copyright. They are essential to both protecting your work and making an income from the images you create at a professional level. Love your videos, btw. :)

I've got a feeling I'll be watching this video every month or so to remind myself of what it's like. I kinda stumbled into this career path and this year is basically me trying to make it work. Glad to have people like you to share advice :)

Tyler, I can’t help but think while watching, “Yeah but I know you don’t use a PC. Boasting about this machine is inauthentic.” Believing the video works when you’re recommending something you love and use in your real professional career.

Thank you so much! You have a great way of being so real, so supportive and still inspiring! Happy I have such a person to guide me!

Great video! Some solid truths and reality checks that it's easy for people to forget about as they romanticize the field. Coming from the little niche I currently make a bit of money in, that romanticization component is an important one to temper. I shoot houses and apartments, and for every awesome location I get to shoot, there's probably like 15 or 20 boring ones that are basically routine, and another 1-3 that are just disgusting. Not every moment behind the camera or working in Lightroom is going to be creatively stimulating. As for gear, I completely agree that you don't need anything crazy to be a professional. Different niches have very different requirements - I'm using a 16 megapixel, crop sensor Nikon, 2 lenses, a flash, and tripod. This would be woefully insufficient for studio portrait work, but for what I do I can't think of any particular piece of gear that would tangibly improve the output quality, or even convenience for me.

You should have called this video ''Acer D7 Review" 😅😂😓

Hi Tyler, great tips and advice. I agree with all of this 🤙🏽 What advice would you give to someone like me-I’ve been shooting part-time for 12 years (portraits and events) and recently decided to go full-time and shoot commercially (fashion and lifestyle ads; both photo and video). I’ve worked really hard to niche down over the last two years, but freelancing could be really hard on one’s bank account at the beginning, as you’re building credibility and clientele. Some people have told me to shoot everything and only show the shoots that are in line with my niche; others have told me to only shoot my niche and turn down everything else. I have a family and a mortgage; What would you do in my situation? Side note: I too am a multi stacked creative- aside from photography, I’ve been able to learn video pre-production/production/post production; audio production; some graphic design; branding; and marketing. I agree that it’s super beneficial to one’s business to understand how all of the aspects of a production or campaign work and know how to do all of it to some level.

love the glasses and shirt! what are the brands of it? let me know

I really must say, the colour correction and grading on this piece is magnificent even though that's not what it's all about. But thanks for sharing this content!

Hey Tyler - where are your backup videos. I think the most recent one is 2 years old. Thank you

That number 7 though. Lights! Most important tip.

I've actually found that Lightroom uses the GPU a lot for editing and preview.

What is the name of the camera in the thumbnail??

What camera is that on the thumbnail

Excellent

1:07 I‘m still using my 5d iv and I love this Camera!

Great video on the pro shooter vs the amateur. Tip #8 is without a doubt what separates the wannabes from the elite - "acting like a grown up" is probably the hardest discipline to acquire and the sad reason why success seems unachievable for most. This applies to achieving anything really, to the pursuit of getting ahead. In any profession. Well - seems like you've cracked the code buddy. 😉

When I saw the title, I immediately thought of the second point mentioned in the video. I don't think people talk about it enough when talking to aspiring photographers. I'm just a student but I have done some freelance work and I honestly think with more gear, I'd be able to get more paid work. A proper flash and zoom lens (for me) would come a long way. If you're just building your portfolio and doing free work, I completely agree that you should be able to work with what you have (preferably a dslr or mirrorless though).

thank you much ..great video

Is the new s20 ultra a good start?

I would love to know what brand of shirt you're wearing. It looks great on you!

I love this video! The color is on point and the new intro is cute.

Hey dude I absolutely love your channel! I just wanted to know what's the wallpaper on the Acer? I must have it!

Great tips 👌🏼

Do I need to take a course in photo shop and learn foto editing to become a professional photographer?

I would add one more thing that I have learned recently. That even using RAID 5 or 6 my data, photos are not safe at all. Even in most of the ready-made NAS data are not protected against bit level corruption.

Great video and very honest!

Great Tips , thanks

Tyler, I love #3. RTFM!

Great video sir!!!!

I really like the titles used throughout this video.

Great video 👍

Life hack: Don’t hire an accountant, simply marry one

As soon as I saw the notification I clicked to watch it, I Knew it would be an awesome video

I loved everything about this video. The production value you deliver on a consistent basis is top-notch. I just want to shadow one of your shoots for a day, lol

Are podcasts available on spotify?

9:36 or marry one. either way.

In the end of the day, we all know it's back to the MacBook Pro. lol

iPad Pro 2018 with a great card reader dongle (or usb c camera) editing with the iPad Pro is literally better And as for using a monitor it’s not necessary but eventually buy a high end monitor

Please tell me where you got that shirt!! 👀🔥🔥🔥🔥 really! I want one lol

Love the intro and like always, great content.

Tyler does Ania have a Bookkeeping video course?

Wash camera and lens to do your videos

I honestly feel ur videos are more warmer and kind of too much edited not like they look bad they look great but the point is it’s more obvious ur editing is more abrupt than other creators

This video was only an ad.....

Great content, but also, man the video colors are soo good, it doesn't hurt to watch.

Hi, I Like your images, what a magnificent video. It will be awesome if you looked at my channel to see if you rate any of my videos. Keep up the great work! I look forward to your next video.

Can you please consider making a fake video that says: “gear is most important”? A video like that would be a helpful resource for photographers negotiating new purchases with their significant others.

This is a fucking advertisement for Acer...

This video is nothing more than an Acer ad...

10 minute video with 3 minutes dedicated to that fucking ugly brick of a laptop.

So basically anyone can be a professional photographer with money lol Photography is subjective so there is no right or wrong.

What You Need to Know to be a Professional Photographer? - make ads on RU-vid

MKBHD needs to watch this video, he knows nothing about Photography