Photographer’s Market: One useful tool in your freelance photography experience is Photographer’s Market. Once you read this book, you can easily consider it as the bible for freelancers. Over 600 pages of this book list a number of freelance photography job opportunities. Updates are done each year and copies don’t cost that much.

When your hometown is not in a metropolis, you can personally check with staffers of community papers and small publications to see if they need your photography services. Follow-ups with your contacts can work wonders for you in enticing clients to avail of your services.

When the above methods are unable to help you land a photography job, you can always have an ad posted about your services at a local publication.

When you have a solid portfolio to show and affordable rates to compete with those of professional studios, you could end up servicing the photography needs of couples in weddings or of event organizers.

Assistant Photographer: Begin from the bottom; serve as an apprentice.

It’s quite common to see a professional photographer working with a second photographer when covering a wedding. When you play this secondary role, remind yourself that you are never at the losing end.

Some photographers will provide all the needed equipment: camera, memory cards, flash and lenses. Others will advise you to bring and use your own equipment. After the session, you may simply have to hand in your memory card of saved shots.

Working in pair is extremely advantageous because it can generate a greater volume of photos and cover a wider array of angles at the wedding. There is a greater volume of wedding photos for the client. In this manner, you’ll be able to accrue some experience in taking pictures. Aside from catching on a few professional techniques, you can also learn the ropes of the business.

Post Processing Services: You can offer photo post processing services to other photography professionals if you know your way around Photoshop.

Regarded by modern-day photographers as a shot that captures every pixels of a scene, RAW shots are the preference among professionals who consider weddings to be their niche. Remember that RAW photos should undergo post processing before they are even printed out and turned over to the client. Undoubtedly, Photoshop is the most commonly used photo processing software in the market.

Although it is a crucial step in commercial photography, post processing takes time. Take for instance 500 photos from a wedding. To complete the post processing of the entire batch, you could be spending up to 8 hours in front of your PC. Of course, the period needed to complete the process may be shorter or longer in actuality and this is where the speed of your computer comes in. When you offer post processing services, you’re really helping busy photographers spend their time on the more income- generating aspects of the job such as marketing and bookings. To post process photographs, all you need to invest in is a PC and the right software.

If you found this article about “Jobs in Photography” helpful, you might also wish to read my other article on different ways to Make Money With Photography.

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