As an architectural or real estate photographer do you know what you ought to be doing to grow your business? Do you have a plan, or are you making it up as you go along? Yesterday I had our regular group coaching call with the photographers I work with and we spoke about the things that a photographer needs to …
How to get more commercial photography shoots
I’ve heard want to be doing more photo shoots for architects, builders, hotels and more, but you’re not real sure what you should be doing to get those jobs. Over the last few weeks I’ve been running multiple training sessions for photographers on what they need to have in place to be considered for that high-end work, and we’ve spent …
How hard are you prepared to work?
As a real estate photographer how hard are you prepared to work? What are you willing to do when you finally secure a photo shoot with a dream client you’ve been chasing for months? That’s what I’d like to talk about in the video below:
Real estate photographers: Is this holding you back?
A lot of architectural and real estate photographers struggle with trying to get things done when it comes to marketing and raising prices, to name just two. What is it that is holding these photographers back? They know what they should be doing: – more marketing – more content on their website – higher prices – better photography gigs for architects, …
Remove rain from a photo with Photoshop
How do you remove rain from a photo using Photoshop? Maybe you’re a real estate photographer or a commercial photographer, and you need to take an exterior photo of a building and on the day of the shoot it’s raining. Do you have to reschedule? Perhaps, but not necessarily. In this video I’ll show you what you can do to …
What can photographers learn from the Olympics?
What can photographers learn from the Olympics? There’s obviously a lot to be learned when it comes to business operations and professionalism, but in this video I talk about three things athletes do that photographers can apply in their photography business. If you apply all three of these, it’s absolutely going to make a big difference to the success of …
Behind the scenes of a photography training site
Would you like to take a look behind the scenes at my training and coaching program for real estate photographers? This is the exact program that over 30 photographers in Australia, the USA, Canada, England and Europe are currently using to attract more clients and become better photographers. It’s where I have over 90 training modules on photography, marketing, quote …
How to find balance in your photography business
In this video I talk about the importance of finding balance in your real estate photography business. Let’s imagine that a graph represents the different departments in your business. So you’ve got photography, and marketing, and financials, and time management, and your online presence. If you were to plot your skills or your degree of control for each of these departments, …
8 questions from real estate photographers
Last week I asked real estate photographers to send me their questions, and here are 8 questions that really stood out and I answer them in the video below: “What is the difference between full and crop sensor when it comes to quality of the images? I know that the lens I choose has a lot to do with it also, but …
Photoshop CC: Select and Mask tool for sky replacements
The Photoshop CC “Select and Mask” tool for sky replacements in real estate photography – does it work well, and how long does it take to replace a sky? In this video I go through three different exterior shots replacing the sky using the new “Select and Mask” tool from Photoshop CC. This tool was only released a few days …
Real estate photography pricing
As a real estate photographer, how do you set your prices? What do you need to consider when you’re first getting started in real estate photography, or when you are reviewing your current pricing structure? Here’s what we cover in this post (click on these links to jump to that section): Here’s why your photography pricing is so important How …
What’s the worst thing a real estate photographer can do?
As a real estate photographer, what is the worst thing you can do? Well, I’ll answer that for you in this video, and give you a few solutions to help you avoid this big problem that a lot of photographers aren’t really aware of. My name is Darryl Stringer, and for more training in marketing, pricing and photography for real …
11 real estate photographer websites reviewed
Last week I asked for real estate photographers around the world to submit their website for a review. In this video I review 11 real estate photographer websites, and we’re going to do that based around five criteria: 1. As a first time visitor to the site, is it clear that they do real estate photography? I’ve seen thousands of real estate …
4 reasons why agents aren’t hiring you as their real estate photographer
Are you a real estate photographer looking for some marketing tips? I’ve got 4 reasons why real estate agents aren’t hiring you as their real estate photographer. Now, there are more reasons than this, but these are 4 common ones, and I think if you can get these sorted out, then you WILL have more work coming in. If you’d …
How to keep your real estate photography clients
What is one of the best things you can do to keep your clients coming back to you? One of the great things about real estate photography is the high volume of repeat business. When you get a client who likes what you do, they keep coming back over and over again, and that can easily mean one client is …
Case Study: This real estate photographer did it the right way
One of my clients lives in a competitive area in a major metropolitan area, and last year he was primarily shooting portraits and weddings, and had one real estate agent client. Yes, just one. However, he decided that he wanted to switch his focus to real estate photography, so he joined my program and during the quiet winter months he …
When to outsource your photo editing
As a real estate photographer, when should you outsource your photo editing? Click play on this YouTube video to find out if it’s right for you or not: Click here to download the PDF worksheet that will help you determine when to outsource your photo editing. In the above video I walk you through this PDF worksheet that I’ve designed for you …
How to charge higher prices as a real estate photographer
If you’re a real estate photographer, what can you do when you want to charge higher fees, but you’re in an area where there’s a lot of pricing pressure? During my weekly Group Coaching Call last Friday, I went through the things that photographers can do if they want to charge more for their work. Now I can’t go through …
Real estate photography and how to be successful
Do you know why so many photographers are not as successful as they should be? In this video I’ll share something with you that I know you’re going to find helpful once you understand what it means for you if you want to be a successful real estate photographer: You see, a lot of photographers try and make small improvements to …
Real estate photography pricing: an interview with an expert
In our group coaching call last week we had a pricing expert join us to answer questions from the photographers about real estate photography pricing, and it was great! In the video below I run through some of the questions we covered. One thing our expert said that I thought was helpful was this: “If customers are saying nothing about your real …