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 …
Real estate photography: Are you busy or profitable?
Let’s have a chat about real estate photography pricing and profits. As a photographer, are you busy, or profitable? A lot of photographers look at how busy they are, and they see these shoots coming in, and they think, “I am doing really well!” However, they’ve confused being busy with being profitable, and the two are not the same. And …
A marketing calendar for real estate photographers
As a real estate or architectural photographer, how do you stay on top of your marketing when things get busy? In this video I’ll show you how to setup a marketing calendar for your photography business that you can use to help keep you on track: Click here to download your marketing calendar for real estate photographers. So what is …
Real estate photography – Group coaching call #32
Every week I run a group coaching call where real estate photographers from around the world join me for a live online chat for an hour, and I thought you might be interested to see what we covered in the call I ran last Friday (January 29th, 2016). In this video I quickly run through 9 of the things we covered …
Real estate photography: blending multiple images in Photoshop
If you do real estate photography, watch this video to see what you can do when blending multiple images in Photoshop: It was back in 2003 when I purchased my first DSLR – a Canon 10D that created huge 6.3 megapixel images (!!!) – and was a big step up from the old Minolta film camera that I had been using. …
How to respond to a commercial photography quote request
How do you respond to a commercial photography quote request? So when you receive an email from a builder or a hotel or an interior designer asking you for a quote to photograph one of their projects or venues, what do you do? A lot of photographers put together a quick email reply, and mention their day rate or whatever, and they wonder why …
How to get started in real estate photography
How do you get started in real estate photography? So maybe you’re a wedding photographer or a portrait photographer, and you’re thinking of getting some work as a real estate photographer. That’s great, but you need to be aware of a few things. Here’s a video I put together that will help: My name is Darryl Stringer and I’m a …
Real estate photography: How to light up a large room
Hey there real estate photographer! How do you light up a large room with your off camera flashes? Well, you could try and get it all in one shot by carefully hiding your flashes out of the way (either behind furniture, or out of the frame), but that can be tricky and it may not give you the best possible result. …
Real estate photography training: How to make grass green with Photoshop
How do you make the grass green in Photoshop when you’re doing real estate photography (or any other kind of photography for that matter)? This video will show you how easy it is, no matter how much experience you’ve had with Photoshop. Oh, and it works with any version of Photoshop, so you don’t even need the latest version of …