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What's going on guys?
My name is Chris Hau, and this week we're
talking about three tips on how you
can make $500 this weekend with photography and videography.
No more chit chat-- we're going to get right into it.
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So I have a ton of friends who are extremely
talented at photography and videography
but they don't know how to turn their skill set
into actual hard-earned cash.
So here's tip number one-- batch shooting.
That's a name that I call it.
It's just essentially batching a bunch of photo shoots into one.
An example being a couple of years back, I went on Facebook
and said, hey, who needs a head shot
for their LinkedIn profile done?
50 bucks this weekend.
Pick a time slot and I'll book 10 of you.
In that weekend I made $500 super quickly.
I batched everybody in about a 10-to-15 minute period
at one location.
I gave myself about five minutes in between each person.
Essentially I would just be like, Hey Sandra, welcome.
I'd bring them in, take their head shot-- one or two options,
and I would keep repeating that with Jordan or Susan or Anthony
or a bunch of other Caucasian names I just listed off.
You can essentially bulk shoot them
so that you can get them all done in one.
And it doesn't just have to be LinkedIn head shots.
It could be photo shoots for couples.
And you don't always have to charge $50 a head times 10.
You could also do a $100 a head times five.
You can batch these photo shoots so you can simply
stack everybody on a single day and then edit all those photos
that evening or the following day.
That way you can make a quick, easy buck
in a very short period of time.
So-- batch photography.
Tip number two is stock photography.
Now in this example, you might not make $500 right up front,
but you're going to make $500 or more
over a long period of time.
Now there are different web sites out there.
There are like Shutterstock, VideoBlocks, videohive.net
and a bunch of other examples.
You can upload some stock photography assets to these
and start making some passive income while you're sleeping.
I'd go to these websites, research what really sells well
and start making your own different high-quality assets
so that you can start making all this passive money.
Like I said, you might not make all this money this weekend,
but you're going to make the money
over a longer period of time.
A good friend of mine has actually
made $150,000 over two years with stock photography.
Each weekend he goes out and shoots
different things that he thinks will sell well,
hires different models, and maybe his upfront costs
were a few thousand dollars but he's made quite a bit of money
passively.
Find different niches so that you can make money quicker,
but ultimately stock photography is a very good option
to consider.
Tip number three-- sign up for these different custom agencies
that exist.
Now in one of my previous videos I talked about this.
There's a website called flashstock.com
and I'm pretty sure they just got bought out by Shutterstock
and now it's called Shutterstock Custom.
I'll link it below so you can sign up for this website.
Different jobs will get sent to you based on your portfolio.
I'm not sponsored by this company, by the way.
I just really think that it's a great way for you
to make quick money and I really want you to get some value out
of this.
This is not an ad, just so you guys know-- full transparency.
Ultimately, you sign up for this website, upload your portfolio
and you're going to start getting jobs sent to you.
So an example that I had is I signed up
for the website a few years back.
I had a Toyota photo shoot and I also had a Haagen-Dazs photo
shoot on the same weekend.
I used use tip number one where a batch the two
and use the same models so that I
made x amount of dollars on the Toyota photo shoot
and made x amount of dollars and the Haagen-Dazs.
This is an example where you can use
the same model, same location and just quickly switch things
in and out.
And maybe sometimes the photos might actually overlap.
In this case, it's a win-win for everybody.
So these are my tips on how you can make $500 this weekend.
Reminder, again, tip number one is batch photography.
Tip number two is stock photography.
Tip number three is sign up for these custom agencies
such as Shutterstock Custom.
Go out there.
Have some fun.
Start exploring different ways that you can make money
with photography.
Don't forget that it's going to take a long time to build up
to this, but I just want you to start
going out there and trying.
Maybe it's not $500.
Maybe it's 50 bucks, but each step of the way
you can keep charging more.
And maybe you're already charging $500,
and in that case, that's amazing.
Congratulations.
Use the same principles and just charge more.
Instead of doing head shots for $50, charge $250 or $300
and make like five grand this weekend.
That's just an example that I can give.
Hopefully you guys see some value in these tips.
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Peace out, everybody.
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