2. Freelance Photography
Photography is creative, versatile, flexible and above all it caters to a wide and diverse range of markets. And, if you love taking photographs, you will relish this chance to explore your creativity while still paying the bills.
- Advantages: You can control how much you work. Perhaps you are happy to work one wedding or corporate event a month. Or maybe you would like to build your client base and so will take on as much work as you can. Photography is flexible because there are so many outlets within the field. It has become the norm to hire a professional photographer for weddings and events. Email and the ability to send images to clients, publishers, editors, copywriters, marketers and designers all around the globe in a matter of minutes has breathed new life into the freelance photography industry as well. Billions of photographic images are needed to fill the now more than four billion (and climbing) web pages. There is a very broad scope to work within.
- Skills: An artistic eye and the ability to follow briefs and deliver what your client asked for, as well as some knowledge in design or ‘photoshopping’.
- The market: This is an incredibly broad sector that includes anything from events to stock images, family portraits to news and advertising shots.
- What you’ll need: An excellent camera, additional lenses, lighting, a photo editing system, and ideally an agreement with local album and ‘photobook’ manufacturers for cheaper deals.