{"id":21943,"date":"2021-06-10T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/?p=21943"},"modified":"2021-06-11T15:33:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:33:36","slug":"ways-to-get-work-as-a-freelance-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/ways-to-get-work-as-a-freelance-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Get Work as a Freelance Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Freelance photography offers a lot of potential benefits to people considering it as a career path offering flexibility, creativity, and financial rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, building a support base of paying clients is a challenge every photographer must overcome on the path towards a rewarding photography career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As high-quality cameras become more accessible to the average smartphone user, and countless amateurs explore how to monetize their snaps, competition levels are at an all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, so are the number of channels and methods that photographers can pursue to build an audience and client base for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are five ways you can find work as a freelance photographer.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Find direction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Without having a clear direction in mind for your photography it will be difficult for you to build a coherent portfolio that gives potential clients a clear idea of what you have to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landing on a portfolio that includes fashion photography, interiors, product photography and some landscape photography thrown into the mix won\u2019t convince viewers of your versatility, it will just confuse them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind consider what you are passionate about and which photography niches bring out the best in you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focusing on one or two of those and building up your portfolio is going to be the first step in finding work as a photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And most likely this will mean working for free initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you\u2019re a food photographer and there\u2019s a restaurant near you that has a drab menu, you can offer to help them revamp their menu free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have got a strong portfolio under your belt, the next step is to get your portfolio professionally reviewed by an art director, creative director, or portfolio coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although there are likely to be some costs involved, this is a critical step. Without taking this step you\u2019re going to live with constant uncertainty over whether your portfolio is strong enough for what you want to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have a solid portfolio, make it accessible online. Whether by creating a website to showcase your images or by using a 3rd<\/sup> part portfolio service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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