{"id":8285,"date":"2020-03-16T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/?p=8285"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:29:57","slug":"how-to-make-money-in-an-crisis-as-a-photographer-or-videographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/how-to-make-money-in-an-crisis-as-a-photographer-or-videographer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Money In a Crisis as a Photographer or Videographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Securing an income in a crisis situation is not easy, but it’s possible. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Coronavirus pandemic has posed a short term threat to a lot of industries and Creatives — ranging from photographers to videographers to designers — are also affected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many are the projects getting canceled or postponed and soon the income sources start becoming scarce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we have talked to some of our Cherrydeck members and gathered a collection of tips and ideas on how to secure an income during crisis mode and how to make sure costs are controllable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a list of things you can do to make money or save money in a crisis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sell your work on Stock platforms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If a project has been cancelled, now it’s a good time to upload some of your work to a stock photo platform. Stock photo platforms such as Adobe Stock, iStock or Getty are a source of income for content creators worldwide. Successful users on those platforms upload considerable amounts of content that is relevant for businesses purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitch to clients in non-affected industries<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Not all companies are having difficulties in the market. There are industries that are benefiting from the trends of home-office, for example online conferencing tools or team management software companies. But also consumer goods companies and online-first fashion stores are experiencing above-average interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitch to clients in less affected areas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Not all areas are impacted equally in a crisis. In the current Coronavirus crisis, there are some nations that are less affected. As of today (March 16th, 2020), the following countries have big or moderately big economies and either very little detected cases or the disease under better control, when compared to the rest of the world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n