PLEASE HELP!! How to get more clients

[pixmedic]

Let me see your site. I am a web designer by trade so I can help with that.

ugh..i HATE website..making...and stuff.
we just switched over to a new site and I had to start over from scratch.
it is not going well.

I hate it too! Who did you switch to? What do you like and dislike about it?

we switched to smugmug.
their domain forwarding system is a PITA, but it DOES allow us to piggyback multiple forwarded domains, which WIX did not.
we mostly wanted a website where we could have everything all in one place. the page, portfolio, and an online gallery where we had the option of either fulfilling the order ourselves, or choosing a lab to do the prints.
the downside? smugmug is pricey compared to some other gallery sites. But, they got really good reviews and everyone we know that uses smugmug has been happy with them so...decided to give them a try.

I am about at my wits end on the designing end though. almost ready to find a web pro on craigslist.

 

[texkam]

I'll be blunt. I viewed your work on your FB site and you have a long way to go. Feedback from FB friends is usually misleading. I would rate your work as "good snapshot quality". Your real estate work is nothing special. Too much ceiling, poor lighting, etc. At this point, you need to improve your technical areas. Learn how to work with light better. Learn how to use reflectors and strobes. The good news is you appear to have a pretty good design eye. My advice is to hang out on this forum regularly. You will learn a lot about the technical side of photography and the business side as well. In the meantime keep shooting, learning and networking. As the quality of your work improves, so shall demand. Good luck.

 

[gsgary]

I have a facebook page and a website and am voluteering at as a photographer at community art center. I guess i need a marketing plan.

Facebook :lmao:

 

[gsgary]

When someone figures this out, let me know, I've done a few portraits as well, but no real estate photos.

Have you thought of trying to shoot sport ?

 

[frommrstomommy]

I'll be blunt. I viewed your work on your FB site and you have a long way to go. Feedback from FB friends is usually misleading. I would rate your work as "good snapshot quality". Your real estate work is nothing special. Too much ceiling, poor lighting, etc. At this point, you need to improve your technical areas. Learn how to work with light better. Learn how to use reflectors and strobes. The good news is you appear to have a pretty good design eye. My advice is to hang out on this forum regularly. You will learn a lot about the technical side of photography and the business side as well. In the meantime keep shooting, learning and networking. As the quality of your work improves, so shall demand. Good luck.

I'm curious.. how did you find her page? It was not linked unless I missed it. I have liked most all I have seen posted on this forum to follow.

 

[texkam]

^ Not hard. Just a bit of Googling.

 

[amylyn08]

Basically I like doing photos of kids, seniors and would love to do babies.

 

[amylyn08]

Not really in to sports

 

[frommrstomommy]

Well, I liked your page. Best of luck!

 

[tirediron]

When someone figures this out, let me know, I've done a few portraits as well, but no real estate photos.

:lmao: You owe me a new keyboard Scott, there's coffee all over this one!

 

[tirediron]

Don't worry about getting clients. Yet. Get your skills where they need to be first. I'm not saying that you're a bad photographer, but you need to improve the quality of your work from it's current "facebook nice" to "Professional". The things that jumped out at me when I looked at both your website and your facebook pages are lack of exposure control and poor composition. Join up with a local camera club and spend 6-12 months getting from 'good snapshots' to 'photographs'. Learn how to photograph a subject in harsh light so that it looks good, learn how to pose people to advantage. It's not difficult but it does take practice.

 

[amylyn08]

Ok