This is the very first time I’ve heard someone actually describe how they make a living in this untraditional way. This is a great road map for people looking to seriously get into photography as a career. This was very generous of you.

Dude the fact that you share all of this personal details about your life with such transparency is admirable af!💯. Respect homie!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Recover well brother ❤️

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Big love lad, hopefully see you for a Chicago street shoot soon!

The business side of photography is always interesting to hear about and discuss. Nice video Roman

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Thank you for sharing, great insight. Cannot wait to see the direction of your journey over the coming months / years.

The business side of photography is always the biggest challenge! Thanks for share your way to make it happen!

Appreciate you being so open with this!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

one of the best photo channels around, love what you do!

Hi Roman! Thanks a lot for this video, really interesting! I quitted my employee job 3 years ago and managed to do roughly what you want to achieve (travel, photography, putting different sources of income together) from another field that photography. I liked your point of view and liked to see another way to reach this beautiful life goal! I definitely would love to see your progression on this journey. It's the first video I saw from you and suscribed straight to your channel :) Keep it up, cheers!

Really useful video mate thanks! I'm wanting to eventually take photography and videoing further and it's been handy seeing what it's like for you. More videos like this would be great. Hope your feeling better man!

Mate, super useful video! Always great to hear about business-related topics in the photography space! Hopefully, the travel thing will work out for you!!!🙏🏼❤️

Awesome video, brother. Breaking down the business is very real and provides a lot of value.

Good luck and all the best! Thanks for sharing.

Hi Roman, truly appreciate you for sharing your ideas so openly. 🙏

Good stuff man, thanks for the straight talk

Great insight and genuinely wishing you every success! Travel photography will definitely come back to the forefront moving into 2022 and beyond I’m sure.

This was incredibly helpful man-sheesh thank you so much for being so transparent 👍

Great stuff, learning a lot from you!

Excellent video. I'm really interested to see how it goes. Its a very brave decision to go into this now given the environment. I've been a fan for some time so I'll be for sure rooting for you!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Well at the end of the day, there will always be a day job to put food on the table. If you don't try, you don't know. Cheers Chris

More videos like this one are definitely appreciated, my friend. It's good being able to see the whole picture (no pun intended)

Good luck and thanks for the video

Thanks for this video! Appreciate the transparency😀 all the best!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

VERY INTERESTING AND USEFUL MAN, thanks! I appreciate the value! :)

I admire your honesty and transparency

Excellent advice Roman!

This was great!

Super interesting to hear an honest breakdown of your approach to youtube, affiliates, and work in general. Looking forward to see how you evolve!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Great video! Very informative!

Thanks for sharing this! We're all trying to find the ways to put money in the bank that works for us. It's great to see your example and pick and choose the bits that fit for me. Cheers!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Very useful info my friend, I appreciate you sharing.

Very insightful, practical and informative. Terrific strategy and great to see your degree of awareness as to where your current and future income streams are coming from. A creative mind combined with business savvy and willingness to risk is a recipe for your success. All the best in 2022. Congrats!🙏

First of all hope your feeling better soon, second i really enjoy your video's, i just started out photography so it's nice to learn these things. And i cant put my finger on it right now but for some reason i keep watching your video instead of keep doing other things on my pc while listening so thats good . You got yourself a new subscriber.

Love the honesty 👍

Thanks for the info Roman, nice to hear how you approach it. Keep in mind that you have to plan for the future as well, I see too many young people only worrying about putting bread on the table today and not stocking up for the winter of life. Hope you get well and hope it doesn’t hit you again. A crazy world out there these days and as a person who makes a living like you have chosen, you can’t afford to be ill so often. So take care and watch yourself! Once this shit is all over, I’ll surely be coming to London again and I’ll keep your workshops in mind!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man and totally agree. I haven't covered it in this video but in future videos I will also cover how I plan on the spending side of things. My personal goal is for 25-50% of my monthly earnings to go into an investment account / savings/ pension. Awesome, hope to see you soon!

Great and highly informative video Roman. I subscribed to your channel a few months ago having come across you from a post on Gareth Danks site. You have a great channel and I find all of your posts really interesting. You speak in a down to earth way, always on the level, highly articulate, and most of all always interesting. I have no doubt you are going to make a success of your new career path. Love your Snaps By Fox website. A really well constructed site and a really good read. Keep up the good work. You deserve to be successful at what you do.

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

you're too kind man, I appreciate you

@clivewuest8529

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox Your welcome and deserved.

thanks for sharing this, really interesting to see how this works.

Great to see an honest vlogger 👍

I went to your online store and saw the workshops. I thought to myself, if I ever did travel to the UK, spending a half day with you in a workshop in London would be a great tourist/photographer experience. Maybe this is something you could market to travel companies if you haven't already.

Love the transparency here

Great insights. Thx

Very useful . Thank you . Not enough people talk as realistically about this. Love your take on passive and active income.

I think it's all been said Ronan, still enjoying your videos and like the honesty, cheers.

Nice to see someone with values and integrity. Really nice shots too. I'd pay to see a masterclass in editing on skillshare for sure

Amazing video and thank you for breaking down how exactly you make money with street photography as it seems at times there isn’t much money to be made in the street.

Transparency is very unique in KZread so bro your channel will boom soon trust me, 100 honest followers better than 1 million fake ones

This video was very informative. Most KZreadrs don’t discuss the money aspect.

I like the travel idea

I'm really just at the start of all of this so interesting to see your breakdown and where you think it will go in the future. Obviously everyones journey is different, but encouraging to see you being so positive about it.

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. For sure, being negative never gets anyone anywhere.

I enjoyed it….good info. You have a great weekend.

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Great vid. Hope you can travel soon!

Enjoyed this very much. Like how you shared your % breakdown

Nice insights.

Another great video. Very informative without preaching. Take your time cos you're already on the road to getting to where you want to be.

Interesting video. Thanks

Hey man, just found your videos recently and found them super helpful. Do you think you will make a video soon explaining how you come up with video ideas and what goes behind preparing for them?

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

potentially, although I might save that as a newsletter topic as it is not a huge topic

Interesting to hear all the background associated with building your business.

I liked that u said u don't want to encourage consumerism. Really nice to see.

This was GREAT. Loved hearing your strategy and specific breakdown to make working in the art space profitable. I need more content like this in my life. I’m subscribing!

Although I have given up on my 40 year old dream of earning money from my photography, it was very interesting to hear how the world and corresponding opportunities have evolved for photographers.

You really are doing it

Alright, you win, subscribed 😆

All the best!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

cheers!

I feel your COVID jab pain - I felt really bad after my first jab but only felt a bit rough after the second which is what they told me would happen.

yes was very interesting

I'm late, considering that the video was released many months ago, but I have to say that this video was lacking on YT. It was a very useful video and kinda shows a possible path to follow

useful!

Interesting actually especially to those aspiring photographers who want to make a living out of their passion. Thanks. :)

Your videos are so genuine and I like how you explain each things. Thank you. I would like you to recommend a Fujifilm lens for me for day to day photography mainly of Toddler. I have a Fujifilm XS10 with XC 35 mm f2 .

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

hmm not sure on your budget but I would say look at the 18-55 ... great little lens and really cheap

I wish you all the best. Since I spent many years as a fulltime professional photographer, I'll be interested in how your plan works for you. My experience isn't comparable. First, I worked in the days of film and way before social media. I'm also in the US and not in a major metropolitan area. While the photo business was very competitive when I was in it, I don't think it was anywhere near the fiercely competitive environment there is today. I'm seeing legendary photographers selling workshops and plugins, since conventional methods of making money in photography have really changed. Have fun and good luck.

@snapsbyfox

2 жыл бұрын

yeah that’s a very harsh reality. I think if i had to chose between a traditional freelance photo business and a solid 9-5 i would pick the 9-5 any day. Cheers!

@dougmacmillan1712

2 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox I was concerned about the trend of photography. Also, I had a number of large industrial clients and I was concerned about them keeping their plants in the area. We had a unique opportunity and I went back to school and got a BS in Computer Science. I was prophetic. Practically all of my industrial customers packed up and left. I had some wonderful experiences as a professional photographer and loved the challenges and different experiences. I had a family to consider as well. Moving on turned out to be a good choice for me. I still dearly love photography.

Very interesting to follow your journey mate, keep posting about it, your plan looks very well thought through. How are you planning to create your network in the tourism industry? I guess that's the first thing you will need ? After talent ;-)

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Well I am not planning that far as my main goal is to build this KZread channel. from then on I will figure it out as I go along and share on here

good info Roman. so how does one start a Paid KZread channel? is it a certain type channel, etc. does the person have to contact KZread?

Hmmm maybe you could do a series where you critique community’s photos and give tips how to improve?

Hi Roman, extremely informative video, thank you! I have a question with regards of how to sell images to tourism related agencies and travel companies. What would you recommended doing in order to get in touch?

@snapsbyfox

2 жыл бұрын

well i am in the same boat trying to figure out. So far i only been hired to take photos for a client and not to buy my images as such. As i learn i will make videos sharing too

Roman you are awesome to me. Thank you

Hope your COVID jab symptoms get better soon. I had horrible ‘flu-like symptoms for days! At least it means my immune system should react better against any actual infection! Really interested in your guides plans, and when I can get to London I hope to get the chance for one of your workshops!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!! yeah I think it's worth it if it means it prevents something more serious! Thanks!!

Hi, how to do split videos or those cuts in your video with different titles?

Firstly get better real soon I'm sure this video will benefit some budding utubers but sadly my time has passed have a lovely Friday 😍

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Interested to hear how you split your time into those buckets! And also you really have daily posts on Instagram - how long is the actual photographing in street and how long does it take you to select/edit the photos each day? Thank you!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Honestly it depends. Some days I would walk for 20 miles a day, other days just an hour or so. Editing is usually quick for me as I don't want to be stuck inside all the time. Usually 5-10 mins per photo max

@Ruichenz

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox appreciate the response and appreciate all the content you’ve shared that are all very inspiring!!

More of this

Great video. I noticed a lot of street photographers sell their table books and prints. However, regarding income from street photography, how does one market images to the travel/tourism industry? is it direct to individual companies or as stock photos?

@snapsbyfox

2 жыл бұрын

as I figure it out, i will pass the information onto everyone here :)

Interesting.

Спасибо!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Спасибо большое

So how do you sell your street images to the tourist/tour companies? Is there a middle man service somewhere or do you go direct to them?

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't sold my images, I sold my time taking photos of a specific thing. Selling images is a whole other ball game which I am yet to figure out / tap into

📷 🐐

Easy now Roman, good video for people to see. Without passive income (any kind, not just from photography, but trust me, there are many many ways to attain this from photography), photographers will have to work up until the day they die, which sounds ok when you are young.....when you get old, that might not sound as good.. Passive income allows you the freedom, to do other work you actually enjoy doing, saving you from having to do jobs you hate just for the money. Passive income as a photographer actually enables you long term to shoot the work you enjoy, which in turn provides you the work you enjoy as active income from clients who see the portfolio you have created (from the freedom and time, that passive income grants you!). sounds simple and basic knowledge right?, ......... requires time, hard work, faith and a willingness to gamble..................not everyone will dare, and not everyone will succeed! good luck

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback and I do agree with you. I guess my approach here was specifically focusing on the business side of things. Personally I am also putting money into investment accounts so when I am 30 years older, I will have enough passive income to handpick where I want to invest my time and energy

@streetroguephotography

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox yes bud, exactly, thats a wise move for sure. nothing happens quickly, be in for the long haul on each and every venture, including the photography. Im a full time fashion photographer (25 years active high end) , and my youtube channel (just started 9 months ago) is one of many long term investments where im shooting what i love, not for the money, but for the pure joy, and if it brings in dosh long term, thats a brucey bonus, ............but, as a perfect example, i have landed some amazing film and TV location scouting jobs purely from my youtube channel star wars set explores. So, just goes to show, investment isn't always about money.............looking forward to checking in on your journey bud. If you are interested, my commercial work can be found in the links on my youtube videos. good luck.

Well, you seem to know what you want to do and where you're going, you mentioned social media so I assume you're also on Linked in and getting the right contacts. Never be scared of knocking on doors, as in emails, phone calls and face to face meetings with prospective clients and A4/A3 print portfolios still work with the right clients. I was going to say good luck but you'll find you make your own luck, make it happen Roman.

Gwaaanmyooot!… ✊🏿

@snapsbyfox

2 жыл бұрын

The best KZread comment I’ve ever received. 🙌

@lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003

2 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox 😆

Very interesting to know would be, what your work hours per week are.

@snapsbyfox

2 жыл бұрын

this is difficult to figure out. Technically right now every time i touch a camera this is classed as work…. with that in mind i guess 60-70 hours per week…. but to me it does not feel like work

Whoever didn’t buy a print missed out, I hope I can get another one sometime 😢

First, I would get a better camera and lens (or 2 or 3)😎.

Stay tuned.

How do you go around the "not-showing-any-faces" red tape? You don't get signed consent forms from all people being shown on a street picture, do you?

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

well this is where it can be come a grey area.... as it all depends on the end usage of the photo. Personally I always tend to go for silhouettes or where the face is not clear if I know the photo will be used commercially. If it is more to show the area, then I am ok with having faces as long as there are many and it doesn't look like someone is being singled out. A bit like buildings.... cityscape with 20 private buildings vs close up of 1 private building

@Dahrenhorst

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox In my country (Germany) we at least don't have the problem with private buildings. As long as you can see the building from the street, you can take a photo. But people focused street photography like it was done in the past century simply is not possible anymore these days. Despite of today's avalanche of photos, this particular facet of our society in our time will be lost to history.

Do you make calendars? Thats a big tourist attraction online.

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

not really man.... not my cup of tea haha

@acmdv

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox If you use The Print Space to sell prints through once you've set up your images for the various print options and prices all the work is done for you after that.

So sad that in italy a business model like this won't work actually, we are stucked in the mud in terms of mentality and digital education

A definition of ubiquity: “ For anyone who doesn’t know about Squarespace, it’s an...” AAARGH!

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

lmao yeah.... I don't like it when people say that knowing full well everyone knows.... I use them for my website and would not turn down their sponsorship if the money was right.... but I would play on the fact it is over done / everyone knows and make it humorous

@kronkite1530

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox I'm not sure you are safe (tame) or corporate enough for them!

I am an American.

I’ll take the island please. 😉

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

im so confused... lol

@hachewie

3 жыл бұрын

@@snapsbyfox Passive vs active income.

Glad you are not going into crapy sponsored products, so sick of this, 1/3 of people I follow everywhere keeps posting overpriced, shitty headphones etc. to the point I'm afraid to post post shit I enjoy using because I bet someone will think its sponsored😶 Shame about the prints though, IMO thats the best way to present photos. Good luck!

I'm a bad customer as I can't get excited enough to buy any thing made by youtubers, but I do get influenced(some times) to buy the products they've reviewed and I hope you make ad money off my viewing though....

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

You're not a bad customer, you just don't buy stuff you don't need. Just buy you watching, commenting and liking, you have done more than enough to support me and for that I thank you.

J&J vaccine put me out for about 30 hours. Still glad I got it though lol.

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

yeah I agree.... having seen some people go through it, id rather a few days of feeling crappy

I avoided them COVID jabs mate. It’s hard making money as you do but best of luck

@snapsbyfox

3 жыл бұрын

yeah I respect that. I feel it has to be a personal choice as to whether people get it or not. Cheers!