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Fighting fit during lockdown! Keeping business going as usual
Let me start by saying I know why we are doing this (to save lives) and to help each other to keep going in the future! We need to look after each other!
Lockdown definitely is taking the life out of business
Everyone in the uk and across the would are finding it very hard to keep going
It’s a fight we live every day but so much more when in a lockdown situation. Government officials say that photographers are a non essential business! But documenting life and the situation we are all in I feel we are essential
There isn’t any reason that we can’t keep going we can shoot from a distance more than that of a school teacher or a shop worker!
We are creating works and we can do that on location out in the streets and out in the middle of nowhere and we can still keep everything safe yet still keep our family provided for! And also still put money into the big government fun pot!
It’s seems that yet again it’s going to be a few works of keeping the website up and working on the jobs that are needed in the background! Things like web design, learning new editing techniques, learning how to create BTS videos with the new products we have just had delivered!
You may not know it but being a photographer it’s not just about doing taking pictures ! There is a long list of things that need doing, to keep business going !
- Admin
- Editing
- Learning the latest technologies
- Advertising
- Keeping up with social media
- Replying to everyone and keeping visible to potential clients
- Meeting with clients
- Sending out products and prints
- Creating photo books
- Sending out images for publications
- And that’s just to start!
One of the latest posts up on Instagram, this one is a fun shot we did for model Stephanie
Check out Stephanie and jack on my page along with many others
This ones an edit of jacks shoot! We love working with new models and helping the get their first take of what it takes to be a model
Business is first and foremost about making others happy
We get into business to pay the bills and to create something for our future!
This is true to a stage! What we don’t think about is that what we do ultimately makes others happy!
It’s something I’ve just found out. The bigger picture is that for 99% of businesses is that it’s ultimately making our customers or consumers happy.
Think about it like this, a baker makes cakes and you buy them to make your belly happy and that makes you feel good as the consumer but the baker is happy too because he is doing what he loves
Builder build a house with out thinking that what they’re doing is potentially making a house that will become a home for a family to grow and live happy ever after!
It’s the same being a photographer, though we capture images and we love what we do.. we are doing it to make others happy capturing your big day or taking that portrait of your grandmother who you love and want to always remember. It’s about making you happy!
It’s great that we can do what we love, while making a living yet at the same time making someone else happy!
I love that feeling of making others around me happy so remember everyone’s out to make you happy! Even when you don’t know it and take it for granted
I truly hope that what I do makes those who see it very happy and that it puts a smile on someone’s face! Here are a few images that I really hope makes you smile.
New Instagram growing slower due to new algorithms
It’s only just starting to get seen, it’s definitely taking it’s time picking up! I guess it’s not the best time in the world starting a new page, what with the new algorithm that’s just been rolled out by Instagram!
It’s looking like images are getting fewer likes and views than when I first started my other page! If it’s wasn’t hard enough in the first place with all the millions of people posting. Now there is a wall we have to climb just to be able to wave at people let alone get seen through the fog of hashtags and selfies
We all need to work harder to get our accounts out there and I see few people these days following others they all seem to be looking for others to follow them. But not always prepared to follow for follow. Or like for like.
One thing I pride myself on is the fact that I’ve always followed my following back and I always try to like for like.
If you’re feeling kind and you’re obviously reading this post! Pop over to my new page and give it a follow and some love then watch for the likes and follow in return! My word means more to me than anyone would know. I always keep to it it’s not only in business but in every day life.
Below are a few images from what I’ve posted so far on my new page. Click on the images to be taken to the actual Instagram post to like
Instagram back up account for Adrian Day Photography
A little over a week ago I was going to try running an advert on our main page.
For some reason the Instagram advertising has been locked and there seems to be no backing down by Instagram themselves. To unblock the page as someone else unknown to me paid for a promotion and didn’t pay the bill. I’ve never used paid promotions until this week.
This has meant that I’ve had to start a new back up account for our advertising, this isn’t all good news
Having tried out a two day advertisement and being quoted 1400 views, it seems posting on a new page that has very low following, mean that we don’t hit anywhere near that many accounts much more like 140 ..
If you have Instagram and would like to see more of what I’m working on please feel free to click >> Adrian Day Photography and follow it would be much appreciated. This account is going to be more about the black and white images I post.
I hope that you will agree that the images I post are worthy of you liking !
Below are a few images that I’ve posted up on the new page you can also click the images to head over to Instagram and be able to see more of the work I have created. And maybe even hit the like button on the image 😉
I really hope that you will like what you see and like this post too!
Before I go! If you follow my page or my blog I will do the same in return! If you comment I will do the same in return. It’s only polite to be kind and help each other grow! Have a great week!
A few new Black and white images from shoots Adrian Day Photography
Love these images… it’s amazing what a desaturated image can look like. and really change the whole look of an image.
You may think you have the image you want in colour but until you have at least tried to see what a monochrome version of your looks like don’t take it for granted it can show all the imperfections or even make that image pop !
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Is Instagram dead? – has it lost the plot and put its self in quarantine!
I’ve been using Instagram for years… pretty much from day one…
It’s was great watching all the people posting amazing images and showing of what they was doing in a way that no other site had been doing.
Images got likes and each person had its real following in its own style, niche..
Everyone had a voice, everyone could be just who they wanted to be. okay there was a few restrictions and Instagram kept an eye on the naughty side.
As the years have gone on it’s become restrictive in ways that we don’t realise. We only don’t realise this because Instagram has taken it up-on it’s self to use it’s algorithm to put pay to getting seen in any way shape or form unless instagram feels you deserve it. or that you tick ever box it want you to.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking into where and what’s best to get yourself and images seen and noticed. Paid or free.
It’s looking like social media is now making it more like antisocial media! It’s killing its self off by doing all it can to so called be the best! Why if a site calls its self social would you stop people for doing exactly that.
I’ve tried everything to get a following used a number of different pages even posted images that have on other sites got tens of thousands of views and like yet on social media got just under 100 views and maybe 30 likes.
This to me isn’t worth my investment at all. I’ve paid for and done free posts and got nothing in return.
To me it’s seems that a number of people are coming away from the platforms and putting the money into their own websites and posting the work right to the bourses mouth! And getting so much more ! For way less.
A few weeks back I posted to Pinterest! From my website now my website is a free WordPress and my Pinterest is free.
In one seven day period I had over 60k of views and a large number of saves and like. And my views and comments to my website went from 10 to 100 per day!
It’s honestly a no brainier when you’re getting something for free and the numbers are showing for them self what’s happening . It’s only time before everyone goes it alone and walks away from so called social media !
This is just my opinion but try it your self and if you don’t see a difference let me know.
I’m sure in a day of media being a sales point that we need to find our best format or medium to get ourselves out there! It’s only smart business that we look out for ourself and our really followers and clients
Question is do you think it’s dead? What have you found that works for you? I’m always open to suggestions !
Back stock edits lock down for photographers the Alana shoot
A few images from the shoot with Alana, we got some fun and friendly images with this client
It was such a great shoot to do! And definitely one I had to edit and show while I had the chance!
If you like what you see please feel free to show some love!
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Covid-19 lockdown edits day seven images with Rhiannon
This was a favourite out door shoot and my first time shooting with the new Sony 90mm macro lens
The lens and Sony a7 combination was a perfect choice for the shoot with so much detail I actually had to pull back on the textures and clarity sliders in post as there was too much detail in the skin!
I love how Rhiannon pops out the background even with the vivid greens such a beautiful image and smile!
If you like this please feel free to show the love and share like, so on!
More images to come this week!
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Just added 5 new covid-19 portrait image sets with different models
Day six of covid-19 lockdown and been creating some image sets for social media posts
These are pretty simple to do and something I like to issue to send image sets to clients of the three best images from each outfit I shoot!
Sometimes it takes a little time to get things right but these are simple and show just what’s needed
If you like what you see please show the post and the images on our social media pages some love 💓
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Lockdown edits with leather and Lightroom
Three more images from the vault with these images with model Jade
Something a little different as this was a gel lighting set! But love how these come out! Mixing the blue and orange colours works so well being the opposite side of the colour wheel!
This was a couple of images that was inspired by photographer Jake Hicks and his gel lighting techniques
Hope that you like these if so Please show these some love 💓 and share this post so others can see what I’m creating !
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
Photographer: Adrian Day
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