How much MONEY can I make with PHOTOGRAPHY in ONE WEEK?

I'll be aiming to answer the age old question that goes through a lot of creatives minds 'Can I feasibly quite my full time job for a career in my creative passion'? This could be digital art, photography, videography and many other passions.
In this video I'll be conducting a very scientific (not) experiment to see if I can outearn my usual salary. I'm giving myself ONE WEEK to EARN AS MUCH MONEY AS I CAN using my skills as an events photographer
Stay tuned 'til the end to see how much I managed to make in this crazy week and hear my thoughts on becoming a full time photographer!
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My camera: Sony a6500
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My zoom lens: Tamron 17-70MM F2.8
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My portrait / street photography lens: Sigma 56MM F1.4
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My other portrait lens: Sigma 30MM F1.4
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My wide angle lens: Samyang 12MM F2
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My GoPro: Hero 8 Black
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My Drone: DJI Mini 2
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[@andrewlunn]

Great work Jimmy - congrats on being so proactive to win new business. Thats a key trait if you want to run your own business

[@JimmyShixin]

thanks Andrew!

[@_avi]

interesting insight, thanks for being so transparent! This is very inspiring

[@JimmyShixin]

thanks Avi!!

[@Lifeisbeautiful2074]

Good job Jimmy. Enjoyed the video.

[@just_mike_vlog9580]

Fiiirst 🤙🏼 cannot wait to get new lenses 😍

[@JimmyShixin]

which ones you gna get? 👀

[@Gelly_Bones]

That was very insightful! Not going to lie, I was initially a tad jealous that you were able to earn so much but then I saw the shifts that you had to pull for it and the events you had to go to and realised that it would not be for me 😂 Good for you though! I was wondering, however, if the seasons affect the number of gigs you can likely score?

[@JimmyShixin]

thanks man! trust me the shifts were ruthless haha nkt sure how many more times I can pull it off (you saw me on day 8 lol things were rough)
seasons massively impact gigs, currently im doing a lot of Oxbridge stuff so it depends on if its term time or not. And even if I branch out so say weddings etc. COVID has shown how fragile the events industry can be so I'd be hesitant putting all my eggs into the events photos basket

[@basic204]

I would like to know how you found those gigs ?

[@ivotorras4641]

Which gear did you use for the events? The a6500 and the tamron 17-70? Or did you have to use the sigmas to get that 1.4 aperture? Or... Did you use an external flash

[@JimmyShixin]

yes to all of the above!
a6500 and tamron for 90% of shots (w/ an old flashlite flash at night)
for select portraits I used the sigma primes

[@dario-digiovanni]

Cool stuff! Seems like you have very good connections and you can't buy those and not everyone lives in London. But it was very interesting to see what you did ✌️

[@JimmyShixin]

yea that's true, these events weren't in London but having gone to Cambridge obvs helped - but having said that, wherever you are there's events, and where there's events there's a need for photos ;)

[@jules_mac]

Interesting video, some insights there certainly. Thank you 👍

[@JimmyShixin]

thanks man!

[@jakob9435]

Great Video!
Did you use a flash for the nighttime pictures? If so wich model did you use ?

[@JimmyShixin]

thanks! yess, an external is honestly so crucial for events photography in my opinion
model wise it's literally a 10 yr old speedlite for my sister's old Canon camera lol

[@JoaquimGonsalves]

Excellent! I came here from Fstoppers. All the best!

[@JimmyShixin]

welcome and thanks!

[@basic204]

Your video would be a lot more insightful if you actually showed the process of how you got those gigs because without it you basically told me. Yeah their is money to be made....if you can find it.

[@JimmyShixin]

this is a very good point to be fair, shpuldve included this in the vid:
-I knew the events existed and happened close to each other so they were on my radar (I've also previously attended the events so knew of them)
-Each event has a dedicated committee that I had to find and apply to
-made a website so I look more professional
-found their contact details on their websites / social media / word of mouth and applied about 3 months before the gigs

[@basic204]

@@JimmyShixin Oh awesome, Hey being you did not do it here you could do it again for more content. I need to make a website for my photography work.

[@JimmyShixin]

@@basic204 I used squarespace to make jimmyshixin.com - took a weekend and was v straight forward, feel free tp check it out for inspo

[@styfocusedlol2057]

Great video!

[@JimmyShixin]

thank you!

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