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!

My camera: Sony a6500

My zoom lens: Tamron 17-70MM F2.8

My portrait / street photography lens: Sigma 56MM F1.4

My other portrait lens: Sigma 30MM F1.4

My wide angle lens: Samyang 12MM F2

My GoPro: Hero 8 Black

My Drone: DJI Mini 2

Follow me on IG: @jimmyshixin

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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

[ivotorras]

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

[_avi]

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

[just_mike_vlog]

Fiiirst 🤙🏼 cannot wait to get new lenses 😍

[jakob]

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

[JoaquimGonsalves]

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

[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 ✌️

[jules_mac]

Interesting video, some insights there certainly. Thank you 👍

[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?

[basic]

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.

[adityaadhav]

Hii sir am India photography
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