Rant There are people who have little talent/skill that get a lot of business and people who have talent and skill who get no business. It’s so annoying. I know people who know how to use their tools and get gigs left and right and there’s me who tries very hard to get work and has no luck.
You are not good people only care about the subject matter not the skills to do the job right and make things look good-great.
There are people who are amazing and get work but I am talking about the people who are near the line.
That’s because you seem to think pictures sell photography, and that’s just not true. The photographer sells their photography. You have to learn marketing and sales in order to run a business. What does “trying very hard to get work” look like? What are you actually doing to get bookings?
Do you know who your target client is? What are you doing to reach them specifically? Are you selling digitals, mini sessions, prints? Are you a luxury service or a shoot and burn service? How do you make clients feel during sessions? How do you promote loyalty with current clients? What are you doing to increase the odds of word of mouth referrals?
Here’s my challenge to you: go make a list of those people with little talent but lots of bookings and really observe their website and social media presence. Take notes on what they’re doing to make their clients feel special, taken care of, and what makes the photographer stand out. Pay attention to how they price the photo session vs. digital files vs. prints. If you can, book sessions with a few of them and see how they interact with you and how they price their services. Or message them and see if they’d be up for a 30 minute zoom call to teach you about how they manage their business (pick people in a different physical location so you aren’t competitors).