as photographers there are things we really wish non-photographers would know especially our clients because it feels like sometimes we're really misunderstood especially when clients do things like put filters over our photos or haggle on already really low prices and so today i wanted to kind of make an informative video for clients and non-photographers all the things i think you would want them to know so they can be more compassionate about our craft and understand the process a little bit more this video is brought to you by squarespace which makes websites for just about any purpose whether it's a personal project a photography portfolio or a business like a doctor's office or a restaurant head to URL_TOKEN chelsea where you can set up your website completely free try it out make sure you love it and if you do you can use the coupon code chelsea to get NUMBER_TOKEN off that's SHORT_HYPHENATED_TOKEN so go to URL_TOKEN chelsea today and get a domain your own custom domain name with your own custom email address set up a store take appointments from clients and you'll have it all done in just a few minutes they even have a client area where you can send your clients to see their photos and a store where they can buy prints and things so it's kind of like a one-stop shop for your photo business i like it a lot all right so the first thing that i think we all want non-photographers and our clients to know is that it's not the camera it's the person and there have been so many memes so i know everyone has experienced this where someone sees your photo and they say oh you must have a nice camera and it like crushes you i've been practicing for so long i've made so many mistakes to get to this point i've read books i've watched youtube i've taken classes in person like my camera's good but it's the operator and i've seen this happen in real life where like we've offered to take free photos for friends and they said oh no that's okay my friend has a camera he's got kicking around well they've done this youtube video a million times who takes better pictures the amateur with the professional camera or the professional with an iphone yeah yeah i'd rather have a professional with just a phone yeah in those contests it's always the skilled photographer because photography is more about things like composition storytelling lighting posing styling outfits all of that far outweighs the quality of the actual equipment yeah so if you're a client watching this if you're watching this on your favorite photographer's social media i have to let you know there's so much more that goes into the process and the camera gear is expensive but it's the mind of the photographer making the photo if you're buying concert tickets would you change your mind and just be like oh no i have a guitar at home i'll make my own i'm probably just as good yeah that's what karaoke is and none of us like that that's why you don't go watch karaoke you go watch a good performer do a concert the next point we want to make is that good photos take time like a lot of time yeah and this one i see this happen when people try to hire
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