Time to turn Pro Part 10 – Social Success with Instagram

During the day I’ll usually have appointments and different places that I need to photograph planned in. For a magazine shoot this could be venues such as restaurants, museums and hotels or, for commercial work, I could be going on a tour or working on a shot list that’s been supplied to me by the client.

I’ll always shoot the most important pictures at sunrise and sunset, as the light is best at that time of day. After sunset, I might have night shots to get, particularly if I’m working in a city, and then I’ll head back to my accommodation to download my cards for the day, backup the images, charge my equipment and set my alarm for the next sunrise!

When I’m not on assignment my work is much more computer based. After a shoot I’ll have a mountain of editing to do, which can take up a lot of time. I may also have captioning, writing or entering metadata to complete. When I don’t have editing, I spend my time replying to emails, sending out my work to potential new clients, writing articles perhaps and working on my online presence – such things as social media and my portfolio.