Boring Summer

My aim to be a dedicated luxury property photography specialist seems to have been put on hold at the moment, with my supply of prestige jobs having been totally cut off at the base for the time being. My workload is almost exclusively restricted to higher volumes of basic properties in my local area - which is good for a work/life balance, but isn’t the most exciting prospect moving forwards. The feelgood factor of turning up at a £2m mansion has all but disappeared from my day, being replaced by various 2 bedroomed, empty ex-council houses with the faint smell of chip-pan fat in the air and neighbours who have tyres in their garden.

The multi-branch estate agent I used to freelance for has now employed two “in-house” full timers - shooting everything from offices to mansions using “gun and run” techniques to save money presumably. It looks like they’re moving away from prestige to mass-market stuff. The proposed job of shooting luxury property for them has all but disappeared, and my associated revenue has dropped by 80% compared to last year. Looks like my longstanding relationship is pretty much over. Never mind.

I think I’m going to let the summer take it’s course so I can enjoy a bit of leisure time after a gruelling 20 years, and then begin to reach out to select clients in the autumn - markets which seem to value high-end, well produced imagery that I’m known for. I love shooting the biggest properties, and don’t want to consign that side of my business to the history books just yet.