Recent content by Simon Ward

That's very handy!

You'll only get confidence from getting a customer and charging them for your work and seeing them happy with it. More you do, more confident you become. I've met some outstanding photographers who have very little confidence in charging for their work. I have good business experience, but a...

Threads like this are really helpful reading.

That nuclear power station set of details was really funny.

My current lens on the camera (18mm) isn't near wide enough. You just can't get enough of the room in to a shot. I really appreciate the advice from everyone and think it comes down to two options: 1. Increase budget. 2. Stick with a 3rd party taking the photos. I do understand all the...

A p&s isn't going to achieve a standard I would be happy with.

Although I'm sure your efforts at being ultra funny and clever is an attempt to welcome me as a new member, it rather loses the edge when it makes no sense. If I were going out and trying to take work off professional photographers without any experience, sure, this would be all sorts of...

Good thinking ref the panorama function. Just had a try and it's not near good enough. I will stump up a little extra and get a second hand lens or new one. Thank you for the replies.

You are correct and the pro does use lighting, dependant on property. I'm really not looking at taking over his role, but it's just that for a property that needs an entire overhaul and is perhaps full of junk, it's not worth us paying for the professional photography. Or if it's a small rental...

Hi, my estate agency has been using professional photography for all our properties we list for the last 3 years or so. It's a little expensive to have done for certain properties where they're in terrible condition etc. so I'm looking for a cheaper option. I have a DSLR (Nikon D3100) but...

You're starting a business; go and get some customers.