I answered emails today and got booked far ahead for a corporate event starting on the17th of November and a more detailed project starting on October 24th. Both traditional commercial photography.
In other news clients are paying their bills quicker. About a five day gap between billing and receiving payment these days. Based on this year's transactions.
And...clients are taking price increases in stride. We've raised rates by between 20 and 30% this year (depending on the type of assignment) with no push back from nearly a dozen clients to date.
We're trying to track our billing to inflation and our track our spending with a recession in mind. It's all a crap shoot but I'm not really seeing any of the doom and gloom come to fruition.
I am seeing the trees and landscape drying out and turning brown. But business? Still green.
One of the Google buildings in downtown.
Long term clients are a nice thing to have.
Glad to hear the market is stable and you’re continuing to book clients.
ReplyDeleteI read so many doom and gloom articles, usually regarding wedding and family portrait photography, but never much about commercial photography.
Hopefully by 17 November, the temperature will be below 100F and the younger generation will be back to his full strength. Meanwhile, it's not a moment too soon to think about equipment choices!
ReplyDeleteOne can only hope. Now considering "real" event photography. A Hasselblad 500CM with an 80mm and a big, Metz handle mount flash... That and some color negative film.
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