Do you have a costly time crunch if you work as an architectural or real estate photographer? I’ll outline five strategies in this essay to help you conquer your time management issues and regain control

Real estate photographers: your time problem is expensive.

If you’re a photographer specializing in real estate or architecture, you may find yourself with a time crunch. This can be a costly issue that needs to be resolved.

What do I mean by that, then, and how can fix it?
So when I say that your time problem is costly, what do I mean?

You’re losing a lot of money when you don’t bill for the entire amount of time you spend working on projects for your clients .Because you’re essentially working for free and aren’t even aware of it.

Let me share a message I saw on Facebook  from  real estate photographers about their pricing schedule. Regarding the expense of editing, another photographer made the following observation. “While photographers must account for the expense of editing if they contract with a third party and pay a fee for each edited photo,If they carry out the editing themselves, they won’t need to worry about the associated costs.

I think it is a serious issue since it implies that since there is no out-of-pocket expense for editing. There isn’t any expense at all. However, there is a cost because the photographer uses time to edit those images.

And here’s where many real estate photographers make a mistake: they don’t account for the time they spend editing their own photos the same way they would if they were hiring someone else to perform the editing.
At the very least, include the cost of outsourcing your editing into your prices so that the customer pays you for the editing rather than you essentially doing it for free. Whatever the amount, it’s undoubtedly more than what you would pay an editing company to do it for you. Does that make sense?

5 things you can do that will help you overcome your time problem

1. Set your prices appropriately.
2. To get more done, employ staff or make use of systems.
3. Make decisions immediately rather than putting off making them.
4. Recognize that you are in charge of your time.
5. Lastly, be prepared to pay for speed.

If you follow through on all five of those steps—which may require a lot of work, so don’t expect this to be simple—you will be able to overcome your time management issues and eventually reach a point where you can spend more time with your family because you’ll have support from others or systems in place. You’ll also be able to work on your business instead of being sucked into it nonstop, and you’ll be able to resume enjoying photography as you can take your time.

And that, in my opinion, is the main advantage of all: once you solve your time management issue, everything in life is normal again. You can give your clients the greatest version of yourself and truly appreciate the work you do when you’re back in control, charging fairly for the labor you accomplish, and feeling upbeat about things.