Last month was a pretty good one - not much work coming in admittedly, but some serious progress was made elsewhere that should point to a rosier future!
The main driver for this was the starting of a new relationship with a local estate agent, we are running some trials next week to see how it goes, but I am pretty confident that we can make it work well. My property work is already award winning and, I think, improving all the time and I am offering top level work at incredibly reasonable prices as I try and build my profile. The problem with agency work is that they take the glory and you are a pretty much nameless entity no matter how good the output! This starts to put my name out more and that can only be a good thing!
I also made some progress towards the fine art side of things, which is something I need to do a whole lot more on. Amazingly I managed to find a couple of domain names that hadn’t been snapped up which may tie in very well - even more so if a potential regional change occurs in the coming weeks - so I don’t want to go into it too much at present.
So what have I got on my to-do list still?
Chasing up ground works and a main contractor for the huts is foremost on the list, I had planned to get onto that this week but other events took over!
Setting up a new business account for the huts
Ordering electrical connections and looking into water and waste
Ordering the huts!
Getting this lot rolling will help us move towards that project starting to be productive and feeds back into my photography work by opening up the guiding/workshop business following my concept of keeping a simple offering at a price more open to more people than is the norm.
On the more specifically photographic side of things…..
Build the new website - the idea is to have a landscape and nature gallery with a potential twist or two - and open up the sales channels for photographs.
Potentially look at an exhibition, this may be a way off as yet though as I have a few more hurdles to clear first.
Get on with my BIPP project!!! I have about a third of it in place, but I need to do more… and really I need to get on with it soon!
Look into local stockists for prints - potentially consider makers markets/art markets etc too.
So this is my “work” 2024 plan, loads to get on with this year that will - hopefully - set the scene for 2025 onwards! I want this year to be transformative rather than more of the same. I have some “me” stuff to work on too, mainly in the realms of physical and mental health… and perhaps finding a way to overcome the imposter syndrome that creeps in and is responsible for my limited video releases (which is another area that I will build this year - both in terms of Instagram Reels and You Tube videos.
It all sounds rather busy!
