work for yourself?

[smurff]

saw this on trademe randomly, may interest someone?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Businesses-for-sale/Services/Other/auction-283879570.htm

Essential Images is a growing photographic business servicing the Real Estate market. Some areas of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty are available for purchase.

Using the Essential Images brand, you can offer a premium resource to the Real Estate Industry in New Zealand, alongside the several regions already operating.

Self motivated people with photographic skills will enjoy the challenges of presenting high-end property at its best.

Essential Images also have the ability to provide and host audiovisual presentations hyperlinked to the clients website - giving another point of difference with this unique product.

With this premium service, you can offer a 24-hour turn round of imagery to clients and add to a strong reputation across New Zealand as a reliable partner to the Real Estate Industry.

Please Note : This is a business and not an offer of employment

Training, promotional material and ongoing support are included.

Suitable photographic equipment can also be provided.

Similar opportunities exist in Auckland, Wellington, Wairarapa and Rodney

People with excellent communication skills, friendly personalities and a commitment to provide quality work and service second to none will find this very rewarding.

You will retain your own identity and receive credit for your work while having the advantages of a professional infrastructure within the property photography field.

Essential Images as a premium brand has high standards and expectations and welcomes like-minded people to help achieve them.

Please email your details for further information and an application form.

Some Finance is available to approved purchasers.

For examples of our standard of work, go to www.essentialimages.co.nz

[fokker]

Hah, randomly I came across this yesterday as well. A lot of their sample photos are a bit average, especially some of the HDR's.

[smurff]

Hah, randomly I came across this yesterday as well. A lot of their sample photos are a bit average, especially some of the HDR's.

i thought the same thing lol

-smurff

[Redal]

They need to be pretty average, to cover the pretty average money real estate agents want to pay.
No mater how good the images are, they will only pay so much, unless you can get into the 700k market, but even then the compensation is just a fill in to your main income.

[fokker]

How much do the agents pay, out of interest? Because shooting a house is a 1 hour job max, plus travel and processing time. If it was $200-$300 per house then it doesn't seem like a bad racket really.

[Redal]

Most agent around here don't want to pay more than $50-70 , until you get to the top end market.
They would prefer to pull out their P&S and snap off a few shots and then play with the highlight/shadow tool in PS than pay more than that.

[stic]

It's a rip.

Someone has come up with an idea, but not the skills.

They have the business skills to set up the business and contacts, then get you to buy into a franchise (making them money), provide the top notch photographic skills while they make a nice cut and you make around 1/5th of what the job is actually worth.

To professionaly shoot an $800,000 - $1,000,000+ house, keeping in mind you'll make 2-3 trips, spend at least 2 hours there, talk with owners, work out the best angles, lighting, time of day etc..., then theres processing, finalised images on media...; is worth at least $1K. (Mind you, were talking waaaaay better work than these guys do).

I think, if memory serves me right, they were looking at approx $50 per shoot...almost enough to cover GAS!