What's Next For Photographers? A world after COVID-19

The question every single photographer has been asking themselves, now what? A world after COVID-19. I heard people use that phrase before, what does it mean? Here in Canada, things are getting eased out, quarantine is lifted, bars, parks, and shops are reopening, everyone is going back to work. But, I wonder.. what is different now, than it was before? Why are we now allowed to leave our houses and go play? Is there going to be another virus next year? Another house ban?

The most important thing is, how are SP freelancers and small local businesses supposed to recover from this? I heard that in Whistler, 40% of locally owned businesses are closing their doors, due to the financial tool they had to took during the last two months.

As a freelance photographer, I lost all my future bookings, after the country announced quarantine mode on March 15th. I wonder, how other photographers took it and as I was making a plan for the future months, which I realized it’s an impossible thing to do, but I am not going up anyways. We can still continue, our world has not come to an end, but indeed, it has been put on pause. Totally okay, because we needed it.

Like I mentioned in my previous blog posts in the last few months, there is a long list of things to do, during the pause time, while thinking about the future is not the worst one either! Nothing wrong with making plans, even though we don’t know what will happen…

Everyone is taking a different take because of COVID-19, depending on their industry. Where do you work, have you been impacketed?

I found these interesting articles I recommend:

Freelancers + COVID 19

Covid 19: Pay delays leave freelancers on cold

If you are a freelancer in the fields of photography, videography, graphic design, or any other digital services, you are probably using the Adobe office. According to Adobe’s CEO, they are taking care of us! Read more HERE about how you can get a free month with the whole service. That is their help to us. From my side at least, I can confirm it works and I greatly appreciated it! I have to say, many big corps, as well as our Canadian government, are doing a lot, to help out small businesses. You just have to reach out, call your employers, landlords and if you are financially stable and good, use this time to perfect your craft. Simple.

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More about Alenka

“My name is Alenka and I’m a Squamish based photographer. I love using my medium to capture sports, adventures, underwater shots, adventures in the mountains and days on snow! Very simply put, I’m one stoked girl, ready to get up at 2 in the morning and hike for sunrise, go to the airport and take a random flight…you name it!