How I Earned $5,000 from a Single Street Photo

In this video, I reveal how a single photo resulted in over $5,000 in revenue! What started as a simple street photo turned into a series of high-paying jobs over time with one client. I’ll walk you through how this one shot opened up new opportunities and ultimately led to a significant financial win for my photography business.
Whether you're a street photographer, portrait photographer, or just looking to make money with photography, this video will show you how a single photo can have a huge impact on your revenue. The point of the video is to encourage you to share that photo you have hiding on your hard drive.
Photo taken with:
Leica M10-P
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📸 Topics covered:
How one photo led to $5K in photography revenue
Making money as a photographer with just one shot
How to turn a single image into multiple paid projects
How to get more out of every photo you take
The power of a well-timed photograph in your portfolio
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[@atikanfilms]

5K paid for street photography is super dope! Congrats on the opportunities! 🙌🏾

[@paulroyle-grimes8279]

5k is significant

[@ByJ.Francois]

Sometimes the world would make you think otherwise

[@divi1223]

Depends on the person’s living expense, whether they have children or not, just depends on the person…

[@paulroyle-grimes8279]

@@divi1223 i work between 60 and 80 hours a week at three different jobs to make 50k a year. I am over fifty and have been working kike this for 30years without a break. 5k for any single thing in my life would be significant. More than a months wages.

[@JoATTech]

Depends how much time he spent to get it ...

[@BigAL_Visuals]

@@ByJ.Francois never let them tell you otherwise man, thats petrol in the car, food shopping, electric on the meater... all from you utalising your skillset! be proud of yourself

[@ericmontaephoto]

CONGRATS Jacob! I’ve been following you on threads and I am glad you are finding success. Keep up the good work.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks so much brother

[@SimonFalkentorp]

I have experienced somewhat the same about 12 years back. It’s about context that creates special value for someone when combined with the photographers skills.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Well said !

[@spaceman77777]

I like how you are bewildered about the whole experience like 'is this really happening?' You've got a great style and I like your sense of modesty. Subbed.

[@ByJ.Francois]

I appreciate that! That’s the goal !

[@RockWILK]

You man... Best video regarding photography in a while. I hope a lot of people watch this because this is real valuable information. Congratulations, here's to more and more. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed.

[@ByJ.Francois]

I appreciate that! 🤙🏾🤛🏾

[@aaronm5149]

Thanks for sharing Sounds like a life lesson in business and not limiting yourself.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Exactly

[@robertwaters2032]

Jacob, I just saw this video, and you are so genuine and passionate about photography. Congrats on the paid assignment. It's gratifying to be paid for your work. you earned a sub. Greetings from Chicago.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks so much!! I should be in Chicago next month !

[@robertwaters2032]

Awesome! It's a great city for pictures.

[@pandamoniummediafl]

Thats awesome! Hmm... maybe i should get out more ! 🤔 Great lighting/background btw

[@ByJ.Francois]

Should definitely give it a try !

[@szvtraining]

Enjoyed hearing your story! Best of luck on your future endeavors!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you! You too!

[@prizepictures1]

Very happy for you. Glad to hear your success story!

[@thcrtn]

Now you can leverage some of that income into gear, and leverage some of their unused spaces for locations for photoshoots for other clients. And if you want you can get into shooting the companies headshots. Because they respect your work and you may have support for growth and people in pocket for favors you never knew you could ask for. Having pop up art shows or photo shows with your set prices open to their network. It really could be something to consider. Just remember not everything available is offered. Congratulations on being in the flow.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Damn these are some amazing ideas !

[@thcrtn]

@@ByJ.Francois as a person who's not a "real time opportunist" it's easy to see potential. All I heard is someone asked someone to do something 7 times and I'm sure there's a few smiles on both sides each time a task comes up. The best way to approach would be finding out who's got the heart, and who's got the cool points at the company and talk to them independently if their social dynamics are not as sound they could be. Have a "dream" like just pour it out to them... In a... "Man I wish I could xyz, do you think there's someone I could talk to, to make this happen...." What you must do is juke any negitve concerns trying to tackle their yes that's approaching your goal. Depending on their personalities direct or a bit of back n forth may be needed. Just understand, street dudes take chances knowing the consequences... Yours in this equation is getting a NO... I mean keeping the football metaphor... Who can play a whole game without getting a few hits in... You got the ball. See if they can catch... Or run it yourself. Have a lovely weekend!

[@ABarrera]

Love this! It’s always the photos we expect the least out of that somehow find an audience.

[@ByJ.Francois]

So true !

[@JaysEndeavors]

Congratulations bro!! New subscriber earned.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks and welcome

[@jeremygouge]

Doing awesome friend! Keep doing you!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you, I will!!

[@uncommonsight]

Yes Jacob!!!!! Killing it man! Keep shining!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you brother !

[@certifiedinsomnia]

Great story, bro. Thanks for sharing it with us. ❤

[@ByJ.Francois]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PhillipFicklingFickling]

Great work! You deserve the payday! Commenting from New Zealand. Think I’ll go out and shoot 😊📷

[@ByJ.Francois]

Get to it ! And create !

[@donnacrantshaw8505]

Congratulations! Your video was inspiring because I'm an inspiring product photographer from Philly as well. I also love your images as well1

[@ByJ.Francois]

I appreciate that! Product photography is awesome !

[@streetphotographyguy]

Fantastic inspiration mate, thank you!

[@ByJ.Francois]

My pleasure!

[@kouleeofficial]

I wish I land a job like you on day!

[@ByJ.Francois]

It’ll happen one day !

[@dustmicks1]

Just glad you didn’t get in a fight over a basketball game in west Philly, you might of found yourself living in Cali 🤷‍♂️

[@ByJ.Francois]

Ha ! That’s funny

[@christopherrodriguez7223]

Fantastic Jacob, what an opportunity.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Definitely. Gift that keeps on giving

[@anchorstudios_]

Just discovered your channel, awesome stuff!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you for the kind words ! I hope to provide more value while I continue this journey

[@PanditaP]

That’s awesome man. You look tired though, take a nap!

[@ByJ.Francois]

That’s my normal look lol.

[@ivorwindybottom77]

This is brilliant thanks for sharing ..good to hear you getting paid for doing something you enjoy and by the looks of it are good at ..greetings from the uk 🇬🇧

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks for watching! Uk was my second home for a bit (just travel there often)

[@ivorwindybottom77]

@@ByJ.Francois hopefully you come again soon get soon and get some good street snaps

[@KimeeZM]

I recognize that building from center city!

[@KimeeZM]

Was that snow day the day it snowed and then got super wam and it was gone by afternoon? I was out in fairmount doing the same!

[@ByJ.Francois]

That sounds about right.

[@cameratalk3057]

Love this video! Keep going!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you! Will do!

[@TheDonnaCrosby]

It’s good on them that they asked for permission

[@mystic_saint9354]

Randomly found this good stuff bro fellow photographer

[@ByJ.Francois]

Hope you’re enjoying the photography process

[@Raffiano]

Thank u for the inspo to photograph neighborhoods ❤️. What lenses do you typically use for these jobs?

[@ByJ.Francois]

I usually use a lumix 20-60 lens! I hope to take about that soon !

[@Raffiano]

@@ByJ.Francois I'll for sure be here for the next video. Thanks again J 🙌

[@FiZ]

That's awesome! I need to see if I'm capable of doing something similar, one of these days 😊

[@ByJ.Francois]

You can do it!

[@ka_sh_iif]

Great video, I needed to hear this

[@ByJ.Francois]

Glad it was helpful!

[@inyangeffiong]

Good job out there. Keep at it

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks, will do!

[@xhynetuseinovski]

Thank you for this insight bro. So, if I’m understanding correctly, the company saw the photo on IG then started continuously looking at your website. How did they find the photo on IG, did you have some tags that they somehow searched or the location was tagged ? Just curious if you wanna share.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Definitely! That’s the crazy part-there weren’t any tags besides basic hashtags like #photography, #film, #leica, #digital, and #phillyframes, and I had my location set. At the time, my traffic was super low, so I noticed the same IP visiting my site a few times. When they reached out, they mentioned seeing my Instagram post but didn’t share exactly how, unfortunately. Just luck!

[@otxpsie]

Bro actin like he doesnt know this photograph looks unreal

[@ByJ.Francois]

Ha! I really didn’t think it was special.

[@heavyp222]

Yoooo! Sick! Making me want to work on a KZbin channel!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Bro if you did !!! Shiiiiiiiiiiiit

[@priyabratadash1833]

A great video and inspirational

[@ByJ.Francois]

Glad you enjoyed it! If you’re a photographer don’t forgot to go out and shoot !

[@piecesofaman6419]

Nah 5k is a bag fam. That's my rent for the year and I live in a capital european city. Congratulations

[@ByJ.Francois]

Damn what city is that ?

[@philriot]

Nicely Done!👍🏽

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you.

[@michaeld1165]

Congrats!

[@CluelessYoutuber]

Thanks for sharing insights!

[@ByJ.Francois]

My pleasure!

[@MrJarendell]

How important was tagging in in the photo?

[@ByJ.Francois]

These are the only hashtags I used #photography #film #leica #digital #phillyframes

[@stevencottam7570]

Inspirational

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you !

[@michialharris1850]

That wasn’t really street photography

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you for the feedback.

[@michialharris1850]

@@ByJ.Francois no problem i wasn’t coming at u

[@rugeenkurdi]

i’d consider it street photography ☺️

[@westernpigeon]

definitely is street photography. if a photo is taken on the street, its street photography.

[@michialharris1850]

@@westernpigeon what he was doing could be considered landscape or stills photography. Street photography is capturing fleeting moments of everyday people. I use to think the same way until a well known street photographer corrected me on KZbin.

[@Daffeine]

What’s going on Jacob, congratulations! My name is Daffeine and I’m an artist from Philly. Would you be down to connect and network?

[@ByJ.Francois]

Definitely bro. Message me on ig !

[@omari484]

I some serious money man

[@dawidthedude]

fire

[@ByJ.Francois]

🤙🏾

[@GadgetFlowJoe]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

Sometimes I take photos and don't really love them but my brides I've seen saying I love this photo. Photos are like movies sometimes you won't line this movie but you'll know someone who loves that movie.

[@ByJ.Francois]

Well said.

[@Lmobe]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thanks bro

[@captaincook6283]

I still don’t understand the link between your insta post and your website - they found you on insta right … so why did you mention the webpage, was that anyhow a part of that whole process how they found and contacted you? I also post on insta and a big company found me and asked for the picture in high resolution for putting on their insta account but it wasn’t paid though … cheers and congrats

[@ByJ.Francois]

I was just adding to the story.

[@prizepictures1]

Very happy for you. Glad to hear your success story!

[@ByJ.Francois]

Thank you so much!