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Dear readers, starting a photography business today is no piece of cake. But we are here to share experiences, ideas and successful tricks. As we have already discussed the basic steps you need to consider when starting your business, we want to bring forward practical ideas on how to enhance your chances on the…
When trying to set up a photography business, one of the key aspects which gain most of your attention is, of course, your technique and equipment. There’s almost no end to the constant strive to improve your skills, learn more about how to use various tricks to obtain stunning effects, and to the desire to…
Being a photographer can be a practical job choice, even though it usually starts from a spark of genuine passion (which is admirable, considering that most practical job choices out there probably get picked precisely for their practicality first and foremost). But managing to earn money out of your photographing of things (mainly people, since…
During the past few years, the recession and economic turndown notwithstanding, it’s become ever clearer that event photography in general, and wedding photography in particular, have turned very competitive. It’s not just the fact that money is harder to come by generally speaking – there are now more hobbyists turning pro than before, since (semi-)professional…
Photo competitions have been around since the art of photography itself, but their history in itself doesn’t mean they are without detractors. On the one hand, there are those photo aficionados who tend to believe that such contests are a sheer waste of time, organized by money- and rights-grabbing brutes with no real interest in…
The year is well underway, yet many in the field of wedding photography are wondering what the most relevant 2014 wedding photography trends are. Read on to see our picks, which include online advertising, printed albums, and a whole new esthetic, in terms of actual picture-taking. Fine-art photojournalism is in, vintage is out ‘Fine-art photojournalism?!’,…
Guest post by Topher Kelly Photographs courtesy of Jared Bauman In a world of salesmen who assure clients that they know “what’s best,” the Socratic sales method, one that revolves around listening and asking questions, isn’t the most popular approach. That said, there’s something to the Socratic sales method that most modern businessmen, whether they…
“I’m stuck.” “I don’t know what to do next.” “I have no clients and don’t know what to do.” When clients (and profits) aren’t where they need to be, there’s only one thing to do … get more clients. Yet in some cases that can seem like the most difficult and painful thing to do….
Are you stuck in your photography business? Are clients just not coming through your door as fast as you wish? Or maybe the right clients aren’t coming through the door – they want the world for $1. What should you do next? It isn’t your prospects and clients that have a problem; it’s you. If…
I read an article the other day on building a photography portfolio. And while the article itself was written well and provided a ton of detail, I disagree with the message. Most people in the photographic industry teach you to put together a generic, boring portfolio, both online and off. “Choose your best image from…