How do I start a photography business?
I am interested in Photography and would really like to work for myself in this area. Can anyone point me in the right direction to start a photography business?
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Interest is of interest. Passionate is another far thing from just interest alone. Sorry.
Get a portfolio of your best photos, and lose your morality so you can happily extort obscene sums of money from people.
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Commercial? weddings? Fine art? Studio work or landscapes? What kind of photography do you intend to do?
Until you make these decisions … and have enough experience to know what you’re good at, and where you might produce an income from what you know, don’t even think about launching a business.
Give us more info and maybe someone can help.
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If you need to ask this question I don’t rate your chances of success very highly
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Im having the same questions right now. People are quite rude responding eh? I think its a good question. Ive found that you need a lot of money for advertising, and a definite look to your photography.
For me, i’m doing mostly senior portraits, so I’ve catered my imaging to that and im sending out ads to the highschool through ambassadors. (however, highly iffy. ive found ambassadors dont always pass out the info, so beware of losing money that way.) also, it would be good to myspace, for networking, and maybe use deviantart for feedback and networking, as well as making your own webpage. I suggest freewebs.com because of the easy layouts. If you dont know how to make a page, they walk you through it ina very simplistic manner.
After that, I dont know where you live, but in ohio we have ishopstark.com and im going to put some coupons in there, you can advertise that way or maybe post in community centers and llibraries. I also suggest starting cheap so that people come to you first- the economy is in hardship, afterall.
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I dont think we appreciate crude answers like those above?
Anyway its a good question. I have recently started to work for myself doing various photography work (and I might add – I’m no professional with 30+ yrs experience).
I did some web research & found some great resources to help.
Have a look at http://www.the-specialist-pages.com/photo_businesses.html
I found this comparison for online opportunities & learning resources & signed up with more than 1 in the end!!
Thats how I do such varied work now.
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http://www.the-specialist-pages.com/photo_businesses.html
Check out the link below
http://www.ppa.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3
You can learn everything you need from PPA and their regional schools. You can attend workshops that have the best working professional photographers in the world who will teach anything from lighting, posing, all aspects of business, etc. They also have insurance benefits for health, equipment, and liability. The cost of membership is minimal and the workshop classes usually cost between 800-1200 dollars for a week of instruction of your choice. Check it out, I did 30 years ago, and have been running my studio ever since.
Good Luck.
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http://www.mercerphotography.com