I want to market myself as a photographer. I have a website, I've done wedding and concert photography, and I even did a photo essay in NYC during 9/11. My question is....how do I start selling myself and this stuff?
2007-02-05 10:29:47 · 8 answers · asked by question_everything 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
You must promote your website. Submit it to search engines (http://www.net-art.it/addmaster/enter.html ) and add your link to photography directories (http://www.net-art.it/artyou/enter.html ).
2007-02-06 04:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi there ..
ok .. u got the first step right .. thats having a website .. although i was hoping that u had a link here so i could give u some advice on what to have there as i am a graphical and web designer .. anyways .. i will assume that it's cool ..
- here is my advice .. the only way people will start comming to your is by knowing that you exist .. and u do that by putting adv. in any posible place .. and if necesary get paid adv.
- The more people know you the better ..
- Jobs will come slow at first .. but in no time u will need someone to scratch your head for yaa :P
- You need to provide a good quality pics .. acceptable price ... and some compatative services.
- try to have something that makes u special and different from others in the same field.
Thats all i htink .. hope u already know how to work on photoshop .. if not .. start working on it .. will help alot ..
hope everything works with yaa .. by the ways .. i have some sort of project that we could work on together .. IM me if you're interested ..
take care
2007-02-05 10:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by KickBoxer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you determined what kind of photography you want to do? Portraits, commercial, landscape, wedding, fashion? For portraits you might want to check professional organizations whose members often need head shots for work. For commercial I'd try checking the small business registries for your state and looking for new companies, find their websites, and then send them an email introducing your services. With landscape you could try selling your work on eBay. Weddings are great because a lot of couples look for photographers just starting out because they're usually cheaper. As for fashion, I'd post on craiglists or myspace - they're are tons of people trying to break into the modeling industry who need comp cards and pictures for their portfolios, but can't afford a pro.
2016-03-29 06:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Register as a photographer in big websites taht allow photographers to have portfolios. I can suggest you jurgita.com which has a big community of photographers and creating a portfolio is free. Also look at their photography forum. I think you will find a lot of useful information there.
Good luck with your career :)
2007-02-06 00:40:24 · answer #4 · answered by raganiuxe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with your internet provider or webdesigner to see how your site comes up under various search engines. Some photographers only put their name and "photographer" in their meta tags. there should be more words, news photography, fine art photgraphy, buy fine photography, things like that, or any words that will draw search engines to your site.
2007-02-05 11:49:09 · answer #5 · answered by Robert G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move to LA! Its the only way to go [=
2007-02-05 10:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this site will pay any and everybody for their photos immediately.
it's a pretty cool site. check it out at: http://www.bz9.com/pictures4dollars
2007-02-08 09:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Craigslist yourself http://www.craigslist.com
2007-02-05 15:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by WINGS 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋