do you need a degree and specific credentials or just the talent?
2007-08-29 09:32:22 · 7 answers · asked by centerfocus28 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Yeah, we had someone here last week asking about collecting sales tax. Obviously, she was not a registered or licensed business. Maybe it was just ignorance or her part, but you can't just collect sales tax and send it in.
Maybe including "licensed" in an advertisement would assure the buyer/client that the photographer intends to actually pay sales tax.
In MY little town, there is a local business license that is required of ANY business that does not otherwise answer to some higher power. I am licensed to practice dentistry by the state attorney general, so I don't need a local business license. If someone has a problem with my business practices, they have recourse against me through the AG's office. The local business license affords a similar protection to clients of businesses that would otherwise offer no remedy in the event of fraud or poor service, etc.
Maybe that's it.
2007-08-29 11:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You do not need a license, degree or professional certification (doctors, general contractors, lawyers) to be a professional photographer. There is no set path to becoming one. Some people buy the latest camera at best buy & post an ad on craigslist and bam, they're a photographer. Others get a Bachelors of Fine Art degree from Rochester Institute of Technology (best photo program in the country) then assist a working photographer for years before hanging out their shingle. And there's a lot of paths in between.
You do need talent as well as technical knowlegdge of how to properly expose an image to be a Good photographer. Professionals do not rely on a camera (essentially a computer) to take a picture. A camera cannot take a picture any more than a hammer can build a house.
You do need a business license from your local city or county to operate a photography business.
2007-08-29 18:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by photoimagegirl 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you do photography as a business, then you have to be licensed, just like any other business. Generally it is for the purpose of making sure you collect tax money on your product sales. The number of licenses and purpose will be different depending on your specific government jurisdiction.
2007-08-29 17:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by lare 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Photographers arent licensed beyond their local communitys business requirements.
A photo may be licensed, by written contract, from copyright holder to another, for a specific use.
2007-08-29 17:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by photoguy_ryan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally never heard of it, is it a drivers licence?
Im registered for tax (sales and others), as for a licence or pieces of paper (degrees or what not) they mean nothing!
all a pro has to be able to do end of the day is produce pro results everytime.
Licenses for Tax in some places, licences to be Pro never heard of it.
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2007-08-29 19:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by Antoni 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just a business license. There may be some kind of class you have to take, I'm not sure.
2007-08-29 16:39:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't know what you are talking about. do you mean "license"?
2007-08-29 16:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by >artifactsoftheblackrain< 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋