Me and my boyfriend are starting a photography business in the DFW area. We are mainly going to market to local businesses at first to get our pictures displayed (for free, hopefully) and then hopefully people will start seeing our products and want to purchase for their homes, offices, etc. I was just looking for any suggestions, advice or any helpful information that we could use. We are still in the planning stages, but hope to be up and running in a few months. Thanks for all your help!
2007-10-09 12:27:10 · 4 answers · asked by longhornchic1982 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Photography busines is very competitive. Everybody who has a camera thinks they can be a pro. So you will have some difficult times ahead. One thing somebody told me long time ago is not to compete with price but with services. You keep lowering the price eventually you nor your competitor can stay in business.
Get some good books on the business side of photography business. I own three book:
http://www.amazon.com/Photography-Focus-Profit-Tom-Zimberoff/dp/1581150598/ref=sr_1_1/104-9784059-5630361?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191973403&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/How-Start-Home-Based-Photography-Business/dp/0762738804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9784059-5630361?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191973433&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Business-Studio-Photography-Start-Successful/dp/158115254X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9784059-5630361?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191973468&sr=8-1
They are a small price to pay for expert opinion.
Good Luck.
P.S. The biggest mistake you can make is to assume that if you are a good photographer, then the business will automatically do well.
2007-10-09 12:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a good idea, you really do need to be Mobil even if you have a studio. She will need portable backdrops along with her lighting needs. A high gas mileage car to save on fuel costs and I would look into being bonded also. She can offer to shoot portraits, weddings and other events, catalog items for insurance purposes and items for sale in on-line auctions, kids, pets, virtual tours, vehicles for auto trader type magazines, websites, theres a lot to offer. I would recommend digital, a laptop with the ability to download the pics on site and current version of photoshop for editing. My only concern would be there are a lot of weird people in the world and going to a place and not knowing who you are going to meet up with when you get there. You might want to consider the Remington Steel approach by using a mans name so it seems like they are getting a male photographer, or just initials in the name so they don't know who they are getting. She needs to be vigilant at all times, maybe a male assistant. At the very least always let someone, like you know where she is going and who she is meeting, careful records of all jobs.
2016-05-20 01:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-12-09 03:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-09 12:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋