In addition to selling photos via stock photo agencies there are a number of other ways to sell photos online. With all of the ways mentioned below you have the opportunity to build an online portfolio and can be used to [...]
Make no mistake, with the advent of digital cameras, photography has become a difficult way to earn a living. There are a lot of people who call themselves professionals because they think they take good photos, and with the quality [...]
Photography is an extremely competitive business where there are a lot of other photographers trying to start and run their business. In order to be successful, you need to excel in a well defined niche and be where your customers are. [...]
As with any business, competition can make it difficult to make money and the photo business is especially prone to this as anyone can pick up a camera and call themselves a professional. The story typically starts with a new competitor [...]
Having a passion for photography can be rewarding in many ways. For one it can give great satisfaction to be creative, and express yourself through pictures, much like artists do with their paintings. Almost everyone with a camera would like [...]
The first step to figuring out how to price photography is first figuring what your costs are. The photography business is odd in a business sense because customers value the tangible “the actual photo” but most of your costs are wrapped [...]
Stock photography refers to a central point where photographers can list their photographs for sale for the personal and small business market that is licensed for specific uses. The stock photo sites allow an easy entry point for many photographers [...]
To protect yourself, there are two main types of photography business insurance. One is general liability insurance which covers the photographer/business for any damage to other people on on-site or in a storefront. Even though your client may not require [...]
When it comes to protecting your work, the reality is that you can do things to discourage copying but you can’t stop it from happening. To try to slow clients from making copies, you can use textured prints and stamp [...]
The basic rule is that if you want to get your photos published in magazines, you have to submit your work to them, because they typically don’t come looking for you. Your chances of publication are best if you actively [...]