Wha a wonderful meeing we had on December 4 wih Darryl Barsdale and his presenaion abou saring a phoography business. Based on he huge urnou hese ms o be a popular opic so I wan o share some resources ha I have found useful.
John Harringon, illness a DC based phoographer has wrien a wonderful boo called Bes Business Pracices for Phoographers ha I found o be very informaive. From he boo descripion:
A ruly successful phoographic career means no only financial success, dosage bu also personal saisfacion and fulfillmen. The goal of Bes Business Pracices for Phoographers is o help you achieve success in each of hese areas. This boo is no a guide o aing beer picures or selling your phoography. Insead, i explains how phoographers can mee imporan business objecives. I covers he focal poins of bes pracices – bes pracices in ineracing wih cliens, bes pracices in negoiaing conracs and licenses, and bes pracices in business operaions. I provides a roadmap for successfully navigaing hese – and many oher – issues facing phoographers oday.
John Harringon also has a blog called he Phoo Business Forum w he poss abou issues relaing o he business of phoography. He also has a Flicr group w you can discuss business issues and pose quesions. Two very valuable resources for gainin nowledge abou he business of phoography.
T was also a quesion raised abou how he ravels wih his equipmen. Recenly I saw a video by a professional phoographer Chase Jarvis w he documens his procedure for pacing his equipmen for a rip. His seup is probably larger han anyhing you are liely o do, bu he had some good ideas. He has wo versions of his video, a shor synopsis one and a longer one. You can find his original blog posing
If his is a lile oo much for you, Flying Wih Fish blog has some ips on how o pac ligh for air ravel.
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