Beginner tips & advice

[KmH]

There are very few staff photographer jobs anymore.
If you want to make money doing photography you will need to be self-employed.
There are 3 main photography business models: Editorial (which used to be staff jobs but is now mainly freelance stock photography work). Retail (portraiture, families, weddings, events, infants, kids, etc), and Commercial (usually making images for a company to use for their marketing and promotion). http://asmp.org/links/1#.Ub5u_-dzji0


Free business advice:
Starting & Managing a Business | SBA.gov
www.score.org

Photography business info:
How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, 6th (Home-Based Business Series)
The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio
The Real Business of Photography
Photography Business Secrets: The Savvy Photographer's Guide to Sales, Marketing, and More
Profitable Photography: Start and Run a Money-Making Business
Best Business Practices for Photographers, Second Edition

Legal (assuming you're in the USA):
U.S. Copyright Office
A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases: Making the Best Business Decisions with Your Photos of People, Places and Things
Business and Legal Forms for Photographers (Fourth Edition)
The Photographer's Guide to Negotiating

Selling
Profitable Photography in Digital Age: Strategies for Success
Selling Your Photography: How to Make Money in New and Traditional Markets
Licensing Photography
The Psychology of Salesmanship
How To Sell Your Way Through Life

Marketing:
The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly
15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them
Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

Self promotion
Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You Are and What You Do
Self Marketing Power: Branding Yourself As a Business of One

 

[480sparky]

Starting & Managing a Business | SBA.gov

How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, 6th (Home-Based Business Series)
The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio
The Real Business of Photography
Photography Business Secrets: The Savvy Photographer's Guide to Sales, Marketing, and More
Profitable Photography: Start and Run a Money-Making Business
Best Business Practices for Photographers, Second Edition
Profitable Photography in Digital Age: Strategies for Success

Legal (assuming you're in the USA):
U.S. Copyright Office
A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases: Making the Best Business Decisions with Your Photos of People, Places and Things
Business and Legal Forms for Photographers (Fourth Edition)
The Photographer's Guide to Negotiating

Selling
Profitable Photography in Digital Age: Strategies for Success
Selling Your Photography: How to Make Money in New and Traditional Markets
Licensing Photography
The Psychology of Salesmanship
How To Sell Your Way Through Life

And all that has to do with digital photography.......... how? :scratch:

 

[KmH]

And all that has to do with digital photography.......... how? :scratch:

Only because the business part of the OP was posted in this forum.

What's the average pay? How do you get to work with businesses? What all is needed?

 

[480sparky]

And all that has to do with digital photography.......... how? :scratch:

Only because the business part of the OP was posted in this forum.

What's the average pay? How do you get to work with businesses? What all is needed?

Again..... which was what to do with digital gear? Help me out here.... I'm not seeing a 'digital' discussion here. I'm reading a thread about starting a business.

 

[RoxxieRAWR]

Thank you so much everyone! I will definitely take everyone's advice to learn about the business aspect of it. I got to talk to Eric Wittmayer & he also gave me good advice. I have a lot to do but I don't wanna look back & wonder what could've been.

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