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Starting Photography Business - If you could tell your past self some tips
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 363175" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>Do not go hog wild when it comes to buying equipment. Start with a basic set up and add equipment (and handy "doo-dads" as the need arises). I have a ton of equipment but it has taken decades to accumulate a lot of it. </p><p></p><p>The most important things to spend money on are your lenses. The old adage during the film days was "get a body that will do the job and spend the most on your glass". Now granted, that was during a time when it was the film itself and not the body which had significant effect on final image quality. Do you really need 22 or 36 MP? I still use a 12 MP D700 and I have had many of my images turned into <em>billboards</em>. The answer is no. Figure out what kind of work you want to do and base your camera buying decision based on that. Although I know a couple of photographers who still shoot DX, the overwhelming majority now shoot FX</p><p></p><p>Something you can also do that is very beneficial is offer your unpaid services to a professional photographer in return for learning the ins and outs of the business. A point that a lot of new photographers seem to neglect is that the taking photos is only part of the game. You still have to run a <em>business</em>. There are financial records which have to be kept, taxes which s to be paid usually quarterly, sales tax which has to be charged and then remitted to the state (and you need a business license and tax number before you start doing that), and on and on and on. I have a day time job so I do not have to worry about photography paying the bills. Pensacola is a decent sized town, about 100,000, but there are also a lot of photographers in town with whom you will have to share the pieces of the pie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 363175, member: 12827"] Do not go hog wild when it comes to buying equipment. Start with a basic set up and add equipment (and handy "doo-dads" as the need arises). I have a ton of equipment but it has taken decades to accumulate a lot of it. The most important things to spend money on are your lenses. The old adage during the film days was "get a body that will do the job and spend the most on your glass". Now granted, that was during a time when it was the film itself and not the body which had significant effect on final image quality. Do you really need 22 or 36 MP? I still use a 12 MP D700 and I have had many of my images turned into [I]billboards[/I]. The answer is no. Figure out what kind of work you want to do and base your camera buying decision based on that. Although I know a couple of photographers who still shoot DX, the overwhelming majority now shoot FX Something you can also do that is very beneficial is offer your unpaid services to a professional photographer in return for learning the ins and outs of the business. A point that a lot of new photographers seem to neglect is that the taking photos is only part of the game. You still have to run a [I]business[/I]. There are financial records which have to be kept, taxes which s to be paid usually quarterly, sales tax which has to be charged and then remitted to the state (and you need a business license and tax number before you start doing that), and on and on and on. I have a day time job so I do not have to worry about photography paying the bills. Pensacola is a decent sized town, about 100,000, but there are also a lot of photographers in town with whom you will have to share the pieces of the pie. [/QUOTE]
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