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Starting Photography Business - If you could tell your past self some tips
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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 365122" data-attributes="member: 12257"><p>1) Ask around nonchalantly and find out who the "in-demand" photog's are in the area you're wanting to set up "shop". Their portfolios will show you what people in the area are buying. Fill your portfolio with similar shots. Not clones, but not drastically different either.</p><p></p><p>2) Don't run out of business cards.</p><p></p><p>3) Trick for me, others may say different: get out and shoot events where people are. Snap a few casual family shots, approach and show them the pic and ask if they'd like for you to post it online so they can download it for free (carry release forms), and give them a card. (see #2) Free advertising that shows people how THEY would look were they to choose you as their photographer. It's worked well for me, in the more casual side of the business. PLUS, leave your <em>discreet</em> watermark on it. When they download it and share it to FB, or Twitter, or wherever they share it, perhaps people will ask, "<em><insert your logo here>, </em>Who's that??"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 365122, member: 12257"] 1) Ask around nonchalantly and find out who the "in-demand" photog's are in the area you're wanting to set up "shop". Their portfolios will show you what people in the area are buying. Fill your portfolio with similar shots. Not clones, but not drastically different either. 2) Don't run out of business cards. 3) Trick for me, others may say different: get out and shoot events where people are. Snap a few casual family shots, approach and show them the pic and ask if they'd like for you to post it online so they can download it for free (carry release forms), and give them a card. (see #2) Free advertising that shows people how THEY would look were they to choose you as their photographer. It's worked well for me, in the more casual side of the business. PLUS, leave your [I]discreet[/I] watermark on it. When they download it and share it to FB, or Twitter, or wherever they share it, perhaps people will ask, "[I]<insert your logo here>, [/I]Who's that??" [/QUOTE]
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