Business Of Photography Blog Posts

As you know, It ain’t enough to like it, they’ve got to like it enough to pay for the use of it. Ya can’t get anyone to do that. They either will or they won’t. In any event, You’ll need to set up a platform(s) that provide a way to pay for the licensing/use of […]

Answer: Whatever social network(s) I use, I NEVER post photographs due to copyright concerns. I’d suggest getting a blog on your website going then, post links to your blog posts to the social networks. The posts that you link to could include links to pictures within blog posts on your website. Here’s an example: Sam

Answer: No. If you’re not confident in your ability to do the work and your don’t want to bill the client for your time, that’s one thing, however the client should pay your expenses (mark up your expenses) and for the use of the work if they use it. Learn About The Business Of Photography—

Question: “How do I start a sports photography business? I have built up a sizable portfolio of sports photography (spanning years) and get hired occasionally for specific events. Where have you found success in sports photography?” Answer: While I’m not a “Sports Photographer” I think that whatever type of photographer you describe yourself as, the

Yup, you do. As soon as you create something original in a “fixed tangible” form, you’ve got copyright and you own it, unless you give it away or give parts of it away. Why give it away when you can make money with it? Learn About The Business Of Photography

What we charge for our photography depends on us, not on what other photographers are charging. It’s essential to figure our cost of doing business/what we need to earn a living. We charge our clients for the following: Time. We need to charge our clients for the time it takes to complete the work. Expenses.

“…an eight-member jury decided in favor of Grumpy Cat Ltd. in a suit against Grenade Beverage, the maker of Grumpy Cat Grumppuccino.”… https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/25/580588088/grumpy-cat-awarded-710-000-in-copyright-infringement-suit

Money. The pros enjoy their photography practice so much that they have decide to make photography a vocation. The amateurs, while enjoying their photography practice as much as pros do, have decided to make photography an avocation. Learn About The Business Of Photography

Commodities are bid on in the stock market and the price is driven by supply and demand. Rarities are bid on in auction houses and the price is driven by the highest bidder. When our work looks like the work of other photographers our work becomes  a commodity. When our work reflects the way that we

Think Twice. Some contests take a substantial part, if not all, of the copyright to your work. This is good for the folks running the contest, bad for photographers who submit their work. There’s a group called Pro-Imaging that is helping educate photographers about how entering these rights-grabbing contests negatively impact not only the photographers