Business Of Photography Blog Posts

Photographers who are beginning their careers feel that they must work for low pay or no pay to prove themselves. As photographers we prove ourselves with our work. The only thing we prove by working for little or no pay is that we will work for little or no pay.

Facebook’s terms of use are still unreasonably greedy and as such I’m careful about what I’m willing to post there.

Social networking sites like TwitPic have a lot of potential for individual photographers to license their work. This case is important because if it goes for AFP we lose. If it goes for Morel it restates that as the owners of our work we must grant permission to use it.

You know the sad thing is that, at least in photography, there are plenty of photographers who cave in to this crap.

At the risk of being repetitive, especially with respect to the students I work with in my business of photography classes, as a photographer your copyright is your most valuable asset; register it and keep it.

If you don’t have a website or an online presence to show your work, now would be a good time for you to get one. The price is right and you’ll become more web savvy in the process.

Are you showing your photography online? You could show your work online for business, pleasure or both.

If you’re looking for a place to show your photographs online there are plenty of places to pick from. Below you’ll find some suggestions.

In the context of trying to run a photography business, when I think of “People” in the terms that I assume are implied in the ad campaign, I can’t help but to think of the people at PhotoShelter as, well, my “PEOPLE”.