Picked up an interesting magazine last week called PICTURE, 'for the emerging
professional photographer'. The Nov/Dec 2001 issue was dedicated to self-promotion,
and had some interesting ideas. It comes out six times a year, and is published in
NYC.
Pat White
Don't dream it, be it! Dr.
some pros are making money as local reps for a baseball-card
company. Take shots of local LittleLeaguers, have them made into Baseball
Cards, sell them, make a mint . . .
Somehow, mint just doesn't seem the right word...g
--Mike
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find
a niche and work to fill it. Glamour? Local sports? Horse shows? Dog shows?
Cat shows? (Mike Johnston, bite your tongue! People pay more to have
portraits taken of their cat or dog than they would to have portraits of
their kids.)
Ouch!
And I thought baby-wrangling was bad...if you
Basic principle seems to be to find a niche and become know for quality
product.
Seriously, Stan, this is excellent advice. Most photographers do exactly the
opposite--and fail in business. They don't want to specialize. They want to
do everything. Two observations:
1. In many cases, even
Pat wrote: Picked up an interesting magazine last week called PICTURE
do they have a web address in the magazine Pat? I'm interested in seeing a
copy.
Regards,
/\/\ick...
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Mick, I don't see a website listed, but PICTURE's e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
You might find a copy at Chapters. It's a glossy magazine, 74 pages, with some useful
articles.
Pat White
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Subject: Photography Startup
Here's my quandry:
To make extra on the side, I'd rather shoot portraits or commercial
projects than shop for eBay fodder.
If this were you, where would you start in building a photography
business
Things pretty lonely up there @ -40? :)
Collin
At 07:01 PM 1/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
Internet pornography.
William Robb
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Dr. Laura
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Subject: Photography Startup
Here's my quandry:
To make extra on the side, I'd rather shoot portraits or commercial projects
than shop for eBay fodder.
If this were you, where would you start in building a photography business?
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