Business

A Manifesto: 10 Habits of Successful Professional Photographers

Christa Meola just wrapped up a three-day seminar on boudoir photography on CreativeLive. Did you catch any of it? I checked out her website and stumbled upon her manifesto. It’s both for herself and other professional photographers. It is lucid and succinctly written. It’s a quick read. I encourage you to download it. “I wrote [...]

Setting Personal and Business Goals For A Complete Wheel

I am honored to have Lori Nordstrom as our next guest blogger. You can find Lori teaching around the country, or on Photo Talk Forum, an online community of photographers dedicated to growing their businesses! Lori will be presenting at WPPI. “It’s a Brand New Game,” is all about shaking it up and keeping things [...]

9 Tips For Clear, Consistent Client Communication

Today’s guest post is by Shuva Rahim of Accent Photographics. Shuva specializes in photographing couples and families in Eastern Iowa, splitting her time between Iowa City and Davenport. You can read her blog, friend her on Facebook or follow Shuva on Twitter. Put yourself in a prospective client’s mind. This person loves your photography and [...]

Oh $&!#: Our Biggest Business Mistake

This guest post is by Rob & Lauren, who are photographers, educators, travelers, and all-around fun-loving folks. They spend their time teaching on Photography Concentrate and creating portraits of fun people. They are currently obsessed with espresso and robots. Follow them on Twitter. Once upon a time we made a really big mistake in our [...]

Getting Your Business Financially Prepared For The New Year (Sponsored By Outright)

Today’s timely guest post is by Jennifer Dunn of Social Street Media. She writes for a variety of clients, including Outright.com, the easiest way to manage your small business finances online! No doubt you’ve already started the task of organizing everything for the end of the year. Or, at least, you’ve thought about it a [...]

Are You Really A Professional Photographer?

Some of you may recall Andy Bondurant’s steamy blog post from almost a year ago called “What’s Too Sexy For High School Seniors?“. Well he is back, with more advice for photographers. He is the co-founder and director of Senior Portrait Artists. You can find him on Twitter and Facebook. I recently ran across a [...]

Allen Murabayashi, CEO Of PhotoShelter On Photography & The Photo Industry

For editorial photographers, looking to archive and sell or license their images, PhotoShelter offers a solution that is hard to pass up. I caught up with Allen Murabayashi, the company’s CEO last week and spoke to him briefly about the state of the photography industry, what we can expect to see out of PhotoShelter in [...]