A guest post by Vivian Chen.
I have been working for other photographers for over the past five years. Within that time, I have been able to connect and work with a lot of other photographers in the Bay Area. I have worked both in the studio doing post-production editing and album design as well as second shooting for other photographers. The obvious end result of this is that I have seen and edited a lot of wedding photos. I would guess the total would be in the millions at this point. And while that number might make you dizzy to think, all those photos I’ve seen and edited are a valuable resource as a photographer.
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Every photographer needs email templates to run an efficient studio. Why waste hours responding to email questions when you could use templates instead?
Do you stress out about how to respond to client emails? Especially when they are asking something that makes you uncomfortable, like how come prints are priced higher than Costco or why can’t they get products for free? This is a special problem that most businesses don’t experience. I mean, can you imagine walking into a Macy’s, and after purchasing a handbag, becoming absolutely irate to learn that the matching pair of shoes are not included??
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If your calendar is not completely booked up yet, you are not done with marketing. Maybe you haven’t gotten started yet. That’s OK. We can fix that. Here are 11 great ways to get some marketing mileage when you’ve got zero budget for marketing.
Some of these ideas are quick and easy and others are more of a long term strategy that you should start now and will build up steam over time. Let’s get to the good stuff, shall we?
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This is a quick post today for for those of you still ahem, procrastinating I mean working on your taxes for last year. (for U.S. readers) You might want to dig in over the weekend and get it done.
Here is some very helpful advice from Photo Lovecat on things you’ll need to know to get your taxes done, including how to file an extension if need be.
Here is a great primer on paying taxes as a photographer with lots of great tips from the Wedding Photojournalist Association.
That’s all I’ve got to say on this subject. Remember, taxes are due April 17th, so get on it.
As the spring and summer season begin to heat up, photographers are faced with the problem of getting our digital workflow under control, or getting buried. If you don’t get your production workflow streamlined now, it will be difficult to grow your photo business to its fullest potential.
Getting out from under the pile of albums that begin building up at the start of summer is not easy, especially since that pile starts on top of last seasons unfinished albums. Oh yes, I am intimately familiar with the production workflow beast. But guess what? I know how to tame it too. Read on for my best tips. Here are eight tips for getting things under control.
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