Starting a photography business

As someone who has worked as a freelance photographer, I’ve talked the talk and walked the walk about running my own photography business. I managed to stay afloat for 2 years, and then I couldn’t hack it anymore, realising I was more of a writer than a photographer. Fair dinkum, I’m now a journalist again, and I’m happy - especially because part of being a journalist means I have lots of time to work on writing projects, including my book, and Photocritic.

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Thing is, Photocritic started off as a DIY photography blog, but has morphed into a ‘I’ll write about anything that interests me and is vaguely photography related’. I am not writing this for myself, though, I’m writing this for my readers. Because I love ya :-)

Anyway - My last poll (shown below) asked if you guys wanted to make money of your photos, and the vast majority (90%, in fact) wanted to or were already doing that. The big question, then: Would you be interested in a series of articles about aspects of running a photography business, or am I getting too far off target? Vote in the polls below, and help shape Photocritic into what you want it to be!

Do you make money off your photos?
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Should Photocritic run a series of articles on how to start a photography business?
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If you have any other ideas about what you’d love to read about, why not add a comment below? I’m always happy to hear from you lot!



4 Responses to “Starting a photography business”

  1. bobby Says:

    MUCH BETTER SITE! love it!

  2. Photo Advantage Says:

    Great site. I look forward to more posts.

  3. Bill Says:

    I would like to know more about being established in a foreign country

  4. Valdi Says:

    Please help… :) I really need somebody to tell me how other studios got their 1st commercial customers in the 1st year of full time work. Do you start with cold calling…?

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