The most important thing that any photographer must understand is that photography is a business! If you wish to survive from your art, you must run and treat your business as any large corporation would and you are your company’s CEO.
I find it absolutely amazing how many photography programs at well respected colleges and universities throughout the country fail to teach the real essentials of photography. Even at F.I.T. where I attended, we had one course that focused on the “business of photography”. Being a successful commercial photographer is not just about f-stops and shutter [...]
This video was shared with me earlier today. I think every photographer has heard these negotiating tactics, unfortunately many photographers give in. I have to ask – WHEN have you ever walked into a restaurant and negotiated a price for your meal? Oh, and I think I heard this one last week, “We want you to show us how you did it so we can go ahead and do it inhouse next time.” Yea, ummm. No.
As one comment on YouTube.com said, “I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry.” I couldn’t agree more. A few months ago, I happened to come upon this video on ThePhotographyBiz.com and saved it to share with my readers. I had forgotten about it for a while, but I think in this tough economy it’s [...]
When on the set, I tend to shoot a lot of images of people “just having fun”. They’re not necessarily in focus, or technically correct, or beautiful, but they’re fun. They’re the test shots that we’re doing to make the shoot flow smoother, they’re the crew being themselves. You may even catch a few of me in there. Here are a few shots as a video presentation behind the scenes of my recent shoot for “The Cool Book 2009″