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How should I start my own photography business?

I love photography. Today I took 105 pictures. And they turned out fantastic and i wondered how i could start my own photography business. Tell Me EVERYTHING Please. Thank You.x

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1. > How should I start my own photography business? Photography business is first a BUSINESS. So you must learn both photography and business. There are very few books on the business aspect. I have this book and it breaks down the business block by block. http://www.amazon.com/Photography-Focus-Profit-Tom-Zimberoff/dp/1581150598 It will save you a lot of wasted time and wheels spinning. === As for the photography.... you say you are good, so I'll leave you to your own devices. :-) === > Tell Me EVERYTHING For that, you should really pay. That is really a lot of work. Experience photographers give classes and such for "EVERYTHING". Information is not cheap. Good luck... P.S. That is why that book is so important.
2. 1 do some freebies 2 advertise your services in local papers 3 set up web page 4 get some cards printed good luck..........
3. Taking "good" photos is a very tiny part of it. Ask yourself this question, "Do I consider myself a true BUSINESS person? Could I make a business successful no matter what the business is"? If you cannot answer YES to both those questions you will NOT be a success. Business is business, no matter if it is photography or running a hair salon. You have to have proper accounting, tax structure, marketing, work ethnic, insurance, business license, business plans, LOTS of capital plus LOTS of start up loan money, and about a million other things too much to list. Everybody and their brother now a days who buys a camera thinks all of a sudden they can be "in business", even though they have NO previous business experience or training or school courses. Just taking pictures for your own pleasure, and doing it as a BUSINESS are two totally different things. If you seriously want to pursue this, then you need to take some college level courses in BUSINESS.... NOT photography. For the photography aspect of success, you need to follow the teachings of this man. He WILL tell you "everything" you need to know from a photography marketing point of view, but as stated in another answer, professional information is not free. Don't be expecting people to be bending over backwards to GIVE you huge amounts of their time telling you "everything" for absolutely nothing. http://www.cjlewis.com/ steve
4. hahaha Right - so you have taken a few snaps which YOU think are great and you can now go into business - oh if it were only that easy!!! What sort of "photography business". There are are loads of different types. To tell you EVERYTHING would be impossible - I have been in photography for 30 or so years and I don't know EVERYTHING. First, post some of your pictures onto sites where people can see and critique them, that will give you at least an idea of whether or not they are saleable. Don't put them on here as all you will get is "whoa fantastic" no matter how bad they are. Then if they are good you need to research the various markets and see where your style/type may fit in. Then you need to research that specific area then you need to get some contacts then you need to sort out pricing then you need to sort out customers then you need to sort out the 1001 things that are needed to run a successful business.
5. First of all you will never know everything about anything. If you want to know how to run a photo business, you need some experience. And the best way to get that is to apprentice (ie. assist) a working photographer. To do this you will need to know how to assist. This means understanding the equipment that will be used. Profoto, norman, hasselblad, mamiya, phaseone are names of gear you should know. Lightroom, photoshop, captureone are names of software you should know. You should also know how to work with softboxes, reflectors, umbrellas, backgrounds and myriad other things. Once you have that figured out, plan on four to six years of assisting. Then you can try to open a business. Good luck.