Starting your own photography business? Here are 40 questions to start with
Being a good photographer doesn’t mean you can run a photography business. Before you run off to start your own photography business there are many aspects you need to consider besides taking photos like the financial aspect of a photography business, the legal aspect, the management and the marketing of your photography business.
Here are 40 questions you can begin with:
1. Whats your photography business niche? Fashion? Portraits? Underwater? Weddings? Wildlife? If you are going to on a narrow niche make sure that you become an expert in that niche, the second option in to diversify.
2. Are you going to shoot photos only when you get paid or shot photos and hope it will sell? Or will you combine the two of them?
3. Business plan - Did you get to look into other photography business plans?
4. Who are your clients? Big companies? Art directors? Picture editors of magazines? Moms and Dads? Couples who plan to get married soon?
5. What are your goals for the first 3 years?
6. First year?
7. First month?
8. What will you sell them?
9. Marketing - Where and how will you find them?
10. How much will you spend on marketing your photography business?
11. Do you have a portfolio of your best work?
12. Did you choose a good name for you business?
13. Who can you team up with?
14. What organizations can you join?
15. Working space and equipment - Where will you work from?
16. How much space do you need to run your photography business?
17. Will you do the developing yourself?
18. How many hours and when will you work?
19. What equipment do you need?
20. Will a SLR digital camera, a laptop and Adobe Photoshop Do will be sufficient?
21. Will you need office and business equipment (fax, scanner, furniture, lightening etc.)?
22. Do you have already all the photography equipment you need?
23. Will you buy new photography equipment?
24. Will you rent part of the equipment?
25. Prices - How much are you going to charge for your photography srevices?
26. What are the common fees in your niche?
27. Will your pricing bring you to your profitability goals?
28. Competition - Who are your competitors?
29. Are they mostly pros or freelancers?
30. What are their strength and weaknesses?
31. Did you get quotes from them?
32. Legal stuff -Do you need any permits to start your business?
33. Did you check your zoning restrictions?
34. When will you register your photography business?
35. When will you open your photography business account?
36. Finance - How much money will you deposit in the beginning?
37. How do you plan to finance you business?
38. Do you have a lawyer?
39. An accountant?
40. An insurance?
Starting a photography business isn’t easy but it pays off if you succeed
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