Any good photo business blogs?

Does anyone know of any good blogs on the subject of the business side

of photography? It seems to me there have gotta be some pros out there

who blog, and I'd sure be interested to hear their ruminations on things.

 

(The thought occurred to me as I was browsing some of the articles at

1portauthority.com, Selina Oppenheim's site, while also reading sample

chapters of Tom Zimberoff's book.)

 

I suppose this could apply equally to other good biz resources on the

net, such as the PDN forums, APANet mailing list, etc. I'm approaching

the end of school and finding myself doing more jobs and trying to

gather the zeitgeist of the biz I'm about to join.

 

Thanks, as always,

--Josh

For the benefit of those who may not know, a blog is a weB LOG - very much like an online diary.

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Which business are you about to join? PJ? Fashion? Events? Commercial? Portraits?

Architectural? There's not a single blog that covers everything, partly because there are

hardly any photographers who do everyting ... and write about it.

Point taken. But there are certain things which apply across most disciplines-- dealing with clients, suppliers, agents; pricing, the economy, falling day-rates, etc. My particular interests lie in architecture/interiors and editorial miscellanea, FWIW.

Can't help you, sorry. I know of some PJ and streetphoto blogs that describe the respective

businesses but there's not any real crossover.

Josh, Don't know of any blogs as such, but there are certainly newsgroups for photographers of all kinds, including the business side of things. Have a rummage around Yahoo Groups and other similar sites and see what suits you best.

 

BTW �[� Z ;

I, and maybe other readers too, would be interested to know where to find the PJ and other blogs you mention, if you wouldn't mind sharing them.

 

Thanks.

<a href="http://www.davebeckerman.com/blog">Dave Beckerman</a> has a photography blog. He's a street photographer in New York City. His blog covers a lot of his business decisions, including quite a bit of detail about his use of inkjet printers. His work is excellent, and his blog is interested. Give it a try.

.[.Z, if you have a second or two...could you post those here, please?

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I suppose I could be clever enough to Google them, but you might have some really good sites at hand.

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Thanks

Haven't been back to this thread for a while. Off the top of my head (I'm not at my main

computer) you could take a look at Mark Hancock's weblog. He's been a photojournalist

with the Dallas morning news for a few years, and his blog centers on his job, and on

the PJ biz in general: <p>

 

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