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    Requirement to register prior to seeing photo stock

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>I agree with Allen<br>

    You play music, I'm out of here.<br>

    You force me to "sign up", I'm out of here.<br>

    You show me some good photos, tell me about your self, get me interested in your stuff, give me something for free (doesn't have to be much - maybe some advise would be enough)... I'll sign up and see what else you have. I might even buy something from you just because I can relate to your story or like your style. Maybe just because you didn't play music and make me watch a video as your site's intro.</p>

    advice on honoring verbal agreement

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>Talk to them again... NO EMAIL!<br>

    This time explain it in a reverse situation... If you were their customer and you said I would love to have three cases of their wine for your photography show and they thought that would be great advertising. They got you three cases of wine but you canceled your show and gave one case to a friend. You didn't pay them anything. What would they think if now you wanted to get two more cases? Time to talk face to face and see if this is all over with. </p>

    My critique is that the new critique stinks.... 0/0

    in PhotoNet Site Help

    Posted

    <p>I remember the "old days" when I could, very quickly, choose 2 numbers from 1 to 7 (a rating) and move to the next photo. It was very fast and a lot of people got an idea of how others liked their photos without having to read comments.</p>

    <p>Now it is a comment system. I use to add a critique when it was believed it would help the photographer with the photo. Now, I don't bother critiquing any photos since I can only "comment" on a few before I get sick of typing.</p>

    <p>Now I realize the this means I am basically too busy or just lazy.</p>

    <p>Does any else agree? (Let me clarify, I'm not asking if you agree I'm lazy. :) )</p>

    Band Photos

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>"hard to find bands willing to pay" - most of them are "willing" to pay, they just don't have any money. Take pity on them (unless they go platinum and get rich - then, hopefully they'll call you to be their official photographer and you can all get rich together).</p>

    Usable pictures from a photo shoot?

    in Beginner Questions

    Posted

    <p>ONE!</p>

    <p>You need 1 good photo at the end of a shoot. All the rest are experiments to see if they look better than "the one". Don't hesitate to delete 3/4 of them. You don't carry around 50 photos of your child in your wallet. You carry 1 (one)! 2 is overkill. 3 is just crazy.</p>

    <p>If you took 400 and none of them make you say WOW, evaluate them, figure out why you don't like them and take some more.</p>

    <p>I totally forget who said this but... If you have 12 good photos at the end of a year of taking photos, you've had a good year!</p>

    Sharing a photo studio. Recommended?

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>4 against - 1 for...</p>

    <p>You can both spend $2000 per month just so you don't have to argue... (Which would help the economy since the $4000 per month would be paying the land owners mortgages.)<br>

    - OR -<br>

    Each of you could pay $1000/month for one studio.</p>

    <p>You both save $12,000 per year!</p>

    <p>If one of you uses the studio 80% of the time... SO WHAT! The 20% person still HAS A STUDIO they can use! NOT, They WISH they had a studio. They WISH they had lights and back drops and, and, and... The 20% person just needs to get more customers that's all. The 80% person should feel guilty and offer a 60/40 or 75/25 split. But, it's still a win/win situation.</p>

    <p>Don't worry about having to pay HALF the expense for a strobe light that you don't use. You still have a WHOLE strobe light you CAN use if you need it at HALF THE PRICE!</p>

    <p>I sound like a salesman... Buy - NOW NOW NOW!</p>

    <p>Calm down Ray! :)</p>

     

    Sharing a photo studio. Recommended?

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>My answer is Yes...<br>

    A similar question was asked in this link http://www.photo.net/business-photography-forum/00WAh1 and I responded to it.</p>

    <p>Greed can not be part of this if it is going to work! Splitting expenses is all you are doing. If you have a studio on your own, you will have to have rent, insurance, power, sewer, internet... and so on. 2 people, 50/50, 3 people 33/33/34 (notice the 34), maybe 2 people 49/51 then at least one person is the final decision maker. After all, one of you are going to have to be the one that signs the legal docs and will be responsible for rent after the greed kicks in and it all falls apart. Talk to lawyers and insurance people to make sure you are both covered for liability. Talk to the tax and accounting people to make sure one of you is not considered an employee or a subcontractor of the other but both are just separate businesses. This is very similar to the hair salon mentioned in the link.</p>

    <p>Ask the accountant if a studio company should be setup as a separate business entity and the 2 of you pay the company for the service of using the space.</p>

    <p>It can be done. "We've" done it for over a decade now. Several Pro's and several Semi-pro's all sharing expertise, ideas and motivation (which is the true benefit to this setup).</p>

    <p>Good Luck... It can work!</p>

     

    Making money with photography on the road

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>OH Wow! You have such a gold mine!</p>

    <p>All you need are about 4 to 6 people per month that want to feel safe traveling around where you go and learn what you learned in your travels and you can make all the money you need! You don't need to be a "tour guide" but some one that can help visitors find interesting things to see and stay away from the dangerous places.</p>

    <p>I would pay several hundred dollars just to hang out with you for a day or two and I'm just one of 1.7 gazillion people in the world that want to go on vacation some where that they feel safe. "Build it and they will come" is the quote from the movie "Field of Dream" which is simple... Put up a sign and let people know that you'll take them to safe places and they will pay you!</p>

    <p>Do it! Don't wait!</p>

    <p>I'm already excited to hang out with you! Sorry, I'll probably never leave the states... (too scared)</p>

    Hiring a 2nd shooter in Studio

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>John, (and Guy), If 1.) you own a studio and 2.) an other photographer is NOT going to give up and go out of business just because your photos are so amazing that they can't even conceive of competing with you, then...<br>

    Yes, you can split the expenses.</p>

    <p>Let's say you pay rent $500/month, pay electricity $500/month, pay plumbing $500, pay trash removal $500. That's $2000 every month that is an expense to you that you pay whether or not you are making any sales or even opening the door. You can split in half. $1000 for you, $1000 for her. Nothing related to how good you are doing or if she is reporting all of her sales so you can verify your getting paid your percentage. Just $1000 you $1000 her. Does she want to do it or not. </p>

    <p>If not, your expenses don't change, your competition doesn't change... Her expenses increase because now she has to rent a building and pay all the bills too.</p>

    <p>If she says yes, win/win. If she says no, loose/loose. If either of you are greedy, it will be a loose/loose.</p>

    Hiring a 2nd shooter in Studio

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    <p>Yes it does make sense.<br>

    I belong to a studio which is a group of photographers who all have their own businesses. Each photographer has their own business insurance, their own equipment and so on. The studio it self is separate business which was started by the first photographer and that business that pays the building rent, trash removal, heating bills and so on. The expenses of the of that business are split up by the photographers plus a little bit extra so the studio can buy new paint for the walls once in a while or get a new back drop that everyone can use or what ever.</p>

    <p>We all get together once in a while (usually at "pay the rent" time) and decide if everything is going OK or do we need to rethink anything. The studio time is scheduled so everyone knows when it will be in use and when it is open for use. There are a couple of the photographers that spend 8am to 5pm time there to catch the "walk-in" customers. Everyone else has their own editing computers at their own office (home usually). Everyone has their own phone number and their own customers.</p>

    <p>The first photographer, which would be you, has the final say if there are conflicts but we usually work it out. We all compete with each other and try to help each get better. Some like weddings photos, some like photographing kids, some like doing the high schools portraits and so on.</p>

    <p>With a little politeness and a team work attitude, it can be done and everyone's expenses can be reduced.</p>

    <p>Good luck!</p>

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