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Making Money With Wedding Photography

December 15th, 2011 No comments

Copyright (c) 2008 Tom Jackson

Have your friends have told you how good your photography is? Are the prints you create appreciated by friends and family? Have they have suggested that you start your own wedding photography studio? If so, you may be asking what is your next step? Well, with a little help, you can get started in your very own business.

Wedding photography can provide you with an excellent income, either full or part time. Wedding photography has been the catalyst for many of the top professional photographers. Doing it for yourself of course, means that you get to keep all the money. But, please note that as the photographer, you will often be required to act as the wedding coordinator as well, as these days, most brides cannot afford one. And if there is no wedding coordinator, then it is usually the wedding photographer who will make sure everyone is where they should be most of the time. The downloadable course is designed to help you in all aspects of the days event. As the wedding photographer, you need to make sure that the bride and groom follow your directions. Make them aware that it is in their interest to follow your directions because they want a whole lot of great looking photos for their album.

As you prepare for an event, you need to make sure that all your equipment is ready, and that you have everything you need for the days event. If possible, be sure to have a series of back-ups, a spare camera body, a spare lens and a spare flash in case any of your prime units fails. You should always be prepared so that you never haver to come up to the bride during a wedding and try to explain that you equipment just broke and you cannot take any photos. Again, a death sentence. Your back-up units do not need to be identical to your prime units, but they should be at least close to the same specs. The camera needs to be able to take images at the same resolution as your prime camera, otherwise there will be a noticeable difference in quality of the final prints. The flash unit can be a smaller unit with a slightly lower light output, but if it happens, then this unit will have to do quite a bit of work, so be careful. Make sure that the spare flash is fully charged before taking photos. I have seen a number of photographers get excited about taking some pictures at an event, and they will often just fire away, taking picture after picture, not realizing that the flash is not fully charged for each picture, and so, most of the resulting images will have serious problems, that may not be able to be recovered on the computer. So, make sure that you have good back-up equipment.

Let me ask you, are you ready to take the next step? If you love photography and working with people, the let me ask you if you are ready to start your own wedding photography business? Then you will find that the wedding photography course is designed to get you off to a great start. Everything is in this course, including all the forms you will need. Business forms are provided for you as a computer file that you can edit and personalize to give them your very own identity. This alone will help you and your business look very professional and save you a lot of time and money, so you can get bookings and start making some money with your very own wedding photography business.

Tom Jackson

When Portrait Photography Would Make the Perfect Gift

September 21st, 2011 No comments

Any photography professional worth their weight in gold will know that the perfect portrait will make the perfect gift for any occasion. It is such as worldwide thing; after all, how many people have photos of their loved ones in their home?

A portrait can say a thousand words. These pictures need no explanation, and in a nice frame, can make the perfect gift! Both personal and thoughtful, gifts such as these do not have to be wildly expensive and can be the greatest gift, especially when you cannot think of anything else to get the recipient!

Think of the portrait photography that occurs at weddings? Wonderful pictures of the bride, bride and groom, family altogether and such like. Why not purchase one of these photos straight from the photography professional and having it blown up to give them on their first anniversary as a gift and suchlike. Again, portrait photography such as this needs no explanation and everyone will know what it is.

The same applies for new babies. Why not have a photography professional take beautiful pictures of the new addition and have the photos put in lovely frames as a gift to the new parents? You could also use the portrait photography to make a scrap book for either the child or the parents as a gift for when they get a little older, and this can be done for the duration of his or her life to make a complete photo album from every birthday and Christmas. Again, a personal and thoughtful gift that will bring a smile to any parents face!

Graduations are another time when portrait photography comes into play. Everyone wants a photo of this special and proud day, especially the parents and Grandparents. These make wonderful memories and keepsakes and can be blown and hung on the wall to have pride of place where everyone will see it.

Any photography professional will tell you that you should never need an excuse to have wonderful portrait photography done to hang in your house or give to family and friends as cute and personal gifts. You can then use the photos on cups, mouse mats, calendars, magnets and anything else that you can think of. These are very personal presents and can be used for any occasion, whether it is a birthday, Christmas or anniversary.

The best photography professional should have great people skills, and when you are looking for someone to take photos of you or your loved ones, you should shop around for the best prices. There is no point in going to a photographer that will charge a small fortune for tiny prints of your portraits. However, it works the other way as well; you do not want to pay an amateur a small amount of money to take photos that you could have done better. You need to have a fine balance in between the two ideas, where the photographer will do the job that is required without charging a lot of money for the work.

Shopping around is the best hinted that anyone could ever give you. Look online and in the phone book for different photography professionals and make a note of different prices for different sized prints and suchlike and then chooses the one that you believe will do the best job.

David