Comments on: Making a living as a photographer

By: Rosh

Rosh — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:32:47 +0000

Good point Chris. There are many opportunities.

Rosh

By: Chris Delph

Chris Delph — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:52:13 +0000

I enjoyed your article. An idea to point out is to find the market. It doesn’t always have to be what everyone is doing (weddings, portraits, etc.). Thanks!

By: Brian Carey

Brian Carey — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:12:30 +0000

This is a great article with many excellent comments to boot!

By: Mark Harmel

Mark Harmel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:13:50 +0000

Any journalism students should be aware of the business environment they are moving into. Ask yourself and your friends what they are willing to pay for media content.

And then take a listen to ‘Newsonomics’ program or read the book for a bigger picture look at the future of the business.

The Question: Would you ever pay for a newspaper?

http://www.thenextgreatgeneration.com/2009/11/02/question-paid-newspaper/

‘Newsonomics’ Predicts The Future Of The Media

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123609984

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By: Lori Osterberg

Lori Osterberg — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:18:30 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve seen some great photographers end up back in the corporate world because they simply couldn’t get the business side down.

I coach photographers and always teach them to work backwards. If you want to make $100,000 this year, and want to shoot 40 weddings, that means your packages sold have to equal $2500. Once you have your basic numbers down, you can work from there. Is $2500 possible in your area? If not, you may need to add more weddings. Can you increase your package to $3500? Then you won’t have to photograph 40 – you’ll only need around 30. The key is knowing up front what you want, and working for that number.

By: Frederic Sune

Frederic Sune — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:10:56 +0000

Thanks Rosh. Hope this one it’s working? Maybe it was the su.pr link…

By: Rosh

Rosh — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:09:11 +0000

Frederic was having trouble posting tonight so he emailed his comment in. …….

From Frederic:

I would like to add something to this post. Do you remember your last post about the new model pricing for wedding? http://su.pr/5z7qaY

I applied it last week on the 3 concerts I had. The Rosh idea (I like it to call like this) came in the conversation with the manager of the events. He was thinking that my hourly was too high. So, I offered him to shoot for free and then they can buy every single images they like. You know want? I made more money than if I were just paid at the hourly rate. Amazing, isn’t it? But be aware it may not work all the time on every event. But it’s something that you can keep in mind…

Fred

By: Rosh

Rosh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:32:05 +0000

Great comments by all today. Thank you for the great input. This post went over very well. Today was the biggest day on new media photographer ever.

Rosh