Why Should You Sell Your Prints
Lesson 68 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Why Should You Sell Your Prints
Lesson 68 from: Launch a Successful Photography BusinessPhilip Ebiner, Will Carnahan
Lessons
Chapter 1: Introduction to Starting a Photography Business
1Welcome
02:26 2Why Do You Want to Start a Photography Business
04:40 3What Kind of Photography Business Do You Want to Start
05:38 4Important Personal Note from Instructor Will
02:25 5Case Study Starting a Photography Business
07:43 6Quiz - Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Basics of Starting a Photography Business
Introduction to Basics of Starting a Photography Business
00:52 8Choose Your Business Name
05:29 9Choose Your Business Structure
06:12 10Register Your Business Name
01:47 11Get Your Federal Tax ID
01:39 12Get Your Business License
01:16 13Get Your Business Bank Account
02:16 14Register Your Online Accounts
02:17 15Branding Your Business
02:18 16Set Your Prices
12:56 17The Photography Gear You Need to Start a Business
03:42 18Case Study - Business Basics
24:42 19Case Study - Equipment
10:05 20Quiz - Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Get Your First Paying Clients
21Intro to Getting Your First Paying Clients
00:44 22You Need to Prove Yourself
01:30 23The Best Place to Find Your First Clients
02:36 24What to Charge for Your First Clients
02:44 25On Set - Partnering with Other Creatives
01:57 26On Set - Getting Work in a Competitive Environment
02:38 27Use Your First Shoot Wisely
01:20 28Case Study - Getting Your First Clients
07:55 29Quiz - Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Create Your Photography Business Website
30Introduction to Create Your Photography Business Website
01:05 31Why You Need a Website and Platform Options
04:30 32What Needs to Be On Your Website
07:32 33Design the Perfect Portfolio
03:17 34Case Study - Looking at Photography Websites
12:56 35Quiz - Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Expanding Your Online Presence
36Introduction to Expanding Your Online Presence
00:55 37Use Instagram to Grow Your Business
02:29 38Use Facebook to Grow Your Business
01:21 39Get Listed on Google
03:53 40Get Listed on Yelp
03:20 41Get Listed on Review Sites
04:06 42Using Craigslist to Get Work
03:01 43Case Study - Expanding Your Online Presence
13:16 44Quiz - Chapter 5
Chapter 6: The Photography Business Workflow
45Introduction to the Photography Business Workflow
00:54 46Step 1 - Meeting Your Client
03:32 47Step 2 - Booking Your Client
05:53 48Step 3 - The Shoot
02:28 49Step 4 - Editing Your Photos
06:34 50Step 5 - Delivering Your Photos
01:05 51Case Study - Business Workflow
15:54 52On Set - the Shoot
02:50 53On Set - Backdrop Placement
01:13 54On Set - Paper Backdrop Rolls
02:01 55On Set - The Back Light
00:46 56On Set - Interacting with Clients
04:58 57Quiz - Chapter 6
Chapter 7:Scaling Your Business with Better Infrastructure
58Intro to Business Infrastructure and Continued Growth
00:46 59Productivity Tools to Make Your More Efficient
06:21 60Get Business Insurance
03:55 61Accounting Tools & Tips
04:20 62Business Tax Tips
03:38 63Scaling Your Prices Up
02:56 64Use Conventions and Meet Ups to Grow Your Business
04:01 65Case Study - Business Growth
11:04 66Quiz - Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Selling Your Prints
67Intro to the Selling Prints Section
00:56 68Why Should You Sell Your Prints
02:18 69Choose a Printer
02:59 70How to Price Your Prints
05:33 71Selling Your Prints Online
08:06 72Selling Your Prints in Person
02:38 73Wrapping up This Section
01:26 74Quiz - Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Conclusion
75Tips for Personal and Creative Well Being
04:38 76Conclusion
01:45Final Quiz
77Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Why Should You Sell Your Prints
So selling prints like why? What does this mean? This means that we are taking our photos, we are printing them, we're potentially framing them and we are selling them. Now, this is kind of a smaller section in our class because this is actually very difficult to be very successful at. You can sell a print here and there and make a little bit of money, but this won't necessarily be a huge business unless you've coined some sort of really, really interesting and fantastic market where you're selling them. This is incredibly difficult, but it can be done, it can definitely be done. And I've seen people have a lot of success at it or do it in combination with the other photography business. The problem with selling prints is it's a whole different structure than actually shooting if it's just prints and it's just fine art. You have to kind of find a niche in a market for it. I'm gonna take the example in Los Angeles. There's a lot of photographers out here that specialize in different sty...
le of photography. It's very artistic. There's a photographer that only takes pictures of lifeguard houses and in that market along the beach community where people have houses near the beach, They want to put photos up of that. So he's kind of sticks to that area and is able to sell that another good market that I've seen is people taking pictures of dogs or of specialty items like they'll go around doing a single sort of photo of skylines and they'll sell those skylines in that specific city or you know, they'll go around doing specific street art photography and they'll go sell them near people who are interested in buying more artistic street art. You really have to kind of find your market for it and then stick to that sort of genre of photography. Um It's gonna be really hard if you're all over the place just trying to sell random prints. You want to try and find a market that would really work for what you're shooting and who is going to actually buy a physical print and hang it up. I've seen photographers get to the point where they're selling prints for thousands of dollars. I'm not talking like a couple of $000. I'm talking like tens of thousands of dollars. There are people out there who will create whole galleries of all their art and be able to sell them. But this is a very long road and it is a very specific way of doing a business and shooting. So let's talk about the basics of that to get started even though it may take you a while to get to the point of making millions of dollars
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