The Business of Commercial Photography: The Survival Guide with John Keatley

One of the best courses in the platform. Thanks so much for sharing your knwoledge. You really helped me to understand how to evolve as a photographer.

John gave an enormous amount of insight and practical advice in this comprehensive course. I really enjoyed a course focused more on commercial and editorial rather than wedding and family, which is more common. Great info and great work all around!

So helpful! Have never left a review before but felt I had to because it was such a good course.

Wonderful course! One note on the topic of taxes, it was stated that if you didn't physically deliver images on a thumbdrive or external drive, you don't have to do sales taxes. I was just informed this is no longer true. Might be worth verifying and updating.

This is the photo class I have been waiting for. John's class has been so helpful and my favorite photography class so far because John actually covers the business side of commercial photography. I'll definitely be getting his Environmental Portraits class!

Thanks to John for being so open about his experience in the commercial photography industry and giving us so many real world examples. I especially appreciated the contributions by the non-photographers in the second day of the course - Nichelle and Maren. Nichelle gave a good perspective on the finance and business communications side. Maren is John's agent and offered her insight on how agencies worked. I've heard photographers discuss working with agents before, but it was helpful to hear an agent answer questions directly about her experience.

Thanks to John for being so open his experience in the commercial photography industry and giving us so many real world examples. I especially appreciated the contributions by the non-photographers in the second day of the course - Nichelle and Maren. Nichelle gave a good perspective on the finance and business communications side. Maren is John's agent and offered her insight on how agencies worked. I've heard photographers discuss working with agents before, but it was helpful to hear an agent answer questions directly about her experience.

I was lucky to be part of the studio audience for this course. John is an awesome teacher and did an outstanding job of making sense of a very difficult side of photography for a creative to understand. He shared his 18+ years of experience, including the good and bad he has gone through. The "special guests" alone are worth the cost of this class. John has an amazing team working beside him behind the scenes. Their perspective on his business was priceless!

John & Creative Live - Thank you - Best. Class. Ever.! This is a GREAT class! If you are a photographer, this is definitely a MUST GET class, but even if you work with photographers as part of a creative team - you have to take this class. (I'm a Photo Stylist) John covers it ALL in this class - it really, truly is a Survival (Success) Guide. John is so detailed, honest, and generous in his knowledge/experience/wisdom in the commercial photography industry in helping you understand the business and really succeed (& stand out). When I see that John is teaching a class on Creative Live - I'm in! (I have his other valuable courses as well)

John Keatley classes are the best, and for an aspiring commercial photographer this one is packed with valuable insights from a top-tier commercial photographer. If you've been struggling with business as a commercial photographer, this class is highly recommended.

John Keatley classes are the best, and for an aspiring commercial photographer this one is packed with valuable insights from a top-tier commercial photographer. If you've been struggling with business as a commercial photographer, this class is highly recommended.

Awesome class on the business side of commercial photography! It's loaded with information and ways on how to approach the industry. It's a great class to combine with his other CL class on creating and styling environments.