Photo courtesy ASMP member Luke Copping
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While registering the copyright of your photos affords photographers a variety of benefits and protections, very few of us actually do it. What most don’t seem to realize is that once you get into the regular habit of registering, its just not that big of a deal. Registration should be like any other part of your business – like sending out invoices, keeping business records, and paying taxes. I’m pretty sure that most of us…
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That’s how I started in photography. I think it’s how we all start. There’s no client, no place what we do has to fit in. If we have a project at all, it is vague, and if in the course of things a strong picture emerges that doesn’t seem to fit…we changed the project! But when we develop as professionals we develop all kinds of parameters and strictures, some very insidious. Like, can I use…
Complete your FB profile by sharing as much information as you feel comfortable sharing, drawing a line to keep some of your private life private. But, let people know who you are, people and businesses want to know whom they are doing business with and they want to like you. Stick to your core message. Who or what do you want to be? What image do you want to portray to potential clients? Make sure…
As a professional Tweeting isn’t about going to a movie or where you are having dinner, it is about letting people know that you and your business is alive and vital. It is letting people know that you are shooting a job, making new work, traveling to different places, helping them understand what you can offer them by letting them know you are interesting and busy. I don’t get twitter on my Blackberry, but I…
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing someone talk about Twitter or Facebook or You Tube – all forms of social media. But how do you start utilizing these social media networks – or should you? All good questions and ones you should ask yourself before diving into twittering, posting on Facebook, Linkedin or blogging. All of these social sites are about branding – whether for your business or yourself personally. So the first…