Wedding Photographers Blog

1. Flickr.com - by far the best place to start. Start putting your photos there. make sure they’re branded or have your copyright symbol at the bottom. Utilize the power of community by submitting your photos to relevant groups. Eventually you’ll have enough users to viewing your photo stream that you won’t need to submit your photos to communities. People will invite to put your photos in certain communities
2. Facebook - This is great if you have a large group of facebook friends already. If you don’t it doesn’t really mattter. You can start building friends right away by adding your relatives, friends, coworkers to your friendslist so they can be updated with some of your work every time you publish it to the web.
3. Deviantart.com - This website has a large community of users that post and submit their photos online. Many of them will favorite or bookmark your photos.
4. Myspace.com - build your own myspacepage. Try to keep it simple. Don’t go overboard with customizing your profile. Market your photos by putting them up in your profile. You don’t need to spam people. Just add your friends as well.
5. Blogspot.com - you can have your own free plog right here.
6. Twitter.com - post links to your photos
7. Modelmayhem.com - This is specific to fashion or model photography. This is a great resource for photographers of that nature
8. Dgrin.com - Post your photos in their last photo standing contest. Every once in a while they have a contest among the photographers in the community. It’s free to post, just take the time to shoot something beautiful. The photographers there are very very skilled!
9. Smugmug.com - Similar to flickr. This community allows you to rate and tag your photos for other photographers to see. It’s free to join!
10. Photographyvoter.com - If you have a blog post your photos in on this website so photographers will rate and vote on your link or entries.

With the rise and ubiquitous presence of DSLR cameras, the growth of professional photographers is growing and expanding at an enormous rate as well.

Here are some top 10 tips for you rising starling:

1. Build a solid business plan:  Make sure it is comprehensive in which the plan is proactive and provides areas for growth. Find out what type of products you’d love to sell and create.
2. Build your portfolio: Constantly delve within yourself to figure what you are as an artist in terms of expression.
3. Do what you love: Photograph and sell what pictures or pieces of art that you love.
4. Identify your target market: Find out what type of people would buy your product. What type of people or are in your area.
5. Get a contract and find a lawyer: Talk to a lawyer to have a solid contract. You can often also buy photography contracts as well. John Mireles sells some good wedding photography contracts.
6. Managing cash: Figure out your system of photography
7. Always be learning: As a rule of marketing, always be ahead of your competition by learning more and growing as a photographer. A photographer never stops shooting and learning. This is what separates you from an amateur: experience.
8. Know the copyright business: Learning about the copyright and protecting your photographical works is absolutely important. I suggest reading the photo attorney’s blog (written by Carolyn Wright). Shes a genius and I’ve seen her speak in person. Shes a very helpful and courteous person as well!
9. Marketing Material: When the cash flow is a bit higher consider working on marketing presentation pieces. Wow clients and raise their buying temperature by giving something to look at and be wowed by. This can be from business cards, a good website, brochures, cd/dvd presentations, or anything that a person can but a hold on.
10. Be yourself -Smile and show confidence and believe in your work. It is hard to sell something you do not believe in. If you don’t actually believe on what you’re selling it will be seen easily by your body language, tone of voice and as well as your composure.

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