The photography industry is advancing and changing more - and more quickly - than ever. Right along with changes in camera technology, photographers are witnessing shifts in the business landscape that can be a challenge to understand and navigate, whether they're just beginning their business or growing it after 25 years of shooting.
Best Business Practices for Photographers, 3rd Edition, is an updated and expanded version of John Harrington's bestselling books on the topic. For the first time, Harrington brings together both Best Business Practices for Photographers and More Best Business Practices for Photographers, creating a complete and comprehensive guide for photographers starting, maintaining, and growing their business in order to achieve financial success and personal satisfaction.
In great detail and with a friendly, conversational voice, Harrington covers all the key points of the business of professional photography, and he provides today's best practices that you need to know.
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Höhe: 234 mm
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978-1-68198-266-3 (9781681982663)
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John Harrington has worked for more than 25 years as an active photographer in Washington, DC, and around the world, working with both editorial and commercial clients. His successful photography business has seen income rise tenfold since he launched it. He has spoken at courses and meetings of The NPPA's Northern Short Course, The White House News Photographers Association, Smithsonian Institution, Corcoran School of Art and Design, and the American Society of Media Photographers. He is the author of the bestselling first and second editions of Best Business Practices for Photographers, as well as More Best Business Practices for Photographers.
Editorially, his credits have included the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, The National Geographic Society, USA Today, People, MTV, and Life. For corporate and public relations clients, John has successfully placed images with the wire services (Associated Press, Reuters, Gannett, Agence France Presse, and UPI) over 300 times. Commercially, John has worked with well over half of the top fortune 50 companies, and even more of the top 500. Ad campaigns for Seimens, Coca Cola, General Motors, Bank of America, and Freddie Mac, to name a few, have been seen worldwide.
You Are a Business-Now Let's Get to Work
Professional Equipment for Professional Photographers
Planning and Logistics: Why a Thirty-Minute Shoot Can Take Three Days to Plan
After Staff: Transitioning to Freelance
Working with Reps, Assistants, Employees, and Contractors: The Pitfalls and Benefits
Setting Your Photographer's Fees
Pricing Your Work to Stay in Business
Overhead: Why What You Charge a Client Must Be More Than You Paid for It
Who's Paying Your Salary and 401(k)?
Insurance: Why It's Not Just Health-Related, and How You Should Protect Yourself
Accounting: How We Do It Ourselves and What We Turn Over to an Accountant
Insights into an IRS Audit
Contracts for Editorial Clients
Contracts for Corporate and Commercial Clients
Contracts for Weddings and Rites of Passage
Negotiations: Signing Up or Saying No
Protecting Your Work: How and Why
The Realities of an Infringement: Copyrights and Federal Court
Releases: Model, Property, and Others
Handling a Breach of Contract: Small Claims and Civil Court
Resolving Slow- and Non-Paying Clients
Letters, Letters, Letters: Writing Like a Professional Can Solve Many Problems
Attorneys: When You Need Them, They're Your Best Friend (or at Least Your Advocate)
Office and On-Location Systems: Redundancy and Security Beget Peace of Mind
Digital and Analog Asset Management: Leveraging Your Images to Their Maximum Potential
Licensing Your Work
Care and Feeding of Clients (Hint: It's Not About Starbucks and a Fast-Food Burger)
Education, an Ongoing and Critical Practice: Don't Rest on Your Laurels
Expanding into Other Areas of Creativity
Charity, Community, and Your Colleagues: Giving Back Is Good Karma
Sole Proprietor versus LLC/LLP versus S Corp
Brick-and-Mortar Locations
Pros and Cons of Insourcing and Outsourcing
The Value of Offering Internships
Principles, Standards, and Ethics
Cognitive and Subconscious Thinking and Photographers
Marketing: An Overview of Its Importance
Your Brand and Your Image
Do You Need to Have a Niche or a Style
The Wordsmithing of a Linguistically Accurate Language Lexicon
Social Media: Etiquette, Expectations, and the Law
Professionalism on the Job
The Client Experience
Establishing the Client's Needs for Level of Production (and Associated Budget)
Price Is What You Pay, Value Is What You Get
Using the eCO for Online Registrations
Licensing Your Photography: Managing It Yourself
On Being Published
Publishing a Book
Fine Art, Art, and Selling Prints: Valuation
Working with Nonprofits, Foundations, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Valuing Video (or Motion) Production as an Adjunct to Still Photography: Know Your Limits
Step-by-Step: QuickBooks and Downloading Credit Card Statements and Charges
