Photo Field Notes Podcast: Career Advice for Photographers

Today on the podcast, I’m going over a few key changes that I’ve made in my business over the past year.

Key Topics Include:

* No more studio (online sales, no IPS)

* How to price weddings

* How to get wedding guests to buy prints

* How to set up a wedding photography registry (and how much people bought)

* Should I give away all of the digital images with my portrait sessions?

* Which products should I sell to my photography clients? Which should I ditch?

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This week, I'm covering the top three things that you should look at when you're looking back and analyzing your photography business so you can plan for the year ahead.

Where your money went

Where your bookings came from (and when)

How you felt in your business last year

Listen to the full episode to find out exactly what I look at in my business and how I use that information to make business decisions.

Even if you hate spreadsheets, you're going to find so much value in this episode.

This week, I’m covering the top three things that you should look at when you’re looking back and analyzing your photography business so you can plan for the year ahead.

* Where your money went

* Where your bookings came from (and when)

* How you felt in your business last year

Listen to the full episode to find out exactly what I look at in my business and how I use that information to make business decisions.

Even if you hate spreadsheets, you’re going to find so much value in this episode.

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Today on the Photo Field Notes Podcast, I'm talking about my own experiences building up and maintaining a huge list of photography gear without going into any debt.

Listen to learn how you can grow you photo gear without going broke.

Today on the Photo Field Notes Podcast, I’m talking about my own experiences building up and maintaining a huge list of photography gear without going into any debt.

Listen to learn how you can grow you photo gear without going broke.

I’m also offering a freebie for listening. If you subscribe to Photo Field Notes email updates and follow the new @photofieldnotes on Instagram, you can DM me on Instagram with the word “freebie” to receive a free Photoshop template of five big framed photos. You can add your own photos to the template to share on your website or Instagram to get clients excited about what their photos will look like big in print in their homes. This will be available through January 31, 2018.

Check out the template below. Each frame is set up to add your own photos.

Related Resources:

* Want to see the exact gear that I use?

* Dave Ramsey

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Ashton Songer Ferguson graduated with a degree in photojournalism in 2013 thinking that she would never be a wedding photographer, but she was also discouraged by her prospects in the media industry. She always had photo jobs, but none of them were fulfilling. It wasn't until her own wedding in 2014 that her idea of wedding photography completely changed. Her wedding photographer encouraged her to walk out the door from her day job and never look back. And she did it.

In today's episode, Ashton talks about how she got her business off the ground.

Check out Ashton's work at ashtonsonger.com, and follower her on Instagram at @asongerphotos

Ashton Songer Ferguson graduated with a degree in photojournalism in 2013 thinking that she would never be a wedding photographer, but she was also discouraged by her prospects in the media industry. She always had photo jobs, but none of them were fulfilling. It wasn’t until her own wedding in 2014 that her idea of wedding photography completely changed. Her wedding photographer encouraged her to walk out the door from her day job and never look back. And she did it.

In today’s episode, Ashton talks about how she got her business off the ground.

Check out Ashton’s work at ashtonsonger.com, and follower her on Instagram at @asongerphotos

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Zara Ashby has a thriving photography business and a new boudoir photography brand that's on track to be just as successful. On the podcast today, we're chatting about finding your ideal clients—truly understanding where they are and where they shop, and then how to go out and set up strategic partnerships with other businesses that reach the same clients.

Zara Ashby has a thriving photography business and a new boudoir photography brand that’s on track to be just as successful. On the podcast today, we’re chatting about finding your ideal clients—truly understanding where they are and where they shop, and then how to go out and set up strategic partnerships with other businesses that reach the same clients.

Find Zara Online:

* Zara Ashby Photography

* Intimates by Zara

* Zara Ashby Education for Photographers

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I interviewed Justin and Mary Marantz years ago, but their words are still just as relevant and inspirational today.

Recommended Reading for Photographers:

* How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

* The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

* The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

* Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach (more geared toward women)

* Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen

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