Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer
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Books › Photography › Business Aspects
ISBN: 1581152809 / Publisher: Allworth, August 2003
This guide for beginning freelancers offers advice on both the technical and the business ends of photography. For example, it discusses the various photographic careers and their requisite skills, equipment and studio selection, self-promotion, negotiation, copyright, and accounting. A directory of professional organizations, sample contracts, copyright applications, release forms, the ASMP Code of Ethics, and a bibliography are included. Crawford is a lawyer. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Here is a virtual treasury of advice, insight, and guidance for every freelance photographer! From creating a portfolio and promoting your work to winning the first client and running a healthy, profitable business, Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer provides crucial marketing, business, and legal know-how for every step of the process. New entrepreneurs will discover in-depth information on choosing the right location, interacting with clients effectively, and receiving timely payments. They’ll also find practical advice for keeping track of business income and expenses, managing insurance and tax issues, and marketing their work to a diverse range of clients. Readers will also find real-life answers to the essential questions every photographer asks, including how to negotiate, how to price, how to find the right market, and even how to keep from drowning in paperwork. Finally, the guide includes sample contracts, model release forms, and much more. For anyone looking to earn money with their photography, Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer is a must-have start-up kit! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
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