How To Build a Photography Business

TIps and tricks for building your photography business.
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Online Portfolios for Photography Professionals
With SmugMug you can create a stunning photo website to showcase your photos. Get started by choosing the perfect theme, or dive in deep and customize every pixel of your site. Storage is unlimited so you can be at ease knowing images are safe in their original form. Set up a fully integrated print shop that fits seamlessly into your site if you're a pro or interested in selling. With 24/7 support, our heroic team makes sure you are taken care of. You focus on the shot, we’ll focus on the rest.
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Online Portfolios for Photography Professionals
With SmugMug you can create a stunning photo website to showcase your photos. Get started by choosing the perfect theme, or dive in deep and customize every pixel of your site. Storage is unlimited so you can be at ease knowing images are safe in their original form. Set up a fully integrated print shop that fits seamlessly into your site if you're a pro or interested in selling. With 24/7 support, our heroic team makes sure you are taken care of. You focus on the shot, we’ll focus on the rest.
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https://news.smugmug.com/5-ways-to-improve-your-brand-as-a-photographer-9c150fef4087
When you’re posting to social media, sending emails, or creating blogs — are you thinking about who you’re communicating with? Your audience gets a little bit of insight into your brand with every piece of content you share and will determine your value based on this insight; this is part of your brand persona. We’ve put together five key steps that can help you to figure out how to develop your brand persona, but first, let’s take a look at the five main personas.
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9 Must-Haves for a Successful Photography Website
9 Must-Haves for a Successful Photography Website | The SmugMug Blog
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9 Must-Haves for a Successful Photography Website
9 Must-Haves for a Successful Photography Website | The SmugMug Blog
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Top 5 Wedding Photos and their styles explained
Wedding season is just around the corner and we put together a simple infographic to ensure you cover the top five photos taken at a wedding. Every photographer has their own style but, broadly, the three main styles are: photojournalism, classic/traditional, and artistic/editorial — we’ve broken these styles down to make sure there’s a little bit of something for everyone.
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How to Photograph Your First Engagement Shoot
To help give you a leg up before your first engagement photo shoot with new clients, we’ve put together some points that might just help you avoid mistakes and put you ahead of the curve.
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6 tips for student photographers
Taking the leap into life as a student can be daunting. The thought of integrating into new social groups, budgeting your cash, and making sure you get great grades are just a few of the things new students worry about. We sat down with James to get his tips on being a student photographer and found out how he’s used this opportunity to build his confidence both as a photographer and in his personal life.
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Tips to Keep Your Photography Business Going
With a bit of creativity you can develop a new business model and continue to earn some income until the situation changes.
Photography and art students — welcome home. Ready to take the next step with your art and photography? It’s time to show your work to the world. SmugMug allows you to do this with a fully customizable website that you can use to showcase your work in all its high-resolution glory. Learn how to sign up for a SmugMug student discount here. Student Discounts, Cloud Storage, Student Art, Photography Business
SmugMug: Giving Students Something to Smile About: Student Discount
Photography and art students — welcome home. Ready to take the next step with your art and photography? It’s time to show your work to the world. SmugMug allows you to do this with a fully customizable website that you can use to showcase your work in all its high-resolution glory. Learn how to sign up for a SmugMug student discount here.
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Up your photography game with a daily photo challenge.
Up your photo game with a daily photo challenge.
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How proof prints help increase photography sales.
You can increase those online sales by providing your client with some proof prints; tangible prints allow your client to emotionally connect to their photos as well as see different finishes and options that can push them into actually buying more. Check out our top five reasons to provide your client with free proof prints.
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Capturing street candids: 10 tips and advice.
The recent rise in popularity of candid street photography has helped to evolve the ways we document change around us. But how do we go about taking candid street photographs that document the world around us without them being ordinary photos of people on streets? I sat down with renowned candid street photographer Ami Strachan to get her top 10 tips and advice on what you should do to be successful in this popular genre of photography.