business of photography
What Else Happens When the Photographer Becomes the Client
Jun 3, 2014
Jeff Guyer
“What Happens When the Photographer Becomes the Client” appeared here on DIY Photography in January. “You only have one job,” she said. “Hire the photographer.”…
The 28 Photojournalists Unexpectedly Laid Off By the Chicago Sun-Times: One Year Later
May 30, 2014
Maaz Khan
Last year, the Chicago Sun-Times made the controversial decision to let go twenty-right of its photojournalists while making changes to their staff. Now that one…
Amazon Teams Up with Blurb to Start Selling Self-Published Photo Books
Apr 21, 2014
Maaz Khan
For quite some time now, Amazon‘s given people the choice to self-publish their writing onto the Kindle Store. But in what seems like a partnership…
How to Find Your Photographic Niche
Mar 28, 2014
Jeff Guyer
I’m told I give good advice. In my previous life as a lawyer, people were even known to pay a considerable amount of money for…
Automate your creative life with IFTTT Actions
Mar 24, 2014
Allen Mowery
We all love automation throughout our daily lives. Like, we LOVE automation…in everything. The less we have to actually do, the happier we tell ourselves…
More Bad News for Nikon as China Orders the Company to Stop Selling the D600
Mar 17, 2014
Maaz Khan
The Nikon D600 has to be a curse; it’s been causing too much trouble and more bad news is still coming in for the DSLR…
How To Invoice Photography Clients For Your Time
Mar 13, 2014
JP Danko
Last week, we took a look at how much should photographers charge per hour. The next step is to explore how to actually invoice photography…
Meeting People Before You Shoot Them
Mar 10, 2014
Andreas Bergmann
So, today we’re going for another trip to the softer side of photography. Specifically we’re going to talk about portraiture, and the importance, benefits and…
What Happens When the Photographer Become the Client?
Jan 28, 2014
Jeff Guyer
When I was still practicing law a lifetime or two ago, some of my colleagues and I used to say that the practice of law…
Top 3 Photography Business Resolutions for 2014
Jan 1, 2014
JP Danko
Happy New Year! Every January, I try to refocus my photography business ambitions for the coming year, so in my first post of 2014, I…