New clients plus no studio doesn’t have to add up to a stressful start to your photography business. After all, you’re a professional now. You can handle this. There are a lot of exciting “firsts” once you start your photography…
Category: Customer Experience
Need a Photography Superpower? Build Relationships
In competitive industries like photography, it pays to have an edge. As great as your photos may be, there’s a skill every bit as important to the success of your business. And you can turn it into your photography superpower.…
No Photo Studio? 4 Alternatives to Consider
No studio? No problem. Let these 4 popular options inspire your creativity. Starting a photography business can be an exciting journey, but one of the biggest challenges for many photographers is finding the right space for their shoots. While traditional…
Pre-empt the Problem: Does Your Photography Client Respect You?
There is one important fact about human nature. Without respect, abuse tends to follow. To command respect signals that you won’t tolerate abuse. It also means you probably won’t have to. The vast majority of humans just want to get…
Pre-empt the Problem: The Misery of the Missed Photo Moment
Missed moments are disappointing for both the client and the photographer. But stuff happens, and a lot of that stuff is outside our control. The one thing that remains in control is our contract. One of the most overused cliches…
When Clients Want to Change Your Photography Contract
In a perfect world, people love your work and accept your offer quickly and happily. But we don’t live or work in a perfect world. Whether the client, or their helpful third party friend, relative, or other legal-minded individual brings…
How to Build a Portfolio Without Destroying a Friendship
Your friends, family, and peers will only take your business efforts seriously if you do. Once they shift from any other role to client, other things must shift, too. As with everything else in your professional capacity, the lead must…
How to Explain Session Fees to Your Photography Client
Some clients may lament they get nothing for their money. Just remind them that unless you take those photographs, there won’t be any photographs to buy. Have you ever had a customer inquiry for your studio or session work that…
How to Create a Travel Expense Policy for Your Photography Business
Before you and your client can sign off on a contract involving travel, you need to be very clear on a policy for these expenses. You don’t want to lose money on the contract, but you don’t want to spring…
Pre-empt the Problem: Be a Client Stalker
No photographer wants to discover that their client is using photos in unintended ways. If there was something more that you could do, to not only make your terms clear, but increase your bottom line, why would you not do…