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My Most Recommended Apps for Your Food Photography Business
The key to becoming a successful photographer is business skills. It’s not always talent that sets a photographer apart. Knowing how to market your work and staying organized go a long way to help a photographer to thrive in today’s competitive photographic market. Keep reading to find out what my most recommended apps are for your food photography business. >>
The Top Skills You Need to Be Successful as a Food Photographer
Have you thought about the top skills that you need to be successful as a food photographer? Mastering a craft or creative endeavour requires the consistent development of both hard and soft skills. Keep reading to find out the most important skills you’ll need as a food photographer >>
How to Avoid Client Reshoots in Food Photography
Have you encountered this scenario? You put a lot of work into a client shoot. You create mood boards and take control of the creative direction with fresh ideas. You produce great work that you’re proud to deliver to the client—only to hear back with a list of changes, which means you pretty much have to reshoot the whole project. Keep reading to find out my process that will hopefully help you make your clients happy and to avoid major revisions on a food photography project. >>
How to Deal with Difficult Clients
Difficult clients. We’ve all had them. Clients that don’t respect you or your work. Who don’t value your time. Clients who have wild expectations and are a headache to deal with. This is the nature of business, keep reading to find out what you can do to ensure that the clients you shoot for will be those that value your work and time. >>
How I Shoot in Restaurants
As a food photographer, I shoot in restaurants from time to time. My work is studio-focused, but I sometimes get hired by chains or high-end restaurants —particularly those found in hotels. Keep reading to find out more about the gear and workflow I use when shooting for restaurant clients.
The 5 Things I Did Right in My Photography Business
Making mistakes is important and unavoidable aspect of the learning curve. It’s impossible not to make them, and mistakes give us new information about how to go forward so we can succeed.Your mindset it key when experiencing failure. In the spirit of positivity, this post will focus on the five things that I did right in my food photography business in the hopes that it will give you some ideas and inspiration for your own.
Do You Need a Photo Rep?
Since I began working with a photo rep in 2018, I’ve often been asked what it’s like to work with one, and if you really need a photo rep to help you get jobs in food photography. Many photographers dream of being represented by an agent. Someone who’ll take care of the business side of things and bring in the dream clients while they focus on being creative. It’s the brass ring that so many food photographers are reaching for. In this post, I’ll talk about what photo reps do, about my experience working with one, and how to know if you’re ready to start looking for a rep to take you on.
How to Get Started with Promos for Your Food Photography
When it comes to the world of commercial photography, print is not dead. Although your website is a key tool to promote your photography, you need to make printed promotional pieces, known in the industry as “promos” in order to get noticed by agencies and other buyers of photography, There are a lot of ways you can approach promotions – keep reading for tips on creating your photography promotions and sending them out into the world!
My Five Biggest Mistakes in My Photography Business
When it comes to business, making mistakes in inevitable. If you’re floundering in your photography business, keep reading to find out the five biggest mistakes I’ve made in my photography business, and how you can avoid them.
Four Big Mistakes in Pricing Commercial Food Photography
Pricing is something that every photographer struggles with on some level, but pricing for food photographers can be extra challenging. Even experienced photographers make mistakes with pricing – Click here to find out how you can avoid these pricing errors!
More Thoughts on Pricing Your Food Photography
Pricing your food photos is definitely tricky and involves so many different factors. How you price your photos depends on your skill set and experience, your target market, where you live, and even your business model. One thing that I have noticed is that most photographers undercharge, and often by a lot.
Tips for Creating Your Food Photography Contract
If you’re a photographer working with clients, you need to have a contract to put the parameters of the job in writing. When photo jobs go sideways, a contract protects not only you, but also your client in the event of any unmet expectations. Find out More >>