This is a brief excerpt from F-Stoppers
About once a week I get an email from a student or aspiring photographer that wants advice on how they can break into a career of being a professional photographer. I found that I was writing the same response every time. So for the sake of time just as much as my desire to share what I have learned, here is my list of six things that I think every beginning photographer should be doing.
1. Get a websiteEven if you don’t have any money, you can have a website. First, buy your domain name, using your name if possible. Clients would rather say “We use John Doe for our photography” than “We use Shimmering Pixel Photography”. “Shimmering Pixel” could be one person or several. It can easily get confusing. Let your signature, instead, be in your work. If you don’t have the money to hire a designer to create a website for you, you have some cheap options. Both WordPress and Squarespace cost around $100 for a year and are super easy to use. They are also both very SEO compatible. Tumblr is a fantastic resource, for blogs especially, because it’s free and you can customize the html …
By: Nick Fancher
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