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Best Business Practices for Photographers

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ISBN-10: 1598633155

ISBN-13: 9781598633153

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Harrington

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A truly successful photographic career means not only financial success, but also personal satisfaction and fulfillment. The goal of Best Business Practices for Photographers is to help you achieve success in each of these areas. This book is not a guide to taking better pictures or selling your photography. Instead, it explains how photographers can meet important business objectives. It covers the focal points of best practices?best practices in interacting with clients, best practices in negotiating contracts and licenses, and best practices in business operations. It provides a roadmap for successfully navigating these?and many other?issues facing photographers today.
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Course Technology
Publication date: 10/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

John Harrington has worked for more than 16 years as an active photographer in Washington DC and around the world, working with both editorial and commercial clients. His photography business has been successful, with income rising ten-fold since he started. He has spoken at courses and meetings of The NPPA's Northern Short Course, The White House News Photographers Association, Smithsonian Institution, Corcoran School of Art and Design, American Society of Media Photographers Capital Region, University of Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College, Trinity College, and the Northern Virginia Photographic Society. Editorially, his credits have included the Associated Press, The New York…    

Introduction
Nuts and Bolts of Your Business
You Are a Business--Now Lets Get to Work!
Professional Equipment for Professional Photographers
Planning and Logistics: Why a Thirty-Minute Shoot Can Take Three Days to Plan
Financial and Personnel Considerations
Working with Assistants, Employees, and Contractors: The Pitfalls and Benefits
Pricing Your Work to Stay in Business
Overhead: Why What You Charge a Client Must Be More Than You Paid for It
Whos Paying Your Salary and 401K?
Insurance: Why Its Not Just Health-Related, and How You Should Protect Yourself
Accounting: How We Do It Ourselves and What We Turn Over to an Accountant
Legal Issues
Contracts for Editorial Clients
Contracts for Corporate and Commercial Clients
Contracts for Weddings and Rites of Passage
Negotiations: Signing Up or Saying No
Protecting Your Work: How and Why
The Realities of an Infringement: Copyrights and Federal Court
Handling a Breach of Contract: Small Claims and Civil Court
Resolving Slow- and Non-Paying Clients
Letters, Letters, Letters: Writing Like a Professional Can Solve Many Problems
Attorneys: When You Need Them, Theyre Your Best Friend (or at Least Your Advocate)
Storage and Archiving
Office and On-Location Systems: Redundancy and Security Beget Peace of Mind
Digital and Analog Asset Management: Leveraging Your Images to Their Maximum Potential
Stock Solutions: Charting Your Own Course without the Need for a "Big Fish" Agency
The Human Aspect
Care and Feeding of Clients (Hint: Its Not about Starbucks and a Fast-Food Burger)
Education, an Ongoing and Critical Practice: Dont Rest on Your Laurels
Striking a Balance between Photography and Family: How What You Love to Do Can Coexist with Your Spouse, Children, Parents, and Siblings if You Just Think a Little about It
Charity, Community, and Your Colleagues: Giving Back is Good Karma
Index