“These four MIKE LARSON’s PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS and LIGHTING LECTURE DVDs might turn out to be the cheapest yet most valuable investment in your photographic career. When used right, they can boost your business to unimagined dimensions!”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner and founder of the CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE light modulating system as well as the SUN-SNIPER camera support system:

“I wish Mike had come up with this simple but fantastic and unique system a few decades earlier.
My life as a professional photographer would have changed drastically. His vision and his easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow instructions are clear and concise, making it simple to become a successful photographer and businessman in no time. Only three things are required: Passion to become a photographer, the desire to serve others and the tenacity to prioritize business to be profitable and grow. But it is never too late to learn. As far as I know, this is the only set of DVDs that offers the complete range of the photographic AND business sides.”

FROM PASSION TO SUSTAINABLE PHOTO BUSINESS IN FIVE HOURS! – The key elements of successful photography

Mike Larson, charismatic motivation trainer and one of the world’s best wedding photographers, shares the secrets of his success in photography as never done before on this first edition DVD explaining SUNBOUNCE LIGHTING and PHOTO workshops.

Mike reveals everything and holds nothing back. He has spoken and shared his passion in ten countries, and taught techniques that have been implemented by businessmen and passionate photographers alike. These techniques will help you to achieve your full potential, while keeping you from being bogged down by the business end of the venture. Mike teaches you marketing skills applied successfully by PR professionals.

Five hours on four DVDs packed with invaluable advise to ensure your success, along with the latest guerilla marketing strategies. Hundreds of sample photos, tables and highly professional live shooting videos make it easy to follow and understand Mikes ideas and business models.

“Invest five hours of your valuable time in a new life. You will never regret it.”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner

Duration : 0:9:54

Expert: Lara Blair
Contact: www.larablairimages.com
Bio: Lara Blair is the owner of Lara Blair Images in Camas, Wash. She specializes in portrait and lifestyle photography.
Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

Duration : 0:1:19

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Expert: Lara Blair
Contact: www.larablairimages.com
Bio: Lara Blair is the owner of Lara Blair Images in Camas, Wash. She specializes in portrait and lifestyle photography.
Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

Duration : 0:1:19

Duration : 0:3:55

Technorati Tags: Beate, business, clients, Coach, discussion, education, marketing, photography, promotion

What type of photography are you going to offer, and is there a demand for it? What is your competition? What is your advantage going to be over them? Price? Quality?

Second, you’re going to want some good reading. John Harrington’s Best Business Practices for Photographers is a book you must read if you plan on making any money from photography. The book is for pros making their entire living off of photography, but the lessons apply to those using a photography business to supplement their income as well. John Harrington also has a blog at http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com that is worth reading as well.

Do you know anything about photography? Exposure? If not, pick up a book like Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure. Heck, even if you do know about exposure, pick it up anyway and read it. I bet you’ll learn something.

Are you computer savvy? You’re going to spend a lot of time in front of a computer using Adobe Photoshop CS2 (or the new CS3). If you’re serious about this endeavor, don’t mess with any other software; Photoshop is the king of the hill for a reason: it works, and works well. Learn about actions and scripts, and make your own to help reduce the time you’re spending doing post-processing (editing).

Remember this: For every hour you’re spending in post-processing, you’re not spending it shooting. And shooting is where the money comes from.

If you’re looking at the "holy grail" of photography–Wedding Photography–do yourself and your brides a big favor and find a pro to shoot under (aka "second shoot") to learn things. You might not find any local pro willing to help train you, who will be a direct competitor; as such, you may have to drive a distance to find someone to shoot for.

Oh, and don’t be upset if they ask you to "assist" first. Assisting is carrying cameras, lights, clipboards; charging batteries and supplying the main photographer with CF cards and/or film; helping set-up shots; crowd control; getting the main photographer some water; being a gopher. Some photographers want to make sure you are dedicated before they’ll let you pick up a camera, that is, unless you already have a decent portfolio to wow them with, first.

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Also, here are two other questions that are similar in nature to yours:

"Photo business"

"Want to start a photography business"

“These four MIKE LARSON’s PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS and LIGHTING LECTURE DVDs might turn out to be the cheapest yet most valuable investment in your photographic career. When used right, they can boost your business to unimagined dimensions!”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner and founder of the CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE light modulating system as well as the SUN-SNIPER camera support system:

“I wish Mike had come up with this simple but fantastic and unique system a few decades earlier.
My life as a professional photographer would have changed drastically. His vision and his easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow instructions are clear and concise, making it simple to become a successful photographer and businessman in no time. Only three things are required: Passion to become a photographer, the desire to serve others and the tenacity to prioritize business to be profitable and grow. But it is never too late to learn. As far as I know, this is the only set of DVDs that offers the complete range of the photographic AND business sides.”

FROM PASSION TO SUSTAINABLE PHOTO BUSINESS IN FIVE HOURS! – The key elements of successful photography

Mike Larson, charismatic motivation trainer and one of the world’s best wedding photographers, shares the secrets of his success in photography as never done before on this first edition DVD explaining SUNBOUNCE LIGHTING and PHOTO workshops.

Mike reveals everything and holds nothing back. He has spoken and shared his passion in ten countries, and taught techniques that have been implemented by businessmen and passionate photographers alike. These techniques will help you to achieve your full potential, while keeping you from being bogged down by the business end of the venture. Mike teaches you marketing skills applied successfully by PR professionals.

Five hours on four DVDs packed with invaluable advise to ensure your success, along with the latest guerilla marketing strategies. Hundreds of sample photos, tables and highly professional live shooting videos make it easy to follow and understand Mikes ideas and business models.

“Invest five hours of your valuable time in a new life. You will never regret it.”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner

Duration : 0:9:54

“These four MIKE LARSON’s PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS and LIGHTING LECTURE DVDs might turn out to be the cheapest yet most valuable investment in your photographic career. When used right, they can boost your business to unimagined dimensions!”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner and founder of the CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE light modulating system as well as the SUN-SNIPER camera support system:

“I wish Mike had come up with this simple but fantastic and unique system a few decades earlier.
My life as a professional photographer would have changed drastically. His vision and his easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow instructions are clear and concise, making it simple to become a successful photographer and businessman in no time. Only three things are required: Passion to become a photographer, the desire to serve others and the tenacity to prioritize business to be profitable and grow. But it is never too late to learn. As far as I know, this is the only set of DVDs that offers the complete range of the photographic AND business sides.”

FROM PASSION TO SUSTAINABLE PHOTO BUSINESS IN FIVE HOURS! – The key elements of successful photography

Mike Larson, charismatic motivation trainer and one of the world’s best wedding photographers, shares the secrets of his success in photography as never done before on this first edition DVD explaining SUNBOUNCE LIGHTING and PHOTO workshops.

Mike reveals everything and holds nothing back. He has spoken and shared his passion in ten countries, and taught techniques that have been implemented by businessmen and passionate photographers alike. These techniques will help you to achieve your full potential, while keeping you from being bogged down by the business end of the venture. Mike teaches you marketing skills applied successfully by PR professionals.

Five hours on four DVDs packed with invaluable advise to ensure your success, along with the latest guerilla marketing strategies. Hundreds of sample photos, tables and highly professional live shooting videos make it easy to follow and understand Mikes ideas and business models.

“Invest five hours of your valuable time in a new life. You will never regret it.”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner

Duration : 0:9:54

Technorati Tags: business, california, Charts, DVD, exposure, larson, Leadership, mike, shooting, sunbounce, teaser, techniques, Tutorial

“These four MIKE LARSON’s PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS and LIGHTING LECTURE DVDs might turn out to be the cheapest yet most valuable investment in your photographic career. When used right, they can boost your business to unimagined dimensions!”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner and founder of the CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE light modulating system as well as the SUN-SNIPER camera support system:

“I wish Mike had come up with this simple but fantastic and unique system a few decades earlier.
My life as a professional photographer would have changed drastically. His vision and his easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow instructions are clear and concise, making it simple to become a successful photographer and businessman in no time. Only three things are required: Passion to become a photographer, the desire to serve others and the tenacity to prioritize business to be profitable and grow. But it is never too late to learn. As far as I know, this is the only set of DVDs that offers the complete range of the photographic AND business sides.”

FROM PASSION TO SUSTAINABLE PHOTO BUSINESS IN FIVE HOURS! – The key elements of successful photography

Mike Larson, charismatic motivation trainer and one of the world’s best wedding photographers, shares the secrets of his success in photography as never done before on this first edition DVD explaining SUNBOUNCE LIGHTING and PHOTO workshops.

Mike reveals everything and holds nothing back. He has spoken and shared his passion in ten countries, and taught techniques that have been implemented by businessmen and passionate photographers alike. These techniques will help you to achieve your full potential, while keeping you from being bogged down by the business end of the venture. Mike teaches you marketing skills applied successfully by PR professionals.

Five hours on four DVDs packed with invaluable advise to ensure your success, along with the latest guerilla marketing strategies. Hundreds of sample photos, tables and highly professional live shooting videos make it easy to follow and understand Mikes ideas and business models.

“Invest five hours of your valuable time in a new life. You will never regret it.”

Wolfgang-Peter Geller, two-time WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARD winner

Duration : 0:9:54

1- Get a real domain name
Try not to get a quirky one … I made that mistake.

Since you know nothing of web design, it might be best to go with an all in one package … smugmug is very popular: https://secure.smugmug.com/signup.mg?offered=yes&

With their 60$ a YEAR package you get some flexibility and you can use your own domain name.

You could also go with WIX: http://www.wix.com/upgrade/website
I’d go with their premium package so you can use your own domain and not worry about bandwidth. It’s a flash based website that you can custom build with a weird, drag and drop interface … it;s fairly easy. Try their free hosting for a bit to see if you can understand how their system works.

I do website design for the government as my main job so I went with a web host and am currently putting my website together from scratch (coding it by hand as XHTML Strict 1.0 in a fancy notepad ). I pay 100$Can a YEAR for tons of bandwidth, storage and tons of email addresses (1000) and about 60$ every 2 years for my .ca domain name but that’s not for everyone.

I also am designing my website for accessibility … my site runs on BlackBerry’s, android, iPhone, pc’s mac’s … you name it it runs on it. Websites from WIX don;t work on smart phones (flash) and can be difficult to navigate for people with visual impairments … that might not matter to you depending on your target audience … it was important for me. blind people get married like normal people do and their friends and families might want pictures even if they don’t.

I’d put my domain name up by the site is in shambles, I’m currently fixing it up.

Duration : 0:10:39