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الأربعاء، 12 يونيو 2013

Dealing With Friends and Family As a Professional Photographer

There are many challenges in photography and become a professional environment in the field of technical and clawing his way through the layers of the best competition in place to earn a living.

If you are new to photography and acquire some skill, his first paying jobs will likely come from family and friends. These are jobs that set foot on the way to becoming a professional.

As you gain experience and reputation, more and more of your business will come from outside of their circle of friends and family. This does not mean that your family and friends will recognize that their relationship has changed.

It is common among professional photographers to continue to receive requests from family and friends for photography work, handling queries can be both difficult and delicate. After all, these are the people who helped him along early in his career and is still the view they have of their relationship.

There are several strategies to cope with the demands of work that does not pay that come from family and friends. Perhaps it is easier for the complete schedule and explaining, apologizing is already booked. If family or friends that you know it is not booked at the time, you always have the option to say no. Sometimes it works, but for some, it is a little too far.

Be clear that you are in business

One way to avoid complaints is to make clear that operates a photography business. If you run a service station that his family can not wait to free gas, so try to be clear that your hobby is now a business before increasing demands come in.

For those times when you can not say no, can be a good idea to let them know how he asked someone else for the same service, giving them an invoice indicating their normal rate and N / C on total.

Get at least Promotional Materials

If you do the work of a project for friends or family, at least make them sign a commercial version so it can sell photos photo agencies and use the photos for promotional material. The introduction of the documentation put their relationship on a more professional without coming right out and say no.

Other centers around the delicate topic footage shot, but do not appear in the photos you provided, because they do not like. With paying customers is a subject that can handle contractually with friends and family can be a little more difficult. But this is a case where it is better to stand still instead of letting the shots you're proud to see the light of day.

Adding a process to their relationship with friends and family, you can get the point that you are not working for free and without being too blunt about it. If all else fails and does not get the hint, can be honest nice, letting them know you can not do more work comp. In this way, you tried to give them a key before letting them know that you can not bring your camera equipment for the next family reunion.

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