Phileas Fogg

Yes, I'd say " Pass" Much of my thoughts are this to the business of photography. If I'm going to go broke I may as well sit and drink coffee all day as I watch the business fall apart around me....

So many photographers go out of business is the same reason why most smaller businesses  go out of business. LACK OF TRUE BUSINESS SENSE! About 4 out of 5 smaller businesses  fail to see a 2nd...

Networking can  help drive prospective clients to your business, but it will be you  who can convert that traffic into sales. Your brand, personality and consistent quality will help create  and...

Plasma screens   will have a better black level but do not handle more ambient room light as well. LCD screens  especially  if you go with a full array back light LED types will get close to plasma...

If you can control ambient light in the area where you will show and sell the images then a  projector will be the best way to go. You will be able to  show as large image size as you want to sell...

PenguinNothing wrong with offering  hard nosed advice ad critique as long as it's done to help the one asking for either. You have brought  to this forum  lots of  good advice on  pro photography....

quallsphotoI keep forgetting to  check up on all the creative Live stuff in their calender, but back in August  I watched Joe Busink's seminar on  wedding photography and business  FREAKING...

I just finished watching the creative LIVE online seminar with Sarah Petty and her business partner Erin doing "the JOY of marketing" seminar about branding and  selling YOUR photography and...

It's because these wannabes have no clue how to cost out all business costs. They just think, "Hey I got a fancy new DSLR." " I like taking pics, so I should make a few bucks."If they ran other...

One thing to learn is toNever say Never.

This too will pass. When the fad of "it's cool, fun and easy to be a photographer" passes from the minds of MWAC or GWAC the number of these hucksters will dwindle down. I'm not saying there...

Yes,The spouse who props up your business also will find your wannabe business is just a parasite to his/her income. In time they too will resent your lil wannabe business being a drain on the...

It's easier to discuss technical merit or lack there of on a photo forum over artistic vision and/or style. A true pro will do his her best to make sure both aspects of photography ( ability and...

A good pro WILL get a good story in his/her images as well as proper exposures. That is what it means to be a hired pro.

No, it has nothing to do with gender. I know many fabulous female photographers who would blow the doors off MWAC types in photographic knowledge, quality and profssionalism. It's about learning...

Doing a great job? In what way? by the drivel posted on their photo sites buy Joe and Mary Q. Public? Or by the worthy words of true pros? Or better yet their profits/losses? I suggest asking...

To further some thoughts...Too often today many pro shooters esp. newbies get a feeling as to their quality and or ability by the near 100% useless feedback regular Joe and Mary Sixpacks may...

I was not trying to single you out, but only use your thread as a vessel to give an opinion I have been formulating over the last number of years on the topic of photography and professional...

Exactly,However from my bad experience I can further the idea of shop for value and not price.Cheap brides like all cheap customers of whatever product or service learn often after the fact but can...

A bargain is not a bargain if you in the find you are not happy with the product or results.A little story, I once was at a typical dollar store. Saw a knock off craft/hobby knife with a blade...