Common Mistakes to Avoid as a Photography Business Owner
Posted: August 15, 2017
Mistakes are part of any learning and growing process. For a photography business owner, it's imperative that mistakes be as minimal as possible to avoid potential negative effects they may have on the business. You don't always have to make them personally, though - learning from these common mistakes others have made can help you avoid the same pitfalls.
James Maher, writer for Digital Photography School, shares common mistakes for photography business owners to avoid.
Everyone makes mistakes. When growing your photography business, you will make more mistakes over than the years than you can count – and some of them you will even look back on and cringe.
Mistakes are all part of the process. But also part of the job of being a photographer is figuring out how to minimize these mistakes, especially the ones that can set you back a long way. Learn from your peers so you can avoid their mistakes.
Here are some of the main pitfalls that plague photographers. Just fixing these alone can save you a lot of money, and even more importantly, a lot of time.
Mistake #1 – Not Charging Enough
When you are first building your portfolio, certainly you might have to do some jobs for free or at a reduced rate as you build your skill level. That part is fine, but once you have that portfolio and are a full fledged business, you do not want to sell yourself short.
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