I was thinking the same thing!

I guess, get a digital camera, make up some business cards, put an add in the paper,,,, and you are set!

Honestly, I have never even looked at a digital picture frame, or any specs..

I can see where they may become a big thing in most homes, offices, etc…

For studio based photographers that generally offer prints, but not digital files, what will you do when more people want digital files to place on a digital frame to display.

Full size resolution, medium sized??

Is there a screen size that all frames go by, ie 640×480. Do they need 300 dpi resolution, or will 72dpi suffice?

Has it come up yet, in anyones business?

I dont have a frame as such but heres my thoughts.

You can have a picture with a low resolution (72dpi) look pretty good on a computer screen but it doesnt print well. This digital picture frame is essentially a computer screen. So I would give them a 72dpi file thats the size they need for that frame (or larger if they want to pay more).

i would like to be some sort of photographer.
what kinds of jobs are there? how much does each one pay?
what colleges will prepare me for a career in photography?

any info related to my questions would be very appreciated.

Photography is not an easy area to break into. Not everyone with a "large" camera is a photographer, or knows what he/she is doing. Digital technology has made it easier fr everyone to think they’re "photographers." But photography is a vocation where knowledge, experience, skills and talents are all advantages over the next person. Yes, there are universities that cater to photography and there are non-academic programs and a very good correspondence course, too. You can start by taking a beginner’s course at a local college through the Adult & Continuing Department, or at a local "Y" or similar institution. The competition is fierce in any area that you try to find your niche.

The areas are as vast as there are opinions in this world. There are photographers in the news (photojournalists) and there are those that specialize in social events such as wedding photographers, Christening, Bar Mitzvah, Birthdays, portraits for special occasions such as graduations, anniversaries, etc., and there child photographers, pet photographers, equestrian photographers, underwater photographers, landscape photographers, seascape photographers, cityscape photographers, architentural photographers, flower photographers, landscape photographers, nature photographers, glamor photogaphers, forensics photographers, wildlife photographers (some specialize in wild cats, some in birds, some in reptiles, some specialize in snakes, frogs, lizards, some in mammals, some in apes, insects, etc). The areas for specializations are limitless! But all boil down to knowledge and experience in the area of choice, knowledge and experience in photoraphy and the gear used, one’s acquired skills and one’s innate talents for the aethetics involved, and the knowledge and experience of the medium one chooses (camera format, digital or film, type of film, type of camera, lenses, filters, lighting whether natural or artificial), etc.

The bottom line is that you need to know what you enjoy about phtography, what you can learnn (or how much you can learn), your experience with photography and the chosen area and this takes a lot of time… sometimes many years… your skills come into play as well as your natural skills that will showcase your own individual style. How well do you communicate and speak and write will have a bearing on how you go about promoting yourself… You may or may not want to have an agent and a manager or maybe not… you may want to work independently (freelance) or you may want to work for an agency or company….

Then, you may not want to be out in the field, you may want to work in a studio or indoors with props or outdoors with no props but you will need to know about natural lighting and artificial lighting, reflectors for fill-in lighting….

You may not want to work behind the camera but in post rproduction work, correcting highlighting, color correction, etc., with computers, or in lighting, or in sales, or in stage work, studio work…. oh, don’t get me started again!

WHAT are your interests? Give me a hint and perhaps I can give you better direction.

Online photo labs? Local lab? which is the best?
Process them lol i meant to say

I use a pro lab. Its local and I drive or courier the images to them and they courier back what I have asked for or send them straight to the client.

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Since 35mm SLR cameras have switched from film to digital, how has this changed the way you do business

We are able to put previews on line within 24 hours and they can be shared around the world. Many orders placed on line.

We have not had to replace our cameras or lap tops yet (6 Canon 30D’s).

Shooting tethered we have far fewer package errors.

Better retouching.

I’ve always liked taking pictures, and I’ve gotten more into photography as a hobby (both digital and film). I’m starting to think about future careers, and I was wondering if there were any jobs besides portrait photographers and advertising that involve photography?

There are lots of different areas you can specialise in as a photographer – like others have said:

Wedding photographer
Portrait photographer
News photographer
Advertising Photographer
Fashion Photographer
Art Photographer
Editorial Photographer
Architecture Photographer

It is a competitive industry – I would recommend completing a course, this will teach you different techniques in the field you’re interested in.

Also, search for photography jobs in your favourite job search engine – will give you an idea of what’s out there.

I am an amature digital photographer who has a lot of natural talent and would love to start my own business as a digital photographer without going to college. I want to do nature, outdoor, portrait, and artistic digital photography for people or businesses where I live in Kalispell, Montana. I have already taken over 200 outdoor digital photographs to build my own portfolio so my future clients can see my talent and skill with a digital camera. What I need to do now is market my skills and talents, find a need and demand for digital photographers in my town, find clients, and make a living with my own digital photography business. Does anybody have any good advice or suggestions for me? Please let me know. Thanks!

Get a website. Create a portfolio. Create an advertising sheet, perhaps with a collage of your best photos. Title it, including your # and business name. Many cafe’s (starbucks) have bulletin boards, post them there. Ask other small businesses if you can place these in their windows.

My friend just did this, in a very small town in Oregon. She is already starting to get some interest.

A business can be summed up as follows:
Market (who are you selling to or in other words, who wants to buy what you want to sell – irrespective of this being a product or a service – where and for how much?)
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Product / Service
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Revenue Model (financials i.e. how much does it cost you to run the business (your neighborhood bar in this case) and deliver the value you intend to and how much can you charge, to how many people you can serve ==> throw this is in a simple equation on a spreadsheet). This would also give you an idea as to how much start capital you need till you start seeing breakeven…that’s where you credit score kicks in and you may want to take a loan…if you have family and friends or investors, go to them…they know you better than what your credit score reflects…see if they can be convinced that their investment in your efforts are not risky and that you can guarantee a certain rate of interest payable in future.

Based on the above understanding, you can now can make a serious decision on whether:
1) you want to be IN THIS "digital photography studio" business or not;
2) it makes financial sense to be in the "digital photography studio" business;
3) it can "breakeven" and make money within a short/relevant period of time before you grow frustrated
4) if this is a full time business opportunity or a sideshow that generates decent "extra" money.
5) Why you are doing this – i.e. starting a digital "photography studio" business – makes sense or does that answer to the question "why?" need a relook? is this because you have expertise in this area, or you have money to invest etc…

That was the first stage of decision making and the most important part. Once you seriously know "Why?" you are in this, rest all is administrative and easy.

Get a relationship with a CPA to help you get a good handle on your costs then you can go and mark up the service fees for your margin.

Starting a business without any prior business or domain knowledge is not a bad thing by itself, just that the chances of failure are many.

What is your financial health and budget for renting or buying an office? Is this going to be a -strategically speaking – real estate play or service business play? What term are you looking to sign up the lease (if renting) with the landlord? Be extra careful on the lease front, business people from Sam Walton (kicked out of his first succesful variety store by landlord who did not renew the contract) to regular johnnys who have had bad locations with long leases slammed on them…This is the key expense where you would need a long term investor partner to be on your team after payroll & inventory.

Buy or lease equipment of such stuff for your business would be based on your specific financial modeling and short/long term plans.

Lease if:
Low on cash 2: write the lease of as expense each month 3: you have a short term lease with your landlord

Buy if:
You have cash on hand 2: you want to use depreciation on capital investment method for accounting and if this is a large amount 3; long term lease on hand through the break even time required and also if you are confident that your location is the perfect one.

The following points are useful for you to note:

Next, go to the website of your local state government, if you are in the USA, else to a legal counsel or account (CPA) to help with the basic decision making and advise on:
1. Formation of the company: name, capital structure, accounting formats/software, financial year etc.
2. Deciding on sole proprietor, partnership, S Corp, LLC or C Corp
3. Financial health required i.e. cash flow analysis, financial projections, financing needs and loans etc.

Then comes the execution part:
1. Marketing ==> advertising ==> budget and reaching out to your market/audience constantly. This is where you get a website. I know a company www.bizdevsystems.com click on eBusiness that provides great deals for new businesses / start ups with package deals including custom websites onwards, business phone and DSL Internet , credit/debit card and check processing services.
2. Sales ==> Getting big projects ==>cold calling, meetings, deal closures
3. Business Development ==> partnerships, networking, swapping warm leads with other non-competing allies outside of your business / market area for a referral fee / affiliate commission.
4. eCommerce and eBusiness: an online angle to your business, to generate revenues online as well as take your offline business online in some way or the other. This is another level of utilising the web through marketing.

Last comes in HR / Production / Operations: Looks like you are experts in this area already. Just keep these in mind:
1. to grow your company, you HAVE to hire new people, trust them (even if you are burnt multiple times…keep hiring), train them and try to get out of "you" out of the business and let it run on a systematic daily reports oriented effort…i.e most companies that are run by entrepreneurs / founders die when the founder leaves because the founder(s) was/were the company…therefore, on the operations front, put in an IT system in tandem with a Culture in place that can run the show on its own without your interference in the business decision making, revenue generation, order fulfilment and customer support. Also it is absolutely must that you get a T1 or higher internet with VoIP service for communications.

All in all, always remember that the seed you are planting already knows how large it can get, the one who plants may not be so aware of which seed he/she is planting…you have to design this business model /seed before you launch.

Good luck with your venture…nothing ventured, nothing gained…go for it…the learning would be fun after its been learnt…hindsight is 20/20…I can keep advising till the cows come home…having been there done that…for you, just do it

Sanjay Saggere
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sanjay@bizdevsystems.com
www.bizdevsystems.com click on eBusiness

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what would be some benefits of a photography career. What kind of liabilities?
I am doing my work. I have looked at other sites. Ive got most of my test done but these few parts.

My brother is 20, and he has already gotten to fly to Florida to shoot a wedding for someone he met at college. So, i guess traveling for free is a benefit. You also get to have fun with it, taking pictures of whatever interests you. go to flickr.com/photos/justintosh to see his work

I want to start my photography Photography Business , I am still begginer but I want to be Professional Photographer.
which camera bady I should select , lenses and Accessories .
and what the av. Budget needed for that ?

Nikon is a premium brand. The link below has one of their better ones the D60 .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830113088

Budget for the camera and lenses should range from $500 on up (if possible. If not go with what you are comfortable with.) Get several different lenses, it allows you more flexibility with your shots