Photography Business Forum

I am an amateur photographer and while I may never reach a full professional level, I would still like to position myself well (plus understand the business/marketing side better). I have been working with computers for 10+ years, so the tech side of this is real easy for me to...

First of all, hello and it's good to be here. This looks like a genuinely friendly and helpful website - and I'm glad I stumbled upon it! I have had the same website for about 5 years, and it draws in a good deal of traffic. But, i does not bear my own name, but the name of a...

I've been browsing lots of different pay and free website hosting sites and I can't make up my mind. I'd like to be able to choose the design and layout etc, but I know nothing about web coding, so I need something thats pretty straightforward and easy, but still capable of...

Hi all, I'm looking to launch a portrait business (mostly based out of my home studio) sometime in the spring. Now, I may attract a little attention from Shakodo members because my pricing is starting out fairly low, but what I'm really wondering about is whether or not I...

Hi Everyone, A few years back when I was getting into photography I went out to search for a domain. I immediately looked to RobertSchultze.com and discovered that it was owned another photographer in Germany. I sent him a quick email, we had a few laughs about the same name,...

After seeing a reference in another post I reviewed Smugmug.com offering & terms.  Since I am considering a change for my online print offerings I am interested in US services where you (Shakodo users) have only had a good experience (not interested in any bashing.) Some...

Hi Juergen, to continue where we left off on poor Jenni' question ;). Please tell me the other flaws you've seen so I can tell the good people of aPhotofolio Thanks! Vincent

Whenever a new member registers, I like to look at his or her web site and blog, but today I noticed that in some of the blogs photographers use to promote themselves contain hidden or not so hidden links to some spam sites. I researched a bit further and found this link:...

Hi, I've been rather fed up with my website lately because while I feel livebooks is an amazing service, it simply doesn't offer the look and feel I want for my website. Recently my colleague started using 4ormat, a portfolio site which offers many different looks and styles as...

Hi,I've had many different web site designs over the years, I mostly have used templets . I am not real big on the technical aspect of maintaining a web site, I much prefer to drag and drop and or easy uploading of images and copy.I notice that a lot of photographers use sites...

Brad Mangin posted a story on his blog about getting rid of his Flash-based website. http://manginphotography.net/2011/09/why-i-broke-up-with-my-flash-website-2/ If you have a Flash website, are you considering a switch?

This post is about something that's been bothering me for some time, so I've got to get it off my chest! I am currently studying photography. With spring just around the corner, and with it the busy photography season, I've been searching the internet for local, professional...

I've got an out-of-date flash slideshow as a portfolio on a site I built in Dreamweaver. I need a new, quick, easy way to upload my newest photos. I'm thinking of rebuiding my site with WordPress and I'm looking for suggestions for a theme to use (would prefer a free theme, but...

Hi all - I have a fairly well established consumer photography business and I'm moving into the commercial world and based on some consultation that I've received, it is best to separate the two businesses.  So... I'm going to start a whole new web presence and brand for my...

Whilst not many photographers might think this applies to them, there are new UK advertising requirements coming in on the 1st of March relating to truthfulness in advertising. The digital remit of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is to be extended significantly to...

As far as I see there are 2 way to put photo in a photographer website: Thematic pages (still life, people, industrial, reportage, etc.) in which you put no more that a photo for each job/subject (for instance 1 still life of a bottle, 1 of a pencil, 1 of a laptop) Complete...

Hey all! I'd love some advice about services that I might be able to use to create web-galleries that clients can login for proofing and downloading; What do you use? Any ideas? Thanks  Ben

Hi everyone,  I've only been in business officially for about three months, so I have little to no search engine optimization. I'm the only full-time pet photographer in the Pensacola, FL area (I am 99% positive) and yet, when you Google "pet photography Pensacola" I am nowhere...

Hi all, For the the last couple of year's I've been shooting theatre and stage performances in my city (population 500K) as well as headshots/portraits of actors/musicians. I really like the exposure it has given me and the work, although it is not very lucrative.  I'm also...