Today’s Post by Joe Farace
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure—Colin Powell
I enjoy hearing from this blog’s readers, especially those that have questions about photography, this or my car photography blog, cameras or whatever else may be on their minds. If you have any questions or would like me to address a specific topic, take a look at a certain piece of equipment or even explain or explore a technique, click on CONTACT and let me know. And for the best question that I receive and that’s used in my next Q&A post, I’ll send them a small gift.
How come there aren’t more questions about the business of photography in your Q&A posts? I would like to start a photography studio and need all the help I can get. —F.B.. Tucson, AZ
Most of the traffic on this blog occurs during the week, Monday through Friday. But if you are a regular reader, you may have recently noticed that since sometime late last year I’ve been posting about business related topics of Sundays. This increase in the number of posting abut business has been an experiment and, many times, these posts are not accompanied by social media shout-outs so you need to visit to find out what’s new.
The topics on these weekend post tend to be slightly different than my Monday through Friday posts, with Saturday posts being technique focused, while my Sunday posts are focused on the business of photography—for the few readers that are interested in this subject matter.
How I made this photograph: I made this image while doing cold weather testing of the EOS 80D at 17 Mile Farm near Parker, Colorado. Temperatures were only in the low 30’s and while that’s not cold by Colorado standards it might be a chilly temp where you live. The camera and EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens (at 18mm) performed without a hitch. Shot in Landscape Picture Style with an exposure of 1/640 sec at f/14 and ISO 400.
But, and this is most important bit: Most of this blog’s readers don’t really care about the business of photography or, at least, don’t care for my opinions on this subject. Instead, they care about how to make photographs, not how to make money making photographs.
But I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll email a PDF of my semi-autobiographical eBook about the business of photography for free to you or anybody else who wants it. I never got around to finishing all the cosmetics on the eBook—because nobody cares—and the only person who has read it, John Larsen, says there are a few glitches. If you don‘t mind a few cosmetic faux pas the book is yours.