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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Photography Business - With Companion CD - ROM

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Although this book specifically targets a photography business I found it most useful for other businesses as well. Whatever business one sets up there are certain principles and steps that must be taken. For example: writing a business plan, determining start-up equipment and costs, building the vision, setting up the business, and marketing. The gem in this book is that the first two sections discuss the life of a photographer and questions on why to start the photography business.

Both authors are photographers themselves so come from experience in the trade. Their writing is concise, simple, and valuable. It is written to a beginner with much understanding. I would recommend this book to anyone contemplating going on their own in the photography business. I believe the content of this book will either solidify the intent or convince the reader to move on to something else. Thumbs up on this one!

I almost bought this book, but ended up getting it from the library. I'm glad I didn't buy it. It's really only good for a very high level overview. You can start your research with this book, but expect to be digging for details in a number of other places. This book is very light on specifics.

The files on the CD are very generic, just like the book. I was hoping to see a real example of a photography start-up business plan. Instead, what you get is a Word document with a bunch of placeholders... a template basically. There's also a sample invoice, which is also basically a template... like I haven't seen a generic invoice before.

The book is punctuated with "case studies" of successful photographers that read more like advertisements for the contributors than tips for success. Most of the "case studies" are not really relevant to the text they accompany. Why are they even in there?

In summary, my advice would be to save your money and look elsewhere. If you want to read this book for a high level overview, check your local library or thumb through it at a bookstore. This book is just not worth the money.

The business plan and forms are a good foundation for starting and running a successful business. I have been an amateur photographer for a number of years, but didn't have the knowledge to make my hobby into a business. With this book, I found the resources available and the steps necessary to start a business.

The internet is such an important part of a successful business and I found the instructions and examples to be very helpful in that part of getting a business started. This book gives you the information you need and saves time and money in trying to research this information on your own. I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to start their own photography business.

How to open & operate a financially successfu photography business

Bryan Rose

ISBN: 978-1-60138-018-0

Atlantic Publishing

Do you love taking photographs? Have you ever thought of starting a photography business but not sure how to start? Well grab a copy of How to open & operate a Fiancially Successful Photography Business by Bryan Rose. You can't go wrong with it. It gives you the basic information on how to go about to start your business along with the laws that are to be followed.

It starts with the business plan, determining start-up cost and equipment. Building the vision of the business and how to successfully market the business to make a profit.

The best part is the author are in the photography business as well and have the experience in their business. The book is straight to the point and has no nonsense included. It is written for the average person to be able to understand all the concepts. I will recommend this book to anyone wanting to open their own business, as I believe this is the best book out their on starting the business even if it is not Photography, it will still help anyone figure out just what they are getting into.I especially like the Cd that is included as it gives even more information then just what the book has. I give this book a 10 as it is the greatest around. Bryan Rose, you outdone yourself.