Lindi Holly Photography

The talk for this week came from one of the teachers, Lindi Holly. The talk primarily revovled around how to start your own photography business, as well as a description of her business

Points brought up include;

• Keep the business name you pick simple, more often just your name with photography on the end works best.
• Have a simple website that minimises clutter. Also use blogs, good way to get your name out there.
• Dont show/give the client everything you shoot, obviously cull it down.
  

When it comes to costing there were a few points brought up

• Always charge a small retainer up front to get them to commit.
• Albums are where the real money is, avoid just giving prints or negs
• Try to get them into the studio as they will be more likely to buy extras in a face to face situation

She also discussed the legal side of setting up a business such as GST, ABN etc but this is covered in Business studies so i wont repeat it here.