How to Start Your Own Home Photography Business

If you are looking for a new way to generate income to pay off some debt, or you lost your job, a photography business is pretty simple to start with low overhead costs. There are a few things you need to do to start your own home photography business.

The first thing you should do is evaluate which part of photography you want to focus on. Do you have a knack for taking portraits? My wife specializes in high school senior pictures and family portraits. She has a natural ability to position people just right. She will think of numerous poses off the top of her head.

Maybe you like taking pictures of objects like cars, houses, or buildings. Or you think that you can tackle weddings because you are good with lighting and taking charge of challenging situations. Figure out your niche and focus on that.

Once you have that figured out, you can asses what equipment you already have and what you will need. For portraits, a low end DSLR will do just fine. My wife started out with the least expensive DSLR camera we could find. It was a 6 megapixel Pentax that cost $400. You can spend well over a grand for a camera but that is not necessary when you are starting out. Our Pentax did a great job.

We didn't have money to invest in a flash so we borrowed a friends. You will want to have a backup camera with you at all times. My wife will bring our point and shoot digital camera just in case something happens to the other camera. Make sure to buy extra memory cards and batteries. If your camera comes with a rechargeable battery, buy and extra one and always have it charged up. Nothing worse then being on a shoot and running out of power!

Now you will want to figure out where your business is going to come from. Start out with family and friends. You can take some free photos of family members to build up your portfolio and gain experience. If you want to get into real estate photography, you can find a top producing agent and offer to take free pics of one of their listings. If they like you, that one agent could keep you fairly busy.

At some point, you will want to get a website together but you don't need one when starting out. You can show off your work with websites such as Smugmug where you pay a yearly fee. Putting up a WordPress site is easy and inexpensive. You can purchase a domain name for around ten dollars and hosting can cost as little as five dollars a month. It is good to have a website to show off your work and makes it easy to advertise the domain name.

These are the basics for how to start your own photography business. Photography is great because it is flexible and the start up costs are low.

My wife supplements our income by taking senior pictures and family portraits. She is able to bring in extra money even while taking care of our small children due to the flexibility of this business.

If you have a passion for photography and have some skills, this might be a great business opportunity.

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