Digital Photography Money Making Tip #7
There are so many ways you can make money with digital photography. Have you considered weddings?
One route is to contact wedding planners and negotiate a deal. Wedding planners are in a position to recommend a great many services to brides and wedding parties, so a good relationship with a wedding planner can be your key to great success.
However, professional wedding planners will work only with experienced, well established photographers. They don't want to risk getting a bad reputation by recommending a service that is less than stellar. You will need a wedding portfolio and possibly testimonials from satisfied wedding parties before you can make inroads with a wedding planner.
If you are not yet at that point, there are other ways to establish your digital photography service for weddings.
First, if you have no wedding portfolio, offer your service to a bride in return for a testimonial. Be sure you keep the copyright on your pictures so you can use them to create a portfolio. You might locate a bride within your circle of friends or family, or through networking activities.
With at least one wedding under your belt and with a nice testimonial, start looking for other weddings to photograph. Word of mouth is always good, but you might also check the wedding announcements in your local newspaper.
Contact the bride and offer your services. Send a promotional package by mail or try reaching her by telephone. You might also offer your services for photographing related wedding events, such as bridal showers, the rehearsal dinner, the gift opening event the morning after and so on. Also, consider offering to take photographs at the bride's home earlier in the day prior to the wedding. You can get lovely candid shots of attendants helping the bride with her veil, flower girls primping in front of the mirror, etc.
Other suggestions for marketing your services include contacting florists, limousine rental services, wedding chapels, tuxedo rental services, boutiques selling wedding wear, bakeries specializing in wedding cakes, and so on. See if you can leave your pamphlets or brochures, or make an arrangement for a referral fee.
Here's one more suggestion for offering a unique digital photography service for weddings. Pair up with a scrapartist and offer a unique product - a wedding scrapbook or memory album. Contact a local scrapbook store to start the search for a scrapartist. You might find the store manager is interested in pairing with you for this sort of project.
Here is one last piece of advice if you're pursuing wedding digital photography. Always remember that it's all about the bride. Make her happy and everything else will go well.
This is just one money making suggestion. Check the article list for more ways to make money with digital photography.
Thank You!
June Campbell
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