Headshot Photography Business Resources

Free reference articles and videos for photographers building a headshot business. Each one is built to be a single-serving lesson, something you can bookmark and come back to when you need it, on pricing, bidding, marketing, and the rest of the stuff nobody teaches you. New ones go up every week.

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How to Get Repeat Corporate Photography Clients

A company that hires you for event photography, a headshot booth or event headshots, or video may need those services again next quarter or next year. They already know you. They know how you work. If you did a great job and made their lives easier, you have a huge advantage.

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How to Build a Reusable Headshot Background System

As headshot photographers, we all deal with this: a client needs a background matched down the road, and there's no good way to do it without hoping the original backdrop is still around. Here's the system I use instead.

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How to run an on-location team headshot shoot

Most team headshot days don't fail because of bad lighting. They fail because nobody confirmed the room, planned for the late arrival, or thought about the guy who forgot his tie. Here's the full system, from the first email to the last person out the door.

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How To Price Volume headshots - 3 tips

Most pricing arguments about headshots come from people who don't shoot much volume work. Here's how I actually price team headshots versus event headshots, including the one shift in approach that makes event pricing way less of a headache.

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How to bid on big headshot jobs

Getting a corporate headshot inquiry and not sure how to respond? Here's exactly how to bid on headshot jobs, from response time to what to include in your quote.

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