I just scheduled a wedding to shoot next summer. With the deposit money I got; I am going to be able to purchase an AWESOME template for a new website. The website that I currently have is kind of boring. I have it more or less to just get some basic info out there, but the picture quality when the photos are uploaded is terrible! I am hesitant to give out my web address, because of how basic it really is, it is almost embarrassing! So, this new template I have had my eye on for awhile is amazing. It is really ridiculous how much it costs for a template~$300! It gets really frustrating trying to get a business started with limited funds. I have made decent money over the last year, but it has been spent on studio lights, backdrops, lenses, and so much more. It seems that it will be forever until we see a true profit from all of this!
This new website will also open other doors for me. It has a client preview feature as well as a shopping cart(through pay pal), so I can do some other work as well, not just portraits. My intention is to go to the "younger" ballgames and post them on the site, so that parents can get pictures of their kids "in action". I think this is going to work out well, because the paper only covers the Varsity games, I will do from 7th grade on up, on my own time and sell those through this new website.
I am really hoping that by doing that, it will help to open up other doors as well. I figure since people will be checking the site out for the sports pictures they will hopefully browse through the other stuff, and I can schedule some portrait sessions that way as well. I am also hoping to get some other prints up for sale as well. Things like landscapes and my macro work and so on...
For being a pessimist, I am quite hopeful...Wish me luck:) Stay tuned for the new site!
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