How to Make Money With Senior Portrait Photography

Both parents and students are willing to pay a lot ofof mouth is a great form of advertising but it will not
money for senior portraits, so getting into portraitbe enough when you are just starting out. You will
photography can bring in a great deal of extrawant to set up a website which has both past work
income if you know what you are doing. Here areyou have done and contact information. Then you
some helpful tips to make sure you get top dollar forneed to drive traffic to that website with articles like
the work you do with your digital camera.this one and social bookmarking and a whole host of
First of all, you need to build up your portfolio withother advertising options. Try putting a post in your
great images. Even if you have to do some sessionslocal Craigslist classifieds and put an advertisement in
for free, it will help to get some solid, quality imagesyour local newspaper as well. If even one job is a
in your portfolio. I have been making money withresults it will be worth your time.
photography for 10 years now and I have learnedAnd thirdly, be creative and relaxed with your clients.
that the number one factor in getting the client toDuring the senior portrait photo session get to know
hire you will be your portfolio. If your pictures stinkthe client and get them to open up be showing them
or you do not have any sample pictures to showthat you are relaxed as well. If you are nervous and
them, you will not be hired. Simple as that. The morejittery, they will feel the same way, and nothing ruins
time and effort you put into creating a book ofa shoot like awkwardness. Tell a few jokes, shoot in
photos you are proud of the more money you willdifferent locations and be interested in your client as
earn.you photograph them. After all, you want them to
Second, you need to get some good contacts. Wordlook as natural as possible.