Biz (395 pages in category)  

1. $100 Wedding  What happens when somebody wants to pay me only $100 for their wedding
2. $9 per hour  Reactions to a Craig's list post of looking for an assistant for $9/hr
3. 0% Financing  How to get 0% financing
4. 25% Off  Usually I don't like to give discounts, but this time I gave 25% off, Why?
5. 32Gb Flash Card  How to corrupt photo flash cards
6. 640k  Quote from Bill Gates about hardware
7. A Friend In Need  A customer of mine went bankrupt and now needs my help
8. A Sucker's Born Everyday  Many photographers are suckers, they buy a camera because such and such photographer uses...
9. A Very Wise Wacko  Wisdom come from many people, even the unexpected one
10. Advertising vs. Marketing  What's the difference between advertising and marketing
11. Aggressive Pricing  How much can you charge, a lot if you ask the right question
12. All Things Being Equal  When people compare, they always talk about all things being equal, but they are not
13. Alligators  Alligators and competition
14. Amateur photographer vs. professional photographer  How do I differentiate myself as a professional photographer from an amateur
15. An Army March On Its Stomach  How to treat people around you
16. Anonymous Guilty Party  I've been holding on, but I couldn't resist anymore. At least the guilty parties will remain anonymous
17. Another one from the Dumb Department  Some people are dumb, they decide to stand-up for their rights when the cop has a gun and is willing to use it
18. Appointment with the Vet  People are not listening, even when I say the most outrageous things
19. Archival vs. 200 years  The right choice of word will help sell photos
20. Are You A Yes Man Or A No Man  When somebody asks a question, how do answer: Yes or No
21. Are You Believable?  As a photographer are you trustworthy?
22. Are You Missing Some Sales?  Because he forgot, a friend of mine lost $3500 in licensing fees
23. Are You Selling A Service or Are You Selling Photos?  Are you selling a service or are you selling photos. Hint you make more money selling a service
24. Are You Selling The Steak Or The Sizzle?  What are selling? The steak or the sizzle or why are paparazzi raking all the money
25. Ask For The Order  Quote from Michael Bloomberg
26. Audit  5 years ago, I was audited by the tax people. The audit took 45 minutes only
27. Baby On Board  Why do people place the baby on board sticker on their car? Will I crash in a tree instead of their car?
28. Backups: Real World  Backup is important, but do you know if it works? Only a bare metal recovery will tell you
29. Badmouthing The Competition  Never badmouth your competition, but you can differentiate yourself from your competition
30. Bailout  Both GM and Chrysler are getting their bailout, where's mine?
31. Bamboozle  Are you reading carefully the fine print? This is were they will get you
32. Becoming A Professional Photographer  Another great cartoon from What The Duck on becoming a professional photographer
33. Being A Pro  What does it mean to be a professional photographer?
34. Being True To Yourself  What does it mean to be true to yourself. But do you know who you are?
35. Benchmarks  Before doing changes, you need to have a baseline to evaluate the changes
36. Billings  Many photographers complain about how long it takes to be paid, but are you doing your accounting?
37. Blackmail  A customer refuses to pay for photos unless she gets more than was agreed
38. Boring  Doing the accounting is boring but it's critical to know how much you have to pay and who owes you money
39. Borrow  Quote about borrowing photos
40. Build A Brand  Can photographers build a brand?
41. Build Your Portfolio  How to build your portfolio according to what The Duck
42. Burn Rate  Venture funds use the burn rate metric to judge their investments, but photographers should use the burn rate in a different way
43. Business Curse  Brand new, innovative way of collecting from a customer
44. Camera-advice  
45. Cameras and Competition  How much competition do photographers have?
46. Can I Get A Copy?  What the duck had this great cartoon for when people ask: "Can I get a copy of that?"
47. Can I Sell These Photos?  The most difficult part in becoming a professional photographer is starting. Where and How?
48. Can You Help Me Justify Spending This Much?  Why hide the prices, especially when it will be expensive, justify it.
49. Can You Shut Up?  Often photographers talk themselves out of a job. They need to learn to shut-up
50. Can You Take Criticism?  Can you take criticism? How do you deal with criticism?
51. Can't Afford To Go Out Of Business  When customers ask for discount, and I don't want to give them the discount, I say...
52. Can't Win?: Change The Rules  What should photographers do when they have to compete
53. Canceled Shoot  One of the most often used scam on photographers is cancelling the photo shoot and then asking for a refund
54. Canon-7d-almost-review  
55. Cash For Clunkers  The cash for clunkers program, from the US government just ended for car buyers. That doesn't mean that the program has ended for you.
56. Cash Is King  Cash is the most important measure, not AR or AP but cash
57. Cashmere Sweaters  The recession is here, but Kos men's wear boutique is not lowering its prices
58. Charging for Travel  There are great debates about whether photographers should charge for travel or not, here's mine
59. Cheapskates  Choose your customers carefully. Only deal with customers that will pay
60. Christian Science Monitor  The newspapers are folding, retreating, laying off. Now the Christian Science monitor is going to the online model only
61. Clean Socks  How you present yourself is very important when you are a photographer
62. Clearance Sale  Are you giving discounts? Then customers will ask for more discounts
63. CNN Trade Secrets  How to become a photojournalist according to CNN
64. Comparative Advantage  Quote from Peter Peterson of the Blackstone Group
65. Compete With A Lower Priced Photographer  How do you compete when the next photographer is cheaper than you
66. Compete With Free  How do you compete when the next photographer give his photos for free
67. Complaint Department  How to deal with customers that complain about your photos
68. Copyrights Warning  Often people update some information on their website, but forget to update the copyright dates
69. Corrupted Techie  Techie destroys computers and files at my largest customer
70. Cost Cutting  A customer wants me cut my prices, so I examine what cost I can cut
71. Cost of Doing Business — Part 1  Do you know how much it cost you to stay in business?
72. Cost The Same  The cost of producing a photo is the same if you do a good job or a bad job, but the customer will notice
73. Costs In Producing Photos  Do you know how much it cost to produce a photo
74. Coward  Since 11-Sep-2001, I have become a coward and don't stand for my rights when a rent-a-cop threatens...
75. Craft fairs: a waste of time?  Is it worthwhile to have a booth at craft fairs
76. Craft Fairs: How To Ignore Customers  I was at Granville Island and saw photographers with booth ignoring potential customers
77. Craig's List  Craig’s list is free, but do you want to be associated with all the cheapskates
78. Credit Cards  When to use a credit card and when not to use them as a professional photographer
79. CRM vs. CEM  Are you building relationships with your customers or are you trying to eliminate your customers
80. Customer Finally Sees The Light  A very common problem for photographers is when the customer bought photos and now want to use the photo for other things without paying more
81. Customer Service  How do photographers provide customer service
82. Cutting Corners  Quote from Rob Haggart, a photo editor
83. Daylight Saving Time  Daylight Saving Time is here, but have you updated your cameras?
84. Daylight Saving Time — Fall 2009  Now is the fall 2009 and you have changed the time on your computers, what about your cameras?
85. Daylight Saving Time — Spring 2009  Now is the spring 2009 and you have changed the time on your computers, what about your cameras
86. Deadbeats  How to deal with deadbeat customers
87. Deadlines  One case where my customer didn't care about the deadlines or I though so, but
88. Deflation  Recession and deflation are scary words and concept, learn from an industry that lives with it for the last 25 years
89. Delays  I am a procrastinator, new year’s resolutions
90. Delusions of grandeur  Some organizations have delusions of grandeur and think that the whole world revolve around them
91. Didn't Get The Photo Shoot  My advice on what to do if you don't get the photo shoot
92. Discount: YouTube  A YouTube video that would be extremely funny if it did not hit so close to home
93. Discounts  I don't like giving discounts but instead I will give extras
94. Discounts, Discounts  I've never been a fan of discounts and here is my latest weapon
95. Do As I Say  Newspaper are laying off staff, complaining about the world but they pilferage the copyrights of writers and photographers
96. Do You Know What You Are Talking About?  Anybody can open a new blog and claim expertise because they saw once a professional photographer
97. Do You Know Your Customers?  Who's your customers and what do you know about them
98. Do You Specialize?  Do you have a specialty? Why not?
99. Doing Wedding Photography?  The life of wedding photographers is tough. No testing, no trial, only one day and it must be done right. No second chance. what happens when you screw-up?
100. Drunk  I was doing a photo shoot at a customer, and an employee was drunk
101. Dumb Email  Why are some photographers sending dumb emails?
102. Earn More  How to earn more by just doing a better job of showing your photos
103. Editing Your Photos  Why is there so many bad photos on the web. People forget the editing process
104. Email Auto Responders  Examples of emails auto responders
105. Email Checklist  Do you have an email check list?
106. Email Errors  Quote about email errors
107. Email For Blackberry Users  Email suggestions for BlackBerry users
108. Email Statistics 2008 - Part 1  Email stats — Part 1
109. Email Statistics 2008 - Part 2  Email stats — part 2
110. Email Subject Lines  Various email subject lines and how successful they were
111. Emotional Bonus  Quote from Seth Godin
112. EppicSurf.com  How eppicsurf.com, a website, make money selling surfing photos
113. Everyone Can Be A Professional Photographer!  Click, click and now you are a professional photographer
114. Expensive Restaurant  What to do when an expensive restaurant screws up
115. Expert  Quote from Neils Bohr
116. Facebook  Should photographers have pages on Facebook, I don't like Facebook
117. Fear Uncertainty & Doubt  Fear Uncertainty & Doubt and how you can use it in your photo business
118. Firing a photographer  Are you in time for your customers, your fellow photographers?
119. Flash Only Websites  What I think about flash only websites
120. Follow Ups  Are you following up after giving a quote?
121. Free Photos  Here are my conditions for giving my photos for free
122. Free Publicity  How to get free publicity for a photographer
123. Freebies — Part 2  How do I deal with Freebies after I give them to the customer — Part 2
124. Friends and Discounts  A friend asked me make photos. Now what? How much of a discount to give her?
125. Gatekeeper  Executive always have gatekeepers, how to reach them
126. Gathering Information  There are so many things to remember when I talk to a potential client that I made a form for it
127. Get Sales Up  Quote from Nelson Peltz
128. Getting Rich  What does it take to become rich or to become a professional photographer?
129. Getting Screwed  A photographer friend gave some of his photos to a charity which in turn gave them away to their sponsor a very big and large corporation
130. Getting Side-Swiped  Photographers are sometime used to get other business done on the corporate ladder
131. Getting The Appointment  A review of the book "Successful Self Promotion" by Elyse Weissberg
132. Getty Confidential Information: Part 1  Getty Confidential Report — Part 1
133. Getty Confidential Information: Part 2  Getty Confidential Report — Part 2
134. Gift Cards  The great benefit of giving away gift cards
135. Gifts  People always love gifts, especially when not expected
136. Give Up Your Shirt  Quote from Marc McCutcheon
137. Gone Bust  A photographer that I know just closed his studio
138. Good Debt — Bad Debt  Debt, some are good, some are bad
139. Groupies and the D300s  Last year when the Nikon announced the Nikon D90, the press and the bloggers were raving about this camera sight unseen. Now with the Nikon D300s, nothing, why?
140. Groupies and the D90  Groupies reaction to Nikon D90 without even seeing it or even trying it
141. Groupies and the D90 — Part 2  A review of what happened 2 weeks later after the announcement of the Nikon D90
142. Harassment  Some people love to harass and destroy any good atmosphere
143. He's a Thief  Some photographers have no problem from stealing from their customers
144. Headshots  So many headshots, and very few are inspiring but there is always Ben Baker to show you how it's done properly
145. Hooligans  Hooligans pan the Nikon D3x without even trying it or even testing it
146. Horizontal or Vertical  Do you shoot mostly horizontal photos or vertical photos
147. Hourly Rates  Why you shouldn't charge by the hours on a photo shoot
148. How Can I Help?  When I answer the phone I always say "How can I help?"
149. How Low Can It Go?  With the price of photos going to less than a penny per photo, how can you be cheaper than that?
150. How Low Can You Go?  Getting me to lower my prices? I didn't but still gave the customer a break
151. How Many Quotes?  How many quotes to send? I always gave 3 quotes to cover the "elcheapo" and the "deluxe"
152. How Much to Charge?  When somebody turns professional, one of the first question is: How much to charge?
153. How NOT To Lose  I'm not going to get the job, so what should I do? Recommend somebody else
154. How Often Should You Promote?  Further praiseS for the book "Successful Self Promotion" by Elyse Weissberg
155. How To Become An Excellent Photographer In A Week  How to become an excellent photographer in a week without using your camera
156. How To Charge Full Price  How somebody charges full price when all the competitors are slashing the prices with 30% to 60% discounts.
157. How To Make $1,000 A Week In Your Spare Time From Your Photography  Another get rich quick scheme targeted toward photographers
158. How To Piss Customers Off — Part 2  Do you really need to piss customers off — Part 2
159. How To Piss Customers Off — Part 3  Do you really need to piss customers off — Part 3
160. How To Say No  Sometime I have to turn down business, how do I do it without antagonizing the could have been customer
161. How to Start as a Pro?  How do you start as professional photographer? Some photographers are lucky. The rest of us work hard.
162. How's Business?  It's the first question people ask and everyone lies
163. I Am A Purist  Some photographers are pretentious
164. I Am Sure  Being sure and negotiating prices
165. I don't really like it  A customer decides that suddenly he doesn't like it so he can use his nephew instead
166. I Tried Doing It Myself  The customer tried to take her own photos and it didn't work. Now what?
167. I Want To Pay More Taxes  I'm happy to pay my income tax
168. I'll Get Paid, When They Get Paid  This guy wants to pay me, maybe, but only if he gets paid
169. Ideas For Stock  Where to get photo ideas for stock
170. Idiots at the Helm  What's your business? What kind of business do you have long term if your goal is to screw the customer?
171. Increased Income: Fees vs. Hours  Should you work more hours or should increase your fees
172. Increased Income: Working Longer Hours  How many hours more can you work to increase your income
173. Industry Standards  Using industry standards to raise your prices
174. Input vs. Output  Relationship between work and earnings
175. Internet: Delivery vs. Source  Quote from Mort Rosenblum
176. Inventory  The inventory of photographers is made of all the photos done and ready to be sold
177. Inventory Turnover  How often are you reselling the same photo?
178. Is The Customer Always Right?  You must always agree with the customer's feelings
179. Is The Sky Falling?  Listening to the media we have reached the end of the world, but photographers are still working...
180. Is This A Good Workshop?  Jane, a friend, wants to improve her photography so she asked for my advice on wether she should take this workshop.
181. Is Your Camera Approved?  If you want to do stock by the big boys you need the right toys, I mean cameras
182. It's Just A Thought  How do I present my ideas and alterntives without forcing them on the "could be a customer"
183. John Lund's Interview With Charlie Holland  John Lund interviewed Charlie Holland and should be mandatory reading for anybody that's interested in stock photography
184. Just Plain Luck  Luck is so important
185. Keep Your Copyrights  To have more information about copyrights go to the Columbia Law School website
186. Keeping Your Eyes On The Ball  I often get distracted and have to get myself back working on the business
187. Keeping Your Eyes On The Ball — Part 2  Can you keep your eyes on the ball? Can you live with the consequences?
188. Knowns & Unknowns  What do you know? What you don't know
189. Lawyers and Contracts  As photographers when are always involved with contract, either from us the photographers or from the buyer/customer
190. Layoffs  What you should know when you will fire, I mean let go, people
191. Lead Horse to Water  My suggestions for the car industry
192. Lemmings  On the web most blogs only repeat what others have said — Part 2
193. Lemmings At Work: Feb 2009  On the web most blogs only repeat what others have said — Part 1
194. Let's See How  Let's see how we can make this work. That should be your starting position
195. Liability Insurance  Do you have liability insurance and how to use it against your competition
196. Liable For Links  If the SEC gets its way, you will be liable for links on your website
197. Lightroom 2.3 Has NOT been Released  Contrarily to what many bloggers say, Lightroom 2.3 has not been released yet, it was only the beta
198. Limited Print Editions  What's a limited print edition?
199. Long Term Relationship  I really hate this expression. It's the red flag that they want to "screw" me
200. Losing Money  Can you be a professional photographer and lose money
201. Lost Photos  A friend of mine lost the compact flash card of a photo shoot
202. Lots of Visitors but Low Sales  I have been taking soccer photos of my kids and their team mates for years and giving them away. This year, I put my photos on SmugMug and posted over 10,000 photos for this season. I've had plenty of visitors but sales are dismal.
203. Lottery  The importance of luck when having a blog or doing anything on the Internet
204. Loving It Is Enough  Is loving it enough? a cartoon from What the Duck
205. Lower Risk  Quote from Zhang Xin of Soho China
206. Lowering My Rates  In time of recession, should I lower my rates
207. Luxurious Wedding Photographer  How do the high end wedding photographers get there
208. Magazines & Newspapers Going Out of Business  The Internet is supposed to be the death of the publishing industry, but some are growing and prospering, why?
209. Make Your Own Luck  Some photographers are more lucky than others, mostly the lucky photographers make their own luck
210. Manners  Why do so many professional photographers have bad manners?
211. Manual for Camera  The discovery of the manual for an old camera: the Canon EOS Elan
212. Meeting Canceled  It's the 3rd time in a row that I just had a meeting canceled and rescheduled
213. Mistakes  What does experience means
214. Money Back Guarantees  GM is offering 100% money back guarantee. what can photographers learn from it
215. Money Money  Some photographers are more successful than others, why?
216. Moo Business Cards  I ordered 50 moo cards, for $30, expensive but well worth it
217. More With Less  Work more, get paid less
218. Mystery Customer  What are the benefits of having a mystery customer
219. Naivety  So many young people do and say stupid things on the web, and forget that what's on the web stays there forever
220. New Year Planning  It's a new year, it's time to start planning your photography
221. Nikon D3x  Many people rant about the Nikon D3x. Do they know what they are writing about?
222. No Free Lunch  Steward Brand vs Steve Wozniak at the first Hackers Conference in 1984 and how it still affect us, photographers, today.
223. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished  A photographer friend of mine helped a friend and now got punished for doing a favour
224. Non Compete Agreements  Another useless non compete agreement that means nothing and is not worth the lawyers fees
225. Not Close Enough  quote from Robert Capa
226. Not Even In The League  Everybody, and their dog, thinks that a camera's all you need to get into the photography business.
227. Obama's Coronation  What can photographers learn from Obama's coronation
228. Obnoxious Photographer  Why are some photographers so obnoxious?
229. Oh By The Way  Watch out when customers use the Colombo’s Oh By The Way
230. Old Computers, Old Software  Should you update your older computer with the older software?
231. Only 1 customer  Would your attitude change if you only had one customer?
232. Outsourcing  Many people use outsourcing, but then they complain when they get outsourced themselves
233. Overhead  Knowing and controlling your overheads is what will make the difference between staying in business or not
234. Overhead Costs  Keeping track of your overhead for operating a photography business
235. Overseas Shoot  Here's another scam about photographers and overseas photo shoot
236. Paparazzi  Why are paparazzi making so much more money than other photographers
237. Perfect Storm  Only incompetents use the excuse of the perfect storm
238. Personal Project  I'm looking for my own photo personal project and don't know yet which one to take on
239. Photo Contracts  Today we live in a very litigious world and as photographers we need to be protected
240. Photo Ideas  Where to get ideas for photos
241. Photo Pixels  Quote on what photo pixels are
242. Photographer vs. Plumber  Comparison between a photographer and a plumber
243. Photographers and Gloves  It's cold out there, especially for photographers. There's not real good solution, except mine of course.
244. Photographers: Recession Proof?  What does it mean to be recession-proof?
245. Photography Forums  Here's a list of various forums that deal with the business of photography
246. Photography Websites: What Buyers Want  What do photo buyers want, and how not to alienate them
247. Photography Wedding Business Survey  2008/2009 survey of wedding photographers
248. Photos — Facebook Size  Posting photos on the Internet. People will steal, copy and print them. Here are some of my suggestions.
249. Photoshop Piracy  Photoshop is the most pirated software because of Adobe's attitude and pricing
250. Pick A Niche  What your photo niche
251. Pissing Match  There are only losers in a pissing match, nobody wins, so stay away
252. Please Do Not Reply To This E-Mail  Why do they send emails that say Please do not reply to this e-mail
253. Policies For Customers  What are your policies when dealing with customers
254. Postcards  The lowly postcard, one of your best advertising tool
255. Predictions  Here are my 2009 predictions, and they are the same as last year
256. Predictions 2010  2009 is almost finished, everybody makes the predictable predictions for 2010. So here are my predictions, kind of.
257. Price Of A Photo  How do you price a photo, what price should you charge
258. Pricing Don't Explain  You don't have to explain your pricing. If you explain, they can argue with it
259. Pricing for 1/2 Page: Corporate Use  Prices for corporate use of photos: 1/2 page
260. Pricing for 1/4 Page: Corporate Use  Prices for corporate use of photos: 1/4 page
261. Pricing for Full Page: Corporate Use  Prices for corporate use of photos: full page
262. Pricing Front Cover Page: Corporate Use  Prices for corporate use of photos: front cover page
263. Professional Photographer Skills  People skills are the most underrated requirements to be a professional photographer
264. Profit & Loss or Cash Flow  Should you look at your profit and loss or at your cash flow
265. Profits  The higher your rates, the higher your credibility
266. Proofsheets  Proofsheets are a poor way of showing photos to your customers unless they are themselves professionals
267. Publication Prices  Web resources for pricing your photos
268. Pursue Customers  How to follow up after sending an email
269. Questions For 2010  This is already January 2010. Photography is a tough business, prices are going down, competition is growing and the market is expanding significantly. How do you get your piece of the pie?
270. Raise Your Prices  Why should photographers raise their prices
271. Raising Prices  How to raise your prices
272. Reaching Customers  To be a photo business, you must have customers
273. Read The Darn Contract  Since it's a brand new customer, I read the contract, the contract and guess what I found in the payment terms section?
274. Referrals  Referrals can come from the most unexpected value
275. Religion  Religion has not part of business, so keep it that way
276. Rentals  Renting photos by the month
277. Replacement Camera  What's your backup camera
278. Reply To Lowball Offer  What to do when there is a lowball offer?
279. Retouching vs. Enhanced  Are you retouching your photos or are you enhancing your photos
280. Returning a Canon 1DsMk3  A friend of mine bought and returned a Canon 1DsMk3, the camera was too good for his business
281. Returning a Canon 1DsMk3  A friend of mine bought and returned a Canon 1DsMk3, the camera was too good for his business
282. Returning Phone Calls  How prompt are you at returning phone calls
283. Revisiting Groupies and the D90  Photo bloggers have a mob mentality instead of thinking for themselves
284. Revisiting Groupies and the D90  Photo bloggers have a mob mentality instead of thinking for themselves
285. Revisiting Returning a Canon 1DsMk3  Looking back at a friend of mine bought and returned a Canon 1DsMk3, the camera was too good for his business
286. Revisiting Returning a Canon 1DsMk3  Looking back at a friend of mine bought and returned a Canon 1DsMk3, the camera was too good for his business
287. Revisiting: $100 Wedding  Here is again what happens when somebody wants to pay only $100 for me to do their wedding
288. Road Photography  How Killboy is marketing their photos
289. Rolex Watches  There are many large brands like Seiko, Citizen, Swatch... that make "better" watches
290. Running A Photo Business From Home  What do you need to run a photo business from home
291. Running Out Of Money  The leading cause of failure of startups is death, and death happens when you run out of money
292. Rush Jobs  Low paying rush photo shoots are the bane of photographers
293. Satisfaction Guaranteed  Customer satisfaction starts with communicating with the customer
294. Schmexpert  There are many schmexperts but so few people actually doing
295. School of Stock  A great resource for stock photographers
296. Screw Your Customers  Why do some corporations insist on screwing their customers
297. Sell More  You can earn more either by doing more photo shoot or by raising the price of your photo shoot
298. Selling A Commodity  what are you selling commodity or do you bring value with your photos
299. Selling Photos on eBay  Many photographers sell their prints on eBay
300. Selling The Problem  What are you selling? Are your photos the solution to their problems
301. SEO  Search engine Optimization for photographers
302. Set Your Hourly Rate Where You Really Want It  Freelanceswitch.com advise to steal from your customers
303. Setting Prices  How do you set your prices, by the hour, by the day or by the photo
304. Show Yourself As A Professional  Do you show yourself as a professional. amateurs never use or even know what's a grey card
305. Shut Up!  Too often, I keep on talking when I should keep quiet and loose the sale
306. Silent Auctions  Silent auctions are a great way of promoting your photo business
307. Slice and Dice  David Kirkland specialize in a tiny market and makes a very good living at it
308. Small and Medium Businesses  Press release from iStockPhoto about small and medium businesses
309. Smart vs. Lucky  Are you smart or lucky. Personally, I'd prefer to be lucky
310. Sold Out  With your website, you should give as much information as possible
311. Somebody Told Me I Should...  Waffling customers are hard to deal with
312. Soul  quote from Ted Grant
313. Specialties  What's your photo specialties
314. Spitting In The Soup  Never spit in the soup, and don't bad-mouth your customers or you'll end up like the newspapers
315. Squirrels  How far can you specialize. Some photographers specialize in Squirrels
316. Staff Photographers  Almost all staff photographers are gone, now what?
317. Starbucks  I used to always go to Starbucks, now not anymore
318. Staying In Business  How I am staying in business in spite of the recession
319. Stealing Keywords  Find out which keywords other photographers use
320. Stealing Photos  somebody has copied your photos and posted them on their website. What to do?
321. Stop Wasting Time  Realize when people are just kicking the tires and will buy your photo services — Part 1
322. Stop Wasting Time — Part 2  Realize when people are just kicking the tires and will buy your photo services — Part 2
323. Strangled  I was Downtown Vancouver, BC, trying to take street photos when somebody tried to strangle me and mug me.
324. Stupid Racist  why did I have coffee with a stupid racist? I didn't know that he was an anti-semite when we started.
325. Suckers  The famous quote from PT Barnum
326. Supply & Demand Revisited  How photographers are affected by the law of supply and demand
327. Supply And Demand  The standard economist theory of supply and demand. As a photographer, by selling services I limit the supply
328. Take or Make Photos  Are you taking photos or are you making photos
329. Take The High Road  Whenever there's an argument, take the high road
330. Tamrac AeroSpeed 85 Backpack  I don't do too many reviews, because I only review what I buy. I'm a backpack freak and I bought the Tamrac Aerospeed 85 backpack. It was on sale.
331. Taxes  I'm happy to pay my taxes because it means that I made a profit
332. Telephone Cold Calls  I hate doing telephone cold calls
333. Telephone: Ears vs. Mouth  When you are on the phone, how much do you talk vs. listening
334. Thank You Note  Always send handwritten Thank You notes, people will appreciate it
335. Thank You Note After Meeting  I had the meeting with the 'could become a customer' now I need to sit tight and wait
336. The Big Launch  Many photographers try to have a big launch. Here's my experience on how to loose money with a big launch
337. The Check Is In The Mail - part 1  The long saga of being paid by a reluctant manager — part 1
338. The Check Is In The Mail - part 2  The long saga of being paid by a reluctant manager — part 2
339. The Check Is In The Mail - part 3  The long saga of being paid by a reluctant manager — part 3
340. The Check Is In The Mail - part 4  The long saga of being paid by a reluctant manager — part 4
341. The Cloud Is Falling  Are you sure that this is the end of the world for photographers?
342. The Customer Is The Enemy!  How do you treat your customers
343. The Fountainhead  People always ask me which camera, which lens they should buy
344. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly  How not to treat customers who buy over the Internet
345. The Information Age and Photography  What's the difference between information and data. How does this apply to photographers
346. The Last 10 Years  The last 10 years have been the most momentous years of the whole 150 year history of photography
347. The Service Department According to What The Duck  The service department for older cameras according to What The Duck.
348. The Squeeze  Are you helping your customers decide to buy?
349. This camera takes nice pictures  Does a guitar plays nice melodies? So why would a camera take nice photos?
350. Throwing Money  When projects don't go ahead, why keep trying to still make it work and keep on loosing money
351. Timeline Photo Shoots  Are you calling back to check after giving a quote?
352. Times Are Tough  Copy the promotions used by camera makers and adapt them to your own circumstances
353. Tom Grill and Stock Photography  An interview of Tom Grill on stock photography
354. Trade Guilds and Associations  Trade guilds and associations have always taken the position that they must be the only one... Only their members can do...
355. Trademarks  What's a trademark and how it affect us the photographers
356. Traitor  There are always religious fanatics, but do we need fanatics in the photo world?
357. Travel Commercial Photos  Many places are copyrighted and trade marked and can't be used by travel photographers
358. Travel Stock Photo Rejections  Why do stock photo agencies reject photos
359. Treating Customers Right  Are you treating your customers right?
360. Trust Me  when somebody says trust me, it always raises an alarm bell in my mind
361. Turning Down Business  Sometimes I have to turn down business. Why? Because, it's not my forte or I don't like it
362. Two People  Famous quote from Ansel Adams
363. Unhappy Friend  Dealing with friends when selling your photo services
364. User Experience  Memo from Bill Gates about his experience with Windows
365. Value  Do your customers feel that they are getting value for your photo services
366. Value Of A Backup  What's the value of a backup
367. Want To Grow Your Photo Business?  How can you grow your photography business
368. Watermark — Photographer's Math  A very nice and entertaining quote from Photographer's Math website
369. We don't like their sound  Dumb music executive on the Beatles
370. Weasel  Weaseling out is never good for business
371. What Do You Sell  Photography as a business is a dead business
372. What I Learned Buying a Rug in Turkey  Photography and people
373. What The Duck — Work For Free  How do you compete when the next photographer give his photos for free
374. What The Duck Blog Summary  There are times when What The Duck hits the right note, today's one of these days.
375. What To Do After You Are Laid Off  You are a photographer and have been laid off. Now what?
376. What Went Wrong?  The photo shoot did not went well, what to do now
377. What You Can Control  Quote from Ben Selekman
378. What's the best …  I regularly receive emails asking "What's the best …?"
379. What's your photo specialty  Specialties are a way of boosting your photographic income, but are you really a specialist
380. Which Camera To Buy - Part 1  Which Camera To Buy - Part 1
381. Which Camera To Buy - Part 2  Which Camera To Buy - Part 2
382. Which Camera To Buy - Part 3  Which Camera To Buy - Part 3
383. Whine and Complain  Photographers as a group love to complain instead of dealing with the issue
384. Whiners  Many photographers reminisce about the good old days. Where they that good?
385. Who Are Your Customers?  We've all heard that newspapers can't compete in an Internet world. The newspaper industry is dying. That's because they are managed by incompetents.
386. Who Owns Your Photos?  You make photos be it portraits, wedding, landscapes... You sell them, now who owns these photos?
387. Why Buy Photos From You  What are the reasons that people buy photo from you
388. Why Insist On Annoying Customers?  Many photographers and websites go to great length to annoy their customers
389. Will Photograph Anything  Presentation is one of the most important aspect of photography
390. Work For Free  Here are my requirements for giving away my photos
391. Working For Free And Charities  Charities that pay their employees extremely well are asking for my photos for free because they are charities
392. Wrong Attitude  Many businesses think that they are immune to the recession
393. Xmas Cards & Presents  I have stopped giving Xmas cakes and food to my customers. Instead I way for January when I have no competition
394. Yellow Pages? — Not!  I have tried the yellow pages for advertising and what a mistake it was
395. You'Ve Got To Be Kidding Me!  Not all customers are good customers. Some customers should be avoided like the plague