Tips on Starting a Photography Business

[@juliatrotti]

Oh my GOSH our Digital Film photo editing app is LIVE!! You can download it for FREE here: itunes.apple.com/au/app/digital-film/id1435147600?mt=8 I'm so excited and I hope you all love using it as much as I do! 💛

[@romepix]

Your videos have been invaluable to me as I struggle to launch my photo business and deal with loss and grief as a young widow who experienced loss suddenly. I’ve learned so much and I continue to learn so much and I greatly appreciate your work and your videos. Thank you.

[@allandrinoquitalig5558]

Hi Julia, you're not only beautiful but a talented person, thank you so much for sharing, i've learn a lot from your video's. Keep up the good work and hope you don't get tired of sharing your expertise in this kind of field.

[@ILOVEMICHAELAAA]

I think it would be easier if you actually film an entire video of working with a client professionally and how you do it from start to finish!!! Some of the things were a little confusing, I’m a visual learner so watching u use these tips would help a lot!

[@Deadwindshadow]

Yes! Great idea!

[@rabbidguarddog]

That might be difficult to pull off, especially if a client doesn't want to be on her channel, perhaps at her own discretion she could have a 'fake client' and she can still show off her normal process.

[@pixelfodder]

Can honestly recommend freshbooks for invoicing etc... All online, cloud backup, phone app with time logging extremely beginner friendly. I used it as a chippy and now as a photographer.

[@stevemockoviak8384]

A lot of what you shared is common sense and so often overlooked. That's what makes this an excellent video. It is also so nice to see someone who is so willing to share ALL aspects of their business practices to help others. Thank you for the insights and may God bless you!

[@michaelashcraft9098]

Just started my photography business January 1st these tips excellent! Always a pleasure watching your videos, also refreshing because it's not the same basic tips we've all heard over and over from others

[@razinairina86]

You are so awesome!! I’m just getting started and enjoy watching your videos so much!

[@van_creative]

Julia you always explain things soo well and concisely Always a pleasure to see your videos and learn so much from them

Hi Julia, I'm a big fan of your videos talking about the "business side" of a photography career. Thanks a lot for sharing this, it is super useful and inspiring content!

[@joshua4578]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these processes. I don't expect you to show us everything behind the scenes in your business, but this was informative and hopefully will help others think about their business more professionally. Cheers!

[@caoileeleazar]

Julia I just want to say thank you for all of your inspiring videos and the knowledge that you generously shared with us. Keep up the coolness in you and more power

[@jamesj4998]

Thanks Julia! This is my first year doing freelance in Ireland

[@TheThirdErnest]

Hope you make this a series!

[@ItzamarySalazar]

Ernest Arrellano yes ! That would be awesome

[@JaskaranSingh-rn7sk]

nobody is sharing this much of insight as you are, THANKS!!!

[@JM-ov7je]

Thank you Julia 🙏🏻 I’ve started my photo business late last year and getting stressed but these tips and tricks definitely will help make the process more organised!!!

[@giuliaa.v.8779]

Thank you Julia! I'm exactly at that point in my life! I'd love a video about your camera settings for portraits and wedding

[@giuliaa.v.8779]

of the sony!!

[@tashmohring9756]

Loads of great tips on here Julia, thanks so much for all your very open and honest videos, they are great! I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see one that goes into the details of backing up as I've had some tips form another photographer who I work for but he's very tech savvy and baffles me a little - I'm very non tech savvy haha

[@anthonyblodgett2227]

These photos are stunning! Specially grateful for the sharing tips. Thank you.

[@mmarsh24]

Yes!!! Simply yes! I’ve just started delving into photography as a business and this video is so helpful

[@jessestarks3128]

Info-packed presentation; will have to watch again.

[@benjaminmathews2258]

This helped A TON! Thank you SO MUCH!

[@calebfox8822]

Really valuable information, Julia! Thank you. This will help me out a lot.

[@KabirKotwal]

Thank You Julia , very useful.

[@boostedmaniac]

At 3:37, I name all my photos the same way. It’s the best way. Then I put those folders with the same name and then in folders by year.

[@JeffCreates]

I've seen you mention most of these separately before but it's great to have them all in one place - plus a couple of new ones, thanks Julia. Some lessons learned from that for sure!

[@SebastianKrahforst]

Perfect Video, Julia. 😊 I am planning my own photography business this year and this video comes in sooo handy.

[@juliatrotti]

Seesee that makes me so happy to hear!! 😄

[@brunomaiaa]

Hi Julia! I finally decided to start my photography career this year and I found this video super helpful. Just subscribed to your channel. I really like the way you teach and I wish you the best of luck!

[@OutstandingO]

Thank you SO much. I think that this was probably the MOST helpful "photograpy" video I've watched in the past couple of weeks. Great stuff as usual.

[@MultiJanfi]

Thank you so much, these tipps really help :) love your calm voice- so even compliacted things sound easy. And I Love your videos and photos!

[@forrestmorrisey]

I know you shot on Canon, but with the Nikon body you can change folders through the shot menu. Each time I switch from one shot to the next, I change the folder that the pictures will save into. Then Lightroom will organize them by date.

[@tatiana32922]

Perfect video this helps so much Julia I'm doing my first ever shoot next month (a big family one) so I am preparing for that

[@VishnuAttiappan]

Awesome! Thanks Julia :)

[@MilliStephania]

This was perfect. More videos on your business practices please!

[@jessicajoubert5032]

Love this video so helpful! Can't find the list on the blog post though.

[@mitcho8666]

thanks, great video. gratz on 400k subs too

[@alicjabodak9936]

Always love listening to you Julia :) Thank you for this great content

[@turalaleskerov9468]

Great as always! Thank you!

[@B.Christine_W222]

I always come here to learn and hear you talk :) I've told you before but I love your voice!!!

[@charlesjohnson5778]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks you for making this video!

[@templatesnow]

Very helpful, Thank you so much Julia!

[@ninaleeb7027]

Thank you very much this is such a helpful video. you and lucia marchetti are my inspirations, idols!!TRying to leaen all by myself and with the help of your videos. All the best and please continue you great work!!

[@gamingwithboostengle232]

I am glad i wrote down your tips and tricks .

[@tallgirlskates]

Hi Julia! Thank you for all of these incredibly informative videos! I’m learning so much as an amateur photographer by watching your tutorials and vlogs. I’m curious, how soon after an event do you plan on getting your client a sneak peek of their photos, and also when do you aim to get their final photos delivered to them? Thanks!

[@kerstinandersson3548]

Thank you for sharing this important information, you are just great! I am going to sponsor you by buying some of your presets!

[@henleyjoythomas7223]

I would love to see another video if you critiquing our work!!

[@danrendev4808]

Thank you Julia, excellent video. It's very informative . I wish you all the best in your profession may God bless you more. 👌👍💖

[@Divineshot]

Great tips. Thanks for sharing!

[@blasruiz3713]

Thank you so much , 👊🙂

[@ebonymeadows4234]

Thanks for the list!!

[@syedakbar8400]

Thats one awesome content you made! Thanks for such help and advices.

[@allanmenard1651]

Nope, no notepad, but I have saved this and will be watching over again and again before it sinks in. Thanks for this.

[@lucianarangel6699]

Great great video, thanks! Will watch it again with a notepad and a pen :-) Would love the video with more backup information! Greetings from Brazil

[@ktwo08]

You never know how important organization is until you need something! 🙌 Apple needs to hurry up with the app review!!!!

[@RalfTenbrink]

Thanks for the dropbox tip, I have the same issue that clients dropbox gets full. Will try that link instead now

[@LaShawnLatera]

Thank you soooooooooooooo much!

[@GABRIEL_CRAFT]

Thank you Julia, I really appreciate this :)

[@thegracecass]

Great video! I would love a detailed video on backups!

[@tatiana32922]

Do you have a video talking about how to set up price sheets??

[@eloknouta]

It’s super useful. Thank you for the tips :)

[@joaobacelar4075]

I'll work with photograph soon, your tips are awesome :)

[@aishwaryaraj4591]

Your hair looks on point

[@ssuryakanta1]

Hi, great to see you again in 2019 , thanks for sharing valuable tips .Here am asking a for your suggestion , being a photographer should i need to keen in Photoshop . Sorry I often loose my patience while doing Photoshop .

[@iastorgaphotos]

Can you tell us what external drive you recommend? There are so many options but I’d love your advice. Thank you!

[@ABDULSATARALBERTOIMPAGINA]

Love it

[@jasherphotography6695]

Is the app Available for download? It sounds great and I can’t wait to download it.

[@yasmine4156]

Could you do a video on how to get clients starting out doing fashion or swimwear photography?

[@beth.sluser]

Could you possibly do a video on how to export your photos properly?

[@ataraxxia77]

Great video and tips, as usual! Can I suggest you to do a video about how to avoid to get ghosted by clients? I get a lot of requests but once I email them back...nothing Im looking forwfard for the next video!

[@petermalone7869]

Julia, can you tell me why you like DropBox vs Google Photos or Google Drive for sharing photos? Thanks!

[@danpodbierezki]

We prefer Dropbox for sharing images with clients as like Julia mentioned, it's a system that most people are familiar with. On the other hand, we use Google Drive to mirror parts of our NAS systems into the cloud as an additional off site backup on top of our physical off-site backups. We also like that with the two options available, we can keep them for seperate uses. Hope that helps!

[@JohnDAlmonte]

Give Asana (free) a try, and link it to your google calendar. It has been so helpful to me. Mostly because I can easily forward emails and sort them into my projects, and reference them later.

[@evka8709]

Thank you once again for such an informative video Julia! Would you recommend having wedding or portrait session pricing on your website or on a contact basis and why? Also, contracts, can we have more information about photography session contracts?! Thanks X

[@livinggirl86]

Thanks for the tips. It's reassuring to know I'm already implementing some of those things but shall definitely make some improvements. My one thing still causing me problems apart from making time to edit is how to price things. How did you decide how much to charge for your portrait work? 🙂

[@rosieyang15]

Same!!

[@PetersenBjoern]

Great video and tips. I`m sure this will help me! Hope this will be a series :-)

[@Mr09260]

Great information Julia as I am retiring soon and want to start a Portrait/2nd Shooter wedding/Real Estate photography business ...and I am terrified of the admin side!!

[@derekfloyd9484]

Great Video! I still work a 9-5 but I also just started my photography business! How many hours daily did you start off working for your photography business?

[@sendbreakmend]

Do you keep your lightroom catalog on a removable hard drive? I’ve often wondered how it would work if using different computers, or if my Mac failed would I have to re-edit 🤷‍♂️

[@HayleyRoseWinters]

Hi Julia! I've been interested in levitation photography lately. Could you give some tips on some non-standard poses? 'Cause I want to be up high but find it hard and dangerous to have my head low and feet higher, with a ladder. I've done a simple one where I'm pretending to be floating-falling, sitting on a high stool, which placed me above the horizon, and then erased the stool and its shadow in Photoshop. But I'm just looking for what to step on (as a model). Your insight will be very valued!

[@gabrielfraser3506]

Thanks for sharing! Do you have any advice or resources for contracts?

[@GilbertTV]

your are one smart lady... some great tips there..

[@kailencummings3554]

I'm 14 right now and i was wondering what your opinion is on offering to shoot for free so i can fine tune my skills and build a reputation and then work up to paying clients . (also so if paid photographers are present i can take notes from them to improve my skills)

[@maycubaneando]

hola julia lindas sus foto s buen trabajo.en sus sesiones de boda usas flash o siempre luz natural?

[@JacklynLune.Photos]

Amazing video Julia! I'm trying to find the template for the photoshoot checklist and I can't find it.

[@MrChristiano870]

try the link in the description now :-)

[@xrewdavid]

wasn't able to find the photoshoot checklist on your website

[@asiaglenn6285]

xrewdavid blog.juliatrotti.com/pictures/new-photoshoot-workflow-checklist

[@jahdodryden9962]

your vids aways amaziing

[@gafko]

Thank's Julia for the great video. BTW - what is your lights setup in the video? so soft Thank's

[@chelsytheriot3852]

Having trouble finding the blog post...can you post a specific link?

[@tylerpeters4127]

I use Adobe bridge too, but mine isn’t updated like yours, what should I do?

[@darshan1053]

Hello ma'am I have seen almost all ur videos,it's very usefull but I always have a question in mind?why don't u use a 70-200mm lens as you are a Canon shooter?

[@danidero]

Great vid as always ! thank you !

[@juliatrotti]

Daniel Klemann thank you!

[@halaszykamilla6182]

Thank you! :)

[@PapayaoverMango]

Thank you Julia, just found your channel yesterday :) Surely subscribed!

[@bryanworkman3902]

Mango > Papaya any day lol

[@nclejvr]

What NAS do you use?

[@vienpajophotography7933]

Julia thank you again! I do have a question. Is it also advisable to back-up paperwork in the cloud as well (drop-box)? Also, for further questions/advice haha is it ok to e-mail you? :D PS Planning to start my own business once I get a Canon 5DMIV (thanks to your awesome reviews)!

[@dritero.komati]

I couldn’t find that photoshoot checklist

[@Selfpowered]

Thank you! Sorry, I may be blind - but I'm having trouble locating your list on the blog.

[@matthewrobinson2704]

What size do you export all your photos say for a full wedding shoot?

[@katsbookreviews6050]

Hi Julia, I’d love some tips on advertising your business and how to go about booking clients. I advertise on Facebook and instagram. I also have business cards, I am a lifestyle photographer and want to start booking in regular work.

[@khaleel_as]

I use expensive camera but the quality of my photos are not good :O whats the problem? do I need to clean up something ? use certain lenses ? Idk I am just tired.

[@IvorMorris]

Kai S what I began doing was choosing what not include in the frame. Basically I try to keep my shot and back grounds simple as possible

[@myxxdmamii]

May i suggest a video going over all the paperwork side for a separate video? Idk about others but i know i struggle with this part