Best Business Practices for Photographers

Best business practices for photographers by John Harrington is a new book that has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

Contents:

Part I Nuts and Bolts of Your Business

• Chapter 1 You Are a Business - Now Let's Get to Work!
• Chapter 2 Professional Equipment for Professional Photographers
• Chapter 3 Planning and Logistics: Why a Thirty-Minute Shoot Can Take Three Days to Plan

Part II Financial and Personnel Considerations

• Chapter 4 Working with Assistants, Employees, and Contractors: The Pitfalls and Benefits
• Chapter 5 Pricing Your Work to Stay in Business
• Chapter 6 Overhead: Why What You Charge a Client Must Be More Than You Paid for It
• Chapter 7 Who's Paying Your Salary and 401K
• Chapter 8 Insurance: Why It's Not Just Health-Related, and How You Should Protect Yourself
• Chapter 9 Accounting: How We Do It Ourselves and What We Turn Over to an Accountant

Part III Legal Issues

• Chapter 10 Contracts for Editorial Clients
• Chapter 11 Contracts for Corporate and Commercial Clients
• Chapter 12 Contracts for Weddings and Rites of Passage
• Chapter 13 Negotiations: Signing Up or Saying No
• Chapter 14 Protecting Your Work: How and Why
• Chapter 15 The Realities of an Infringement: Copyrights and Federal Court
• Chapter 16 Handling a Breach of Contract: Small Claims and Civil Court
• Chapter 17 Resolving Slow- and Non-Paying Clients
• Chapter 18 Letters, Letters, Letters: Writing Like a Professional Can Solve Many Problems
• Chapter 19 Attorneys: When You Need Them, They're Your Best Friend (or at Least Your Advocate)

Part IV Storage and Archiving

• Chapter 20 Office and On-Location Systems: Redundancy and Security Beget Peace of Mind
• Chapter 21 Digital and Analog Asset Management: Leveraging Your Images to Their Maximum Potential
• Chapter 22 Stock Solutions: Charting Your Own Course without the Need for a "Big Fish" Agency

Part V The Human Aspect

• Chapter 23 Care and Feeding of Clients (Hint: It's Not about Starbucks and a Fast-Food Burger)
• Chapter 24 Education, an Ongoing and Critical Practice: Don't Rest on Your Laurels
• Chapter 25 Striking a Balance between Photography and Family: How What Your Love to Do Can Coexist with Your Spouse, Children, Parents, and Siblings if You Just Think a Little about It
• Chapter 26 Charity, Community, and Your Colleagues: Giving Back Is Good Karma