What do I need to start a home base digital photography company?
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Hi, you need to start a digital camera (obvious) a flash too for dark pictures, if you start to earn money then try tu buy a more pro camera like Nikon or canon they are expensive, also I recommend you a computer with photoshop for retouch the pictures!
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Do you want to go into business for yourself, or be hired by some company or school?\n\nExperience is at the top of the list. There are many so-so photographers out there taking and selling photographs.\n\nIf you go to college and take a number of photography and digital imaging type classes, you might gain some insight into the field.\n\nIf you want to work at a school, you need a college degree.\n\nIf you want to take people on photography field trips, you need a clientelle, and a portfolio of work.\n\nMy own husband is a self-taught photographer, and years ago he taught a college class in photography after a professor there asked him to. He was a student at the time, and didn't get paid, but he got college credits for the class he taught.
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First and foremost you need to have your license.\nCalculate your personal expenses for two years and try to save that money, just in case you start your business and no money comes in for the first or two years.\nStart your business at home, that way you have less expenses. You will also need to find out how much it will cost to buy a computer and software (usually around $10,000).\n\nThen try to make friends with Architecs and Surveyors.\nUsually they will refere you to jobs.\nThat's how my friend got started and now he is really busy with a lot of work.
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Shouldn't this be under Small Busines and not Investing?  I would do my homework on this one if I were you.  You might live in the boonies where no one has computers, but otherwise, I'd imagine Digital Photography is putting those places out of business left and right.\n\nIn facy, why not go to www.bizbuysell.com and see if there are any for sale near you?\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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New FEDERAL rules are in place and you will NEED a PICTURE ID.  The documents you mentioned, should be enough to get a state issued picture ID
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i would probably start by creating an online business that deals with what you are trying to do. That could help you obtain the capital needed to start you big business
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Istockphot is the best place I have found so far. It's free to join, then you buy according to what you need.  $1 for a small web ready shot or $10 for a larger one etc.  They have some amazing photographs by some very talented people.\n\nGood Luck
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good idea but you need to find out if you can find customers for them.\n\nI guess the easiest way is to plan a few things first - what designs are likely to be popular, how much you are going to charge, which areas are you going to sell (locally, nationally or world-wide), how you are going to distribute your products, what about after sales service, etc.\n\nOnce you are through with the above, take a few good photographs, create a site on Yahoo Shopping, and go for it.\n\nBest of luck.
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sign up for photobucket.com\n\nit lets you upload for free and will give you the code you need for your web page.
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Why can't you do Ebay? It's perfect for the homebound. Anyway, you could put up your own website, it's free at Tripod.com or lots of other places. List your cards with photos, and if anyone Googles for that card, they might find your site. Sign up with Paypal if you want them to be able to pay online or with a credit card. the problem is that without a 3rd party like Ebay, they may not trust to do business with you because they don't know you.\n\nIf you're homebound, go to usps.com and order free Priority Mail boxes or envelopes. You can do your postage online with a debit card, and then your mail carrier will pick them up.
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If you want to become a freelance photographer, then you will need to take great shots and have an expert knowledge. You will need a good portfolio, and treat photography as a lifestyle rather than just a job.\nThat's because the lifestyle can be very unglamorous and at times you may spend a lot of time in the cold doing nothing except waiting for that exclusive shot to come along.\nYou should also be opportunist in the sense that you should always have a camera on hand with you wherever you go, in order that you can respond straightaway to that immediate situation that flares up or appears out of nothing, to get the photo first.\nTo be a freelance you need to be often quite pushy to get the initial in and to sell your first pictures - after that it can get easier.\nYou also need to try to cultivate relations with your clients and potential clients, from newspapers through to magazines and websites and indeed all sorts of media.
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I would organize the business as an LLC to protect your family's assets.  Register with the state (check their site for details).  Apply for an EIN (Employer ID Number) also called a Tax ID number.  If you do it by phone it's faster than by mail or fax.  Find out if you need a local or county business license.  I only needed a dba (doing business as) form to be filed in my county (but I operate my business from my home).  Then, apply for a Sales Tax ID number as you'll have to file regularly, usually quarterly, and notify the state of your sales tax collected.\n\nTo get a local business checking account, you need all of those forms along with your Driver's License and at least one other form of ID.  Many banks offer free business checking for small businesses.\n\nGood luck.  It's a lot of work, but well worth it.
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I have a homebase business available in Singapore.  You may email me back at yahoo.
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First of a notary.The document needing notarization\nMake sure to take a picture ID or valid drivers liscense\nand some cash to pay the notary
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the first thing you will need to do is find out what you want to print and go from there.  There are some places that print pens and folders and others that print menus and programs.  If you are talking basic 8 1/2 x 11 papers, you could start out pretty cheap with a good computer program, and a good color laser printer.  If you will do the design and layout the computer program is a must.  If you will have the customer provide camera ready work, then you need to go in a different direction.  Check with your local high school that has graphic arts class, and find out what kind of equipment they use and where they get it from.  They are a HUGE pool of information.  I personally do a LOT of printing work for my local little league and use a micrografx windows draw program with my regualr computer and or laptop, and i have a Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4650 printer.  They are quite pleased and it works well for me.  the ink is expensive and the printer is huge, compared to a desktop model.  It is much less obtrusive than an offset printing press and buckets of bulk ink.  Of course, I work out of my living room and not out of a print shop.\nI hope I've been of some help to you.\nGood luck in your venture.
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Look to your local  DHS for licensing requirements first, this will help you get started