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You will never get rich charging an hourly fee. Clients will often ask you to provide an hourly quote for photography or a day rate. Personally I do not have much of an issue with a day rate because you can leverage it depending on factors such as usage and co...
Phlearn turns 2 years old today. These last two years have been the most important years of my life. I have learned more than I ever thought and I have failed at almost everything I have tried. I even failed at giving up, and that is the only reason you are re...
Mar 13 Business
Five Reasons Networking Is Important For Photographers It may seem like being a photographer solely consists of taking photographs, but there’s a little bit more to it than that. Networking and creating business relationships can really boost your career...
Jan 23 Business
Phlearn is hiring writers! We are looking for two outstanding writers to create written Photoshop and photography articles to be featured on Phlearn.com. Anyone may apply to write for Phlearn from anywhere in the world. Writing for Phlearn will dramatically in...
There are many articles out there on how to become a professional photographer, this is not a how to guide. Becoming a professional photographer isn’t really that hard as long as you do list one (see below). I am sure you could become a professional ph...
Winner! Congrats to Shantel Rich for winning Phlearn PROs for life!!!!...
Photo Plus Expo This past weekend we attended Photo Plus Expo in NYC, and had an amazing time! Last Wednesday we discussed our goals with the Expo and what we hoped to get out of it. Today we take you through the results. We attended both as the company Phlea...
Growing Your Photography Business Today we leaving for NYC to go to the Photo Plus Expo, and we are very excited about the opportunities that it brings. We discuss why we are going and what we hope to get out of it from a Phlearn standpoint and also as a photo...
Oct 02, Episode 377 Business, Written Article
Having large goals and dreams are very important to pushing yourself through life. The bigger you dream, the more you can achieve. Setting goals outside of your current reach is a great way to expand what you are capable of. But what steps should you set f...
Sep 25, Episode 373 Business, Written Article
After spending the last two years creating images to complete your portfolio, you finally get the phone call you’ve been waiting for. Somebody wants to pay you to take pictures. Awesome! You spend an hour talking with your first client about all the cr...
Thanks! Since our last episode we have received over 100 comments on how we can make Phlearn even better. Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know how to make Phlearn even better. We are listening. We are taking a week, and re-thinking all of the c...
We Need Your Help Since the beginning Phlearn has always been completely transparent in everything we do, making you a part of our struggles, our successes, and our decisions. The time has come again for us to turn to you. We have spent over a year making fr...
In today’s episode we’re talking about metadata, why it’s important, and exactly how to use it! Metadata is crucial in protecting your images once they are uploaded on the web. If you have your metadata in your files updated correctly and pro...
Tips to create a great first impression for your portfolio!...
Announcing the Wacom Tablet Giveaway Winner!! Thank you so much to everyone who entered. We had 1,854 shares and we just love the phamily so much! We really appreciate your support and handsomeness. We’d give every single one of you a tablet if we could....
Why I Love Business I was not born a business person, in fact I have spent most of my life trying to avoid business. Why do you think I became an artist? It wasn’t until I was almost a year into running my own business that I realized something that chan...
May 22, Episode 304 Business, Post-Production
There's a few new things going on around here, with a couple big changes coming soon. Some of them may make some people upset but in the end its all just business and we hope you understand!...
May 21, Episode 303 Business, Guest, Guest Article, Photography, Post-Production, Pre-Production, Production, Written Article
A must read for anyone interested in wedding photography!...
Running a business has nothing to do with creating art. If that idea sounds horrible to you, don’t try to make a living being an artist. I mean that, you will be much happier going to a regular 9-5 job and doing your art on the side....
Jay Cole's best tips on marketing to help your photography business grow and become more successful...













