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I read a lot about photography. Books and blogs as well. I read to learn, to improve and to get inspired. Possibly I read more than I should. As a result sometimes I get pissed off because get less and less from what I read.

I know that many people start blogging just about anything like I did with photography almost two and a half year ago: without much of experience and knowledge. And when lack of knowledge goes hand-in-hand with rock solid confidence and, I wouldn’t question that part, really hard work and enthusiasm, that very rarely results lasting quality.

Learning about the business aspects of photography has never been as easy as it is today and, due to the just explained reasons, never has required as much cautious pre-selection as today.

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Slightly more than a month ago I wrote about that I started a photography business here in Hungary. Now I would like to add that I managed to improve my business related blog by:

1. bringing it under my domain name ( www.businessphoto.hu/blog )
2. integrating it’s design with my business Web site

The blog content there is  in Hungarian, however some of the older and newer posts can be found in English here on Photonovice.net as well.
Let me know your thoughts, but please don’t be too hard to me because I love that design.

What comes later:

• first steps of my marketing activities
• real assignments

I have been quite busy recently and didn’t post on my blog as regularly I used to or wanted to. There are several reasons for that like my smallest son, but there is a more photography related thing as well.

Gradually and on the side I am working on turning my everyday busyness into a real business.
It means that I’ve just registered a company here in Hungary for my photography related activities targeting mainly companies. I’m planning to approach my prospects with high quality and reliable photography services making executive headshots, photographing events, taking pictures of industrial and agricultural locations and processes.
I’ve also set up a Web site for the service (see it on the right) for which I would appreciate your comments in order that I can make the best impression for my prospects.

An because I’m a geek I would list the technologies I used for the Web site. Read the rest of this entry »