Barry Harley
Ep 3

Navigating Creative Business

Interview
13/8/2024
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Navigating Creative Business

During a group trip in Scotland, my friend Barry Harley kindly sat with me for a relaxed hour to discuss his journey from agency owner to a leading interior and architecture photographer. Grab a coffee, settle in, and listen as Barry graciously and generously shares his story and advice for emerging photographers who want to create profitable, differentiated, sustainable businesses.

Episode takeaways: 

  • 3.00 - The craft of image-making.
  • 7.00 - When being a 'mid-market' and local photographer isn't necessarily the way to business growth.
  • 11.00 - How Barry's Commonwealth background and love of the Dutch Masters shape his visual vocabulary.
  • 12.20 - Licensing, contracts, and copyright issues that all photographers must navigate.
  • 18.30 - Usage and charging properly for our work.
  • 20.00 - How getting help in business propelled Barry's business forward.
  • 23.00 - Sales and rejections are not personal, they are just numbers.
  • 30.00 - One for the meal, one for the reel; marketing and PR, and doing personal work to fill your creative needs.
  • 36.00 - Innovate but watch and be careful of trends if you want to build a sustainable business.
  • 39.00 - What a new photographer should do to build a solid business foundation.

Links mentioned in the episode: 

  • Explore Barry Harley's website: https://www.barryharley.com/
  • Art Production Agency Wonderful Machine: https://wonderfulmachine.com/
  • Photographer's Coffee Morning with Emma Alexander from Wisern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM4v_N7za60
  • Association of Photographers (UK): https://www.the-aop.org/

Filmed using Canon R6ii and L Senses in Glencoe, Scotland.

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