Navigating Creative Business
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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.
