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How are Local Retail Photography Businesses Doing? A Survey Says: Not So Great

February 25, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Love on Meridian Hill by Justin Schuck
Love on Meridian Hill by Justin Schuck

Part of being a good photography business owner is understanding the market for the work you are doing. There are large photography organizations that can provide info on trends in the industry across the country, but finding information on a local level has been more difficult. Photographer Kat Forder is trying to change that, and created a survey last year to understand how retail photographers have been fairing in the D.C. area.

Many of the results from last year’s survey are not good news for retail photographers:  “52% of the respondents reported that their business gross for the previous year was below $30,000.” Forder has brought the survey back for 2014 and made some updates. We caught up with her to get more information about this endeavor.

 1. Can you give us some background on the survey?

The 2013 survey asked retail photographers to look back at the past year (2012). That survey was launched March 2013, timed to coincide with when photographers were attending to their year end bookkeeping, and the results were tabulated and summarized and published a few months after that. This year’s survey has also been released during the end of the fiscal year, and asks for information from the past year.

The survey and the results are free, and the responses are completely anonymous.  The questions have been developed very carefully to ensure the integrity of the responses and anonymity of the participants.

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Filed Under: Exposed Interview Tagged With: business, Exposed Interview, family, Kat Forder, professional, Retail, Retail Photography, survey, wedding

Which D.C. Photographers Do You Follow?

October 31, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Photo by Chris Chen
Photo by Chris Chen

There are many great photographers living and working in Washington D.C., and we love viewing their work. We thought it would be interesting to ask a few photographers, with various backgrounds, whose work they enjoy watching. Their answers are fascinating. Some follow photographers whose work is completely different from theirs, while others follow someone who has helped them along the way. One photographer was named twice, and one of the photographers we asked was named by another.
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Filed Under: Poll Tagged With: DC area photographers, photogs on photogs, poll, survey

Poll: What camera is in your bag right now?

July 30, 2013 By James Calder

"Chinatown, DC" by Veeresh
“Chinatown, DC” by Veeresh

Are you ready to be polled, D.C. photographers? It’s not as painful as it sounds, honest.

We want to know what camera you tote around with you every day. Do you stick to your iPhone camera? Lug around your DSLR at all times? Maybe you prefer a Diana for some artsy street shots during your commute? Take our poll below, and then tell us in the comments what you use for every day photography and why – we want to hear from you!

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Filed Under: Poll Tagged With: camera type, everyday, poll, survey, walk around camera

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