Ask the Photo Business Coach: What’s the Next Big Thing?

Beate Chelette

Beate Chelette is the PhotoBizCoach and dedicated to educating photography professionals about the business behind the art of photography so that the next generation of photography industry professionals can be successful. She is an International speaker and teaches the photography business through the PhotoBiz Intensive, an online course. Beate became a multimillionaire when she sold her stock photography licensing company to Corbis that is owned privately by the world’s most successful entrepreneur, Bill Gates. Chelette’s experience is impressive and includes a BA in photography, being a Photo Editor at German Elle, a producer and rep and she ran a global stock syndication. During her career she worked with some of the world’s biggest names in photography such as Lord Snowdon, Helmut Newton, Tim Street Porter, George Hurrell and Gilles Bensimon and has a client list that includes such staples as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Mervyn’s, Levi’s, Wrangler, Glidden Paint, Coldwell Banker and many more. “Your photography is only as good as the business behind it.” ~ Beate Chelette Follow Beate on her blog and on Twitter and Facebook.

Ask the Photo Business Coach: What’s the Next Big Thing?

March 14 | By Beate Chelette | Posted in Video Blog Posts | Print This Post

In this edition of Ask the Photo Business Coach, I answer the question, “What are the most promising new opportunities for photographers?”

5 Responses to “Ask the Photo Business Coach: What’s the Next Big Thing?”

Scott Webb said:
March 14th, 2011 at 9:19 am

I commented on here for the other post about "the new" and the point of my comment was that the "new" or "next big thing" for photographers has nothing to do with the final image.
gene x hwang said:
March 14th, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Interesting - glad we shoot location/event based so the CGI is less of a threat to our business, but it's definitely showing up a lot in automobile photography.

On video, good points too - we've been doing a lot more video work and have integrated it into our studio's offerings.

Scott, agreed, but in marketing "new" gets attention and marketing is almost more important that what final images any photographer can create.
David said:
March 15th, 2011 at 11:24 pm

I think the video aspect is certainly getting huge in my market (wedding photography). I haven't really started into it because I feel that I need to get a 'rig' of some sort to actually make some quality video before jumping straight in.
Bryan Grant said:
March 16th, 2011 at 8:41 pm

oh no no no please...
i dont want to do video
Kim Ortiz said:
March 27th, 2011 at 1:20 am

Pet photography. Americans love their pets. They are not just pets to us but they are a part of the family. This is a niche area that I believe is becoming very popular. As a pet photographer and pet lover (I have 3 chihuahuas and 1 German Shepard), I get such satisfaction after a session when I sit down and look at the photos of the dogs and their unique beauty. They are so real, their emotions come out in every photo without me having to do anything. I absolutely love photographing pets and the greatest satisfaction is seeing the joy on the pet owner's face when they see the beautiful portraits of their babies.

Kim Ortiz
Pet & People Photography

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