Ask the Photo Business Coach: When Is My Portfolio Good Enough?

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: When Is My Portfolio Good Enough?

August 27 | By Beate Chelette | Posted in Video Blog Posts | Print This Post

In this installment of “Ask the Photo Business Coach, I answer a question submitted by Black Star Rising contributor Aaron Lindberg: “When is my portfolio in a new specialty good enough to promote on my Web site?”

5 Responses to “Ask the Photo Business Coach: When Is My Portfolio Good Enough?”

prakash said:
August 27th, 2010 at 11:03 am

I like your photos and you are beautiful.
John said:
August 28th, 2010 at 4:04 am

Prakash did not hear a word that Miss Chelette said, ? ? uh, it was a report about the earthquake at LA, right? or was it JJ looking for Tarzan in the jungle of Hawaii?
Stanley Leary said:
August 30th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

I go there every year. That is a great place to be on the Big Island. Be sure you eat at Ken's Pancake House in Hilo.
Paul "pabloconrad" Conrad said:
September 28th, 2010 at 1:33 am

Thanks for the advice Beate.

I think the real answer is: The best thing to do is give it a shot.

If you wait until your satisfied with what you have, you may never show your work.

thanks Beate
Ed Devereaux said:
September 29th, 2010 at 5:35 pm

I have just became the biggest fan she has.

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