Goals for 2007

[JohnT]

Do you have specific photography-related goals for 2007? Mine are as follows:

- Add one photography book to my monthly reading regimen
- Become official with assumed name and sales tax I.D.
- Create new web site with online sales capability
- Market my business more aggressively (not sure how though; this is my weakness)
- Expand my vision
- Shoot more and better

All of this with the objective of going full-time.

He who aims at nothing, hits nothing.

[Daniel Bates]

In no particular order:

- Finally go "pro" (for real this time)
- Fix my website
- Fix the deficiencies in my gear lineup
- Learn how to shoot better (more good shots per capita)

[Tim T]

Here are a few of mine.

- Go back to the basics to improve the quality of my pictures
- Do a better job with in-camera exposures without use PS2 as a crutch
- Learn to shoot more of my pictures in manual mode
- Buy a better (sharper/faster) lens
- Get a picture of a bald eagle
- Don't get eaten by an alligator

[johnastovall]

A one man show and enter juried shows.

[dreemes]

Well I want to try to get ends to meet before someone moves an end so I can afford to get my main camera fixed, buy some L glass and start making some money at photography.

[EagleAg06]

Being a college student I have many different goals than just photography...

--Gain a basic competency in the Russian Language
--Achieve a 3.5 in grad school
--Shoot more photos in a variety of categories
--Learn new photography techniques
--Always look to learn something new

[HeatherLou]

Well according to a friend of mine, I need to start taking this S*** seriously.........!
So to do that........
*I will be getting my DBA and tax id #
*Come up with an actual pricing list and product list
*Start putting money aside for a new camera :)
*AND SOMETHING L!

[Wes]

* Work on refining existing technique, and learn new technique.
* Be the primary shooter at a wedding.
* Upgrade my equipment.
* Get organized.
* Create an LLC (or something similar).
* Shoot more.
* Shoot some more.

[jeffkohn]

Shoot more regularly. When I go a while without shooting I get rusty. Sometimes work, schedule, etc makes it easy to go weeks or even longer without shooting. So I want to make it more of a priority to get out there and shoot on a regular basis.

[Russell]

This is a great topic. Here are mine:

*Build more secondary and tertiary editorial clientele. I have a good base of primary clientele but need to concentrate on a broader base of occassional but steady editorial clients.

*Pick up at least three new commerical accounts.

*Market more aggressively to national ad agencies as a source for stock and assignment photography.

-RG

[brad]

* Improve my marketing
* Triple my gross income from photography over 2006 (I did better than that in 2006 over 2005).
* Join a professional organization
* Find a mentor who can help me reach the next level in both my photography and my business in general.

Originally Posted by Heatherlou

Well according to a friend of mine, I need to start taking this S*** seriously.........!

You should listen to him, he makes sense!

[ScoobyRoo20]

Shoot less so I don't wear out my olny camera

[Clint_Smith]

Ok mine:

*Take advantage of my time off during the summer and attend some workshops.
*Expand my marketing efforts
*actually maintain my website----LOL
*get the wife trained up on my/our PS, C1 workflow.
*Enter more print comps. only did 2 this year....
*Stop being cheap and buy the big Pelican case with the wheels...
*Buy some more glass.
*Pick up at least 2 more backup bodies
*Build a new Vista Machine - dedicated to post processing work only. - so I don't do what I am doing now, which is reading forums while I am supposed to be working on a wedding book.
*Buy a new home with space for studio - currently using another photog's studio - he and his wife are great friends that have kept my business afloat after making the change to teaching.
*Actually get all my sales tax stuff done BEFORE the day it is due.
*Rearrange the office/production room in my home.

Last but not least. Enjoy every minute I have with my 3 year old this summer. She is growing up way too fast.......

[Clint_Smith]

Originally Posted by ScoobyRoo20

Shoot less so I don't wear out my olny camera

NAH...I had a new shutter put in my 10D a few months back....didn't cost too much...shoot all you want...

[Jezebel]

[-] Lose weight. I know it sounds like it isn't photography related but it is. It affects a lot of the self portraits I take :p

[-] Take a class.. I don't really know anything abou tthe technical side of photography. I rely solely on my artistic eye. I'd really like to be able to have both a technical grasp of taking photos as well as an artistic one.

[-] Get a job. I'd really like to be able to work as someone's assistant to learn the tricks of the trade and make a little money in the process. Unfortunately I'm not sure it's possible to find a job like this as I've been looking for about a year now, hahah.

[-] Shoot more. I was sad when I went through my photos from 2006 to select my picks for the contest. I barely took anything. I gotta get out more and shoot more stuff.