Comments | sylvar: It's almost official

sylvar

It's almost official

May 22, 2006 19:03

I've now got an occupational license ($11 for a half year), a Florida tax certificate, and an IRS employer ID number. I expect my employer will approve my official request for outside employment, since it doesn't conflict with their interests, and then I'll officially have a side business. I've already registered with CompUSA and Costco ( Read more... )

business, photography

Comments 5

knobody May 23 2006, 00:01:01 UTC

cheap business cards: vistaprint.com. free cards if you let them print their logo on the back. you pay for shipping ($5.25 for slowest method).

do you have a card reader? if not i recommend one highly. there are some inexpensive multi-card readers out there and some even cheaper one or two format card readers and they can save a ton of battery life by not having to d/l stuff directly from your camera.

and if you ever start your own web server for photos, i happen to like plugging gallery. we use it here for photos of the kids and such (gallery.farthinghalearms.com, if you want to check it out). it has different skins available, and although we have it disabled, it does have commerce capabilities.

sylvar May 23 2006, 00:09:54 UTC

I like their designs, but as a matter of principle I can't use someone else's stock photos, no matter how pretty they look. I must eat my own dogfood.

I do have a CF card reader, but I love the software that comes with the Canon. Yes, you heard me right, I finally bought something that's bundled with software that I love. I can download selected photos into a folder I choose and rename them on the fly (to ClientName0001-9999, say). I'd never give that up to save battery time. And anyway, I've got two spare batteries charged up. :)

I'll keep Gallery in mind if I ever start doing that sort of thing. I might use it to show off my best work, but I know I won't be storing customers' images there for very long. Besides, I don't want monthly fees to pay. :)

knobody May 23 2006, 02:53:56 UTC

i didn't know you couldn't upload your own photos. i know marshall and jennifer (different jennifer) upload their own logo, but maybe they pay more. i agree, a photographer who puts someone else's photo on his business card is a waste of silver ( ... )

tregoweth May 23 2006, 01:40:09 UTC

VistaPrint also has cheesy stock art, too.

kiarrh May 23 2006, 11:53:23 UTC

Yup, that would have been me. I work in the Citigroup building there next to the hotel at MLK and Falkenburg. :)