Hi all,

I'm in process of setting up a pet photography business and I am looking at different ways of offering services but require advice.

After the shoot I would assume that you would offer prints for the customer to purchase however would you provide them with the digital images too? For example small images, say 600px with your logo on just for online purposes?

I don't offer prints anymore. We use the program, PhotoCart, for order fulfillment and to provide our proof sets.

Do you edit the images before the client chooses the prints to purchase or afterwards? I would find it a waste if 30 plus images were taken and fully edited but the customer only purchases a couple of prints.

I generally give most of the images to the client to review. I only do a very quick editing and make sure it is written all over the planet that there will be changes in color, brightness and composition in the final print.

And finally, does there tend to be a specific type of market that brings in a lot of work.. eg. dog/horse shows, commercial work etc..?

Most of my business (99%) is private work in homes. I think I tend to be a minority in this as most of the folks who do this on the forum, I believe, are involved in the show circuit in some fashion or another.

Any advice would be highly appreciated!

Feel free to have a look at some of my work: Purrfect Pet Photography Blog http://purrfectpetphotography.blogspot.co.uk/