From the course: Running a Photography Business: Pricing Your Work

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Using a professional lab

Using a professional lab

- Moving on, let's talk about suppliers. Now, I wish it was so easy that we could just push a button on the keyboard and get all the vendors you're going to deal with, but there's some very significant relationships that result by having your suppliers, the vendors you work with, or the vendors whose products you use, brought into your network. I want to use working with a professional lab as probably the best example of how much they can help you, but there's certain qualities you want to look for when you start looking at professional labs. In terms of finding those professional labs and getting to know who the people are directly, this is why I always recommend that every photographer attend as many conventions and trade shows as they can possibly find time for in a year. Every year, there's another trade show. Every year, there's another convention. There's another opportunity for you to actually meet the labs. I remember one year when I was with WPPI, I believe we had 45…

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