Getting your first paying job in the world of commercial photography is not so hard. If your friends and family know you're into photography, there's a good chance someone has asked you to take pictures for them. 

The real challenge is making the leap from your first few photography gigs into a regular healthy income. Our new course, Getting Started in Commercial Photography, will help you make this transition successfully. You'll learn everything you need to know to start your commercial photography business—and keep it going.

What You'll Learn

This course is all about the hows of commercial photography: 

• how to get started
• how to find clients
• how to deliver great work
• how to keep those clients happy

You'll learn the fundamentals of creating your portfolio, defining your look, and building a stable photography business.

Tuts+ instructor Ben Lucas will teach you from his own experience as a successful commercial portrait and wedding photographer in Seattle. He focuses on getting the very best expression from clients, whether they are brides, actors, chefs, or even lawyers. He'll share his best tips and advice with you throughout these 13 comprehensive videos.

Watch the Introduction

You can take our new course straight away with a subscription to Envato Elements. For a single low monthly fee, you get access not only to this course, but also to our growing library of over 1,000 video courses and industry-leading eBooks on Envato Tuts+.

Plus you now get unlimited downloads from the huge Envato Elements library of 200,000+ photos and 26,000+ design assets and templates. Create with unique fonts, photos, graphics and templates, and deliver better projects faster.