Turning My Hobby in to a Business advice

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Would like some feed back on the best way about making my hobby a full time job, I have been building up a profile over the past 2 years so I've got the basics in place , I have a linked FB page - Twitter & a main web site but its still currently only a hobby.


I only currently advertise on the likes of FB and people come to me and ask me to do photos for them witch I do as I want to build a profile up in a wide range of areas ,

Currently I enjoy landscape photography most and photographed 4 weddings last year witch I really enjoyed and feel this would bring in the best income plus its a weekend job most of the time so free's up week days to do other projects , From looking online Family studio and children photography is very popular at the moment after doing some research this is what most mums with children go for and I feel I could offer a lot better photography than the likes of most people currently doing it in my area. If I went in this direction I would need to invest in a studio kit and some flash lights and backdrops ect .

from a photography point of view what is best to do ? offer one type of photography or cover all areas ?

If I make this my full time job then one I want everyone one of my clients to love my photography so my clients will always come first and secondly make a decent yearly turn over.


Here is my Hobby website I have been building up over the past 2 years so any comments on how I can improve it would be greatly appreciated.

www.jasonsturgess.co.uk
 
Well that's debatable , For someone like me I'd say doing weddings and family studio photography but aiming it at people in the London area as its more money would probably be a good idea, as most couple down south don't really want to pay anymore than 1k for it. I guess it all depends on what clients you get and what they do for a living.

I do like weddings and a day shoot is say an easy 1k depending on the client but then again I think it comes down to how much you value your style and skills , I've only been doing it a year so I'm still learning but I've learn hell of a lot, I went in the deep end with no experience but its got me 4 this year so I must be doing something right and this is only from FB advertising.
 
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