6 Outdoor Photography Studio Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start An Outdoor Photography Studio

Outdoor photography is a perfect opportunity to capture vivid scenes, amazing weather, outdoor lighting, and even an unlimited background.

If you love photography, you can consider starting an outdoor shoot business. Outdoor photographers make money by selling photos as stock shots to clients such as newspapers and magazines or by producing prints and selling them to consumers.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a outdoor photography studio:

1. Loaded Landscapes ($180K/year)

How much they make: $180K/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
Current team size:

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About

Marc started Loaded Landscapes over 12 years ago

Revenue

Marc grew the business to $15K/month

Costs

It cost Marc $5000 to start the business

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Learn more about starting an outdoor photography studio:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an outdoor photography studio?
-> Pros and cons of an outdoor photography studio

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-> Examples of established outdoor photography studio

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4. OUTDOORPHOTO

Outdoorphoto is the leading online camera store in South Africa. Shop digital cameras, lenses, video cameras, studio lighting, camera accessories and more.

Where they're located: Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France
Website traffic: 100K/month

5. ShootQ

ShootQ - The Most Advanced Photography Studio Management Software developed by photographers for photographers. Join thousands of photographers who are growing their business with ShootQ. We offer a 30 day free trial and have a free account option if you are just starting out. Check out ShootQ today!

Website traffic: 80K/month

6. Loaded Landscapes

How much they make:
Where they're located: Pennsylvania
How much did it cost to start: $5K