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The 7 Essentials of Crowd-Funding Your Next Photography Project

This article By on Lightstalking maybe just what you need to gain funding for your photography projects, this could be a series of images, an exhibition a book.

“Crowdfunding is a relatively new phenomenon that has emerged over the past few years to help creative people fund their personal projects, including photographers. Kickstarter was the first company to offer this type of platform and others such as emphas.is and IndieGoGo have emerged since. Crowdfunding is a unique way to raise funds for projects by offering creative rewards to individual backers who pledge various amounts. Recently, we successfully funded our project on Kickstarterand wanted to share some lessons we learned along the way.”..….MORE

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