In order to create some simple portfolio to potential clients (not a wedding album) I searched the internet for related articles and services. Here is the list of the companies that provide nice portfolio books:

• House of Portfolios
• PFile
• FastPortfolio
• ModelingAdvice
• Master Graphics
• The Silverprint Catalogue 2005
• Renaissance Art
• Quincy

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Through a Digital Wedding Forum I came to a useful link about insurance for photographers:
An Insurance Primer for Photographers

By now I've bookmarked several websites of great wedding photographers and want to share those with you. Such guys and gals as they inspire me and make me learn and evolve:

• David Beckstead
• Todd Johnson
• James Hodgins
• IDC Photography
• Pfister Photo Art
  
• Ian Wilkinson
• Linda Wallace
• XSiGHT
  

This is a link to a PhotographyBLOG, where you can find some recent news related to photography, photo equipment and etc. With a short overview of the news they provide a link to the actual website of the manufacturer or poster of the event/news.

since the last time I wrote here. I am sorry.
Recently I was trying to organize some stuff and start the wedding photography business. To do so, I've bought a few books about Business Plan and Marketing. My business plan is still waiting for my attention, meanwhile I am reading about marketing. There are a few books that I think of great interest for those like me (trying to start a new small business).
Here are the links on Amazon:

• The Brand Called You: The Ultimate Brand-Building and Business Development Handbook to Transform Anyone into an Indispensable Personal Brand
  I find the book is very valueable and interesting to read. It tells you how to sell yourself instead of the product or service. Such approach is very useful for small businesses, which are operated by a single person (well maybe with a few employees)
• Professional Marketing & Selling Techniques for Wedding Photographers
  This book will tell you how to run a successful photography studio (oriented for wedding photographers as you see). There are numerous advices on prices, marketing strategy and other techniques.
• Photographer's Guide to Wedding Album Design and Sales
  I thought, in this book I would find detailed explanation how to create a wedding album. But instead I learned how better sell and present the albums, what kind of albums the professional photographers suggest to produce.
• The Art of Wedding Photography: Professional Techniques with Style
  Very inspirational book. Maybe somewhat general, but it will be helpfull to grasp the idea about the wedding photography and understand some of the obligations the photographer should fulfill.
• Power Marketing for Wedding and Portrait PhotographersIt was one of my first books I read about marketing, and, frabkly, it opened my eyes on what the marketing is about and how many mistake people out there (you could count me in).

The are a few books that are waiting to be ordered or read:

• Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales
• Marketing Without Advertising: Inspire Customers to Rave About Your Business to Create Lasting Success
• Drive a Modest Car & 16 Other Keys to Small Business Success