Got back from Photoshop World last week and still trying to catch up. So I am keeping this week’s blog brief.

I’m going to make some recommendations on a topic I know very little about: Starting up a photography business. I'm pretty sure many of you who digitally watermark are trying to do this and I should try to understand your concerns.

Having never done it, I'm not speaking from experience, but I have been reading the series on Photojojo about starting up a business. Then I saw a really nice demo at Photoshop World that made the administrative side of running a photo based business seem feasible.

For those of you who’ve been thinking about getting your photographs to pay the rent, check out Photojojo’s series on starting up a photo biz.

In the past, I have done freelance and even ran a couple small companies. I always found that the business side of things — estimates, contracts, invoicing, checking to see if you actually made money — to be the time suck that turned me off of self-employment. As I watched Alyse from Blink Bid run through their software, I was wondering why it wasn't around when I had to do that stuff. They've boiled it down to a simple workflow with a clean interface that appears powerful enough under-the-covers to do the job. I'll download the free trial in a few days and write up a more detailed review. If you feel inclined to check it out as well, please drop me a line about your experience.