Reddit reviews The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business
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If you're looking to understand everything at a super high level, I'm currently reading The Personal MBA. There's nothing new about any of the concepts but it's a good foundation for anything you would want to read afterwards.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046ECJ8M/
Also, this guy posted on reddit a while back with his website featuring business book summaries; I thought they were pretty useful:
http://www.blockshelf.com/
In addition actually getting to know how to use your camera and finding your niche, read these:
Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington
The Personal MBA by Josh Kauffman
One thing I'll grant you, kid: You're not a good photographer yet, but at least you seem to recognize that taking sellable photos and running a photo business require two sets of skills, and that you should be developing those skills in parallel if you are serious about creative work as a career. Those two books should get you on the right path for the latter.
Also, don't print a portfolio. You're not good enough yet and you'd be wasting money by doing so. Get a few photos you're proud of (and that have been critiqued well) before dropping real money on marketing materials. The money is better invested in the two books I linked above.
Id give this a read first: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046ECJ8M/
Then take a crack at making a business model canvas yourself: https://strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas
Then maybe make an honest financial forecast, or if not; make some kind of SMART goals (http://www.hr.virginia.edu/uploads/documents/media/Writing_SMART_Goals.pdf). I need to make a total of X at Y profit in three months, or I need to stop. Something like that.
Always find ways to limit your risk, and talk to an experienced CPA in your country to know how to handle the tax-risk. I know with AUS you need to keep your GST/VATS reporting up to date and very clean. Plus your own super-annuation/tax stuff.
I'm not from AUS, but I do a lot of work for people in that country from the states, and I know a little.