Our Small Business Photo Program offers the opportunity to have local photographer, Anna Longworth-Singer, owner of Anna Longworth Photography, come into a business to snap photos of the space, products, people, and more. Examples of past Small Business Photo projects can be found here.

• If an application is approved, our team will reach out to schedule a time to visit your business.
• During the designated 45-minute time slot, we ask that each participant have an idea of photos they want captured.
  • These photos will be taken from a “day in the life of” view.
  • This is not an opportunity to take stock photographs of products and / or headshots of staff members.

• Who is eligible? Small businesses located within the Illinois SBDC at Champaign County EDC service area that have a brick-and-mortar location.
• You must be registered as a client of the Illinois SBDC at Champaign County EDC to receive these services. If you aren’t already a client, please register here. All information provided is confidential.
• What does it cost? Thanks to CARES Act funding, this program is offered at no cost to your business.
• A completed application does not guarantee services.
• By agreeing to participate in the program, you grant Anna Longworth Photography and the SBDC the right to use your business name and photos.
• Participating businesses will receive the photos to approve before they are used in any way.
• Questions? Reach out to us at [email protected].

• Independent contractors or freelance workers that do not operate a sole proprietorship;
• a private club or business that limits membership for reasons other than capacity;
• a business that derives at least 33% of its gross annual revenue from legal gambling activities;
• a business engaged in pyramid sales, where a participant’s primary incentive is based on the sales made by an ever-increasing number of participants;
• a business engaged in activities that are prohibited by federal law or applicable law in the jurisdiction where the business is located or conducted. (Included in these activities is the production, servicing, or distribution of otherwise legal products that are to be used in connection with an illegal activity, such as selling drug paraphernalia or operating a motel that knowingly permits illegal prostitution);
• a business principally engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs, whether in a religious or secular setting;
• a government-owned business entity (except for businesses owned or controlled by a Native American tribe);
• a business primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities;
• a night club or strip club;
• a pawn shop;
• a liquor store;
• an establishment similar to any enumerated above

ABOUT ANNA LONGWORTH-SINGER

Anna Longworth-Singer is a freelance photographer based in the Midwest who has been capturing photos personally since childhood, and professionally since 2011.