Congratulations on finally deciding Tanya.I aslo read all of the replies as I am going
through a
similar delema my self only not with photo's of people but of our equine friends.For
the past
two years I practiced on our local riders working on timing framing and trying to
promote my
name,selling the pictures back tothe riders at my cost to re gain monies spent.The
parents
constently told me to charge more but as i felt i was still learning,it felt ocward to
do so.Now I
feel talented enough to venture into the competetive world of the equine 'pro'and
started to sell
some pic's from some indoor shoots this spring.I toiled with a fair price
schedule,posted it
with my album(i put the pic;s in an album for all to look at with a price list and
order form)and
still told 'your pic's are great but you'r still not charging enough'.I do not charge
per hour etc
just shoot on spec,post the pictures and try to promote as much as possible.Very hard
for a
one man operation.The plus side of all the time spent is i met a very influental
coach/judge
last week who liked some of my work,took 3 pictures for a magazine column he writes
and
will use them soon,and he asked if i would shoot pictures at his next clinic in 2
weeks.
I think everyone who submits to this digest knows how hard it is to prosper in this
medium but
if we did not enjoy the fun aspect of it would be doing x word puzzles instead.
BTW my prices are $3 per 4x6,$10 per 5x7 $15 per 8x10 and $25 per 11x14
to cheap????
Thanks for all the infor group
Dave
Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,
go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to
visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
