I've been exploring a business model of setting up a small studio at a local milonga, letting people do short photo sessions for free, posting low resolution photos, and selling disks of higher resolution photos, prints and so forth.
Last month there was a slight disconnect with the organizers who didn't quite understand what was being offered, and who didn't do a good job of publicizing it. The sort of glitch that is to be expected, so things weren't exactly hopping, but the people who did do sessions last month were very happy with them, and several of them did sessions again last night. My goal for last night was $100 worth of business, which would bring me up to nearly minimum wage. I only have cash in hand for $50, but I've got verbal orders for at least $40 more. As it worked out I did 11 sessions, plus photographed a dance demonstration between 8 and 12, and looks like I've got money coming in from at least four of them. I don't think I've quite got the lighting nailed down, but I got by with the big white lightning and a reflector on a radio trigger. I tend to prefer somewhat more dramatic lighting in my photos, but since most of my photos had women of enough maturity to prefer softer lighting, that was fine. It's very interesting working in this environment where rather spending a lot of time to get a perfect shot, I'm trying to get some decent shots fairly quickly. This certainly doesn't seem like a way to make a comfortable living. Or, pretty much any living, but it might end up being good publicity to get me other work, and it certainly made me more money that sitting at home arguing trivialities on PDML. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
