Against all rational judgement, I’ve been talked into trying to sell my photos at an art show back in Illinois in a little while. While I have little doubt that this will wind up being another one of those soul-crushing examples of Rejection and FAIL ranking right up there with asking out the Hot Chick and having her laugh uproariously, I’m still going to give it a go. What the hell.
Along with a passel of panoramas (which will be somewhat expensive, and thus I don’t expect to sell much of *any*), I’m also bringing along a boxload of 8.5X11 prints, printed off (reeeeaaaalllllly slowly) on my Kodak photo printer. Once I started organizing what I have that I think might be sellable, I realized I was just shy of 100. I have a collection of something like 80,000 photos, so picking out the good ones is a bit of a chore. I suppose 1 good one out of every 800 is probably about the right ratio.
I’d like to bring it up to a full 100. If anyone has seen a photo of mine on the blog that seems to you to be potentially “good,” and it’s not in the compilation below, let me know. Obviously the panoramas are largely out, as they just plain suck when reduced to fit on an 8.5X11. However, there’s the example set by photos 37, 38 and 39… one panorama split into a tryptych. I could do that again, I suppose.
When I tried my hand at selling these things before, during my disastrous stay at the “Quilted Bear” art shop, I tried (and failed) to sell these prints for $6. This time… $3. I guess.
Anyone want to buy a complete set and help me pay for gas?
8 Responses to “100 Photos”
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I’ve always thought that your best photography is aerospace oriented. Why not include some of those shots?
I’ve saved a bunch of your critter pics and I think those are your best work. The pics of Rardthinn and Fingers together are classic. The pictures you took of the two horses looking at you look capture their interest in you. I have a couple pics of deer that shows how well they blend in with their surroundings.
There’s a few pics with the grey cats with their tails together that form the shape of a heart, I’ve never seen that before until those pics. The three shots of Fingers looking left, right and at the camera make a good triptic. If you group some of the shots into triptics you could sell all three for $8.
The landscape shots that have the sunsets and reflective water are good but you have two in the set that are almost identical. The shots of Bryce and some of the other landscapes are good, but I think you are correct that they don’t work in a small format.
I agree,the pictures of Raedthinn & Fingers together in certain situations
are cute.
> Why not include some of those shots?
1: I have trouble imagining aerospace photos selling well at craft shows and the like, at least compared to cats/critters/landscapes.
2: I *don’t* have trouble imagining Certain Major Aerospace Corporations pitching lawyerfits over photos of their products being sold… since I’ve spoken with several aerospace photographers who’ve had exactly that trouble.
I’d say the cat ones would sell with cat lovers.
Is >http://artbyearthlings.com< still available?
> Is >http://artbyearthlings.com< still available? "Available" in that I am going to completely redo it, yes.
Think about charging MORE. Things priced too low tend to make people think they aren’t worth buying.
You can always allow them to talk you down to a price that’s acceptable, and they will go away happy they got a bargain.
I say start between $10.00 and $15.00.
Worked for a company that sold its product low. When slow sales got it in trouble, the new owner came in, RAISED the prices, and sales took off.
It’s a weird world out their, but peoples conception of quality/value is often based on price, if nothing else.