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Begine with purchasing the book called "Art Festival Guide" by Maria Arango.
Tells you all the things you do not know you don't even know you should even
know. Great start!

Also - one thing I have come to realize that many times the beautiful images are
not the ones that sell, it's the ones you never expect to sell. I sold on last
weekend and ALMOST wanted to say "Are you sure you really want THAT one?" But
from my short experience it's the images that somehow tap into others peoples
memories or sub conscience . . . or something.

Rod ( in his 2nd year of Art Fairs)

www.melottephotoimagery.com.

Melotte Photo Imagery
Photography With an Edge

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My name is Pam and I am new here, I have always loved photography, I have had a small portrait biz for about 2 years. My passion is in the art side of it all. I am wanting to start doing art shows and I am wondering where to begin... I am building my stock and buying my tent/booth ect... but where how do you attempt to enter your first show? Any and all advice would be great! & Thank you :)

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Hi Evan:

They definitely ship to the US,

All the best,
Andrew

Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
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and
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On Mar 30, 2011, at 5:20 PM, evanx83 wrote:

> Andrew,
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> Do they ship to the US? Or is it Canada only?
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> -Evan
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I agree.

I often say that the profession of photography, as it used to be, is dead, it just refuse to lie down (and I get hammered for saying that).

Seems like everyone making a good living where the camera is a tool has to expand their views and ways a bit.

You take photo stories, and publish a book. The book makes the money, the photos are just the platform.
You travel to destinations, maybe exotic, and sell travel stories in pictures.
You take photos and use them as a base for graphics work (commercials for instance)
You get hired to take pictures (wedding for instance) and you get paid for your work, but not for the photos.
News photography and sport photography, events in other words.
You team up with a good writer, you do the pictures, he do the text.
Documentaries.

Much of the shrinking market of just selling photos are already hijacked by us who has been around for a long time, and it is very difficult to get into this shrinking market as a newbie.

Just my thoughts.



On 31-Mar-2011 4:04 AM, Pete Jenkins wrote:

 

New member wrote:     (incidentally might be nice to sign your posts so we all know who we are talking to :-) )

 

"found myself getting discouraged by local professional phtographers who have told me that you basically have to sell off everything you own to make it in photography"

 

Photography as a profession has taken a huge beating over the past fifteen years or so, and many of us who are very experienced and successful have found that things ain't what they used to be.  Whilst your local professionals may have been exaggerating slightly, they were probably trying to do you a favour.  Photography is now one of the hardest jobs to make work, and the rewards are not good for most practitioners these days.

 

 

"I would love to learn more about the stock photo sales, and welcome any and all feedback on some of my photos."

 

The Ashley Nicole picture is very nice but where exactly do you expect such an image to sell.  Who do you think would be wanting this as a stock image?  These are the questions you have to ask yourself before you press the shutter on every shot.

 

In my experience it is (for example) a very nice arty type shot, but would not sell well editorially because of the sepia filtering.  best not to 'mess' with images if you want to sell stock successfully.  Most publishing houses employ designers who live for tweaking pictures and they get uppity if they feel that the photographer is trying to do their job for them.  And what if this is not actually the effect that the client needs?

 

 

Vibrant Mum is interesting and looks competently shot BUT...  As a stock shot many clients will want to see all of the flower. Clients can easily crop a shot, but it is not possible for them to pull further away.  Best to provide them more of an image like this and allow the client to crop if needed. (IMHO)

 

 

Clover - Macro.

 

Clients looking for such material will be searching for specifics, and this will mean you have to have the Latin name and know exactly what you are shooting.

 

etc etc.

 

A good start, now you need to go away and do it all again, thinking:

 

Why am I taking this image?

Who will want to buy this image?

Why will they want to use this image (as opposed to someone else's)?

Why is this image better?

 

With  so many people all producing so much imagery today if you are going to take stock pictures they have to be different to what is already available, and better than what is already available to make them stand out and make them saleable, otherwise they just sink into the huge reservoir of imagery produced every single day.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Pete Jenkins
www.petejenkins.co.uk
www.onlinepictureproof.com/petejenkins
www.photographerspro.eu/pete_jenkins/       
www.petejenkinsphotothoughts.blogspot.com/

 

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--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, "evanx83" <evanx83@...> wrote:
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> I am looking to have some photos mounted to acrylic. Can someone recommend a good company with competitive prices that does this type of work? I have found a few but would like some input from others who have done this before.

Since you seem to be based on Long Island, you have a bunch of options in NYC to get your work mounted.
laumont is of course the high-end shop to go to, I've never been unhappy with their service. not cheap, but worth the money. I get all super-large works mounted at laumont, the majority of my work is done at http://solidcolorinc.com (ask for Tim). I know that Beth Schiffer does a good job, but I've never worked with them. duggal also offers diasec mounts, but I can't deal with their customer service. there are a couple of other places, but overall, the prices are quite similar, since they all use the same source materials.

The main problem with diasec mounts is that you get what you pay for... cheap places don't worry about bubbles, may have inferior adhesive or materials, and may not have a do-over policy.

good luck

joergen
http://luminous-newyork.com

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Andrew,

Do they ship to the US? Or is it Canada only?

-Evan

--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Darlow <ad@...> wrote:
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> Hi Jim:
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> I currently am having a print made by this company, based in Montreal:
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> http://www.acrylicpix.com/
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> I'll comment on the quality when I receive it. It may be worth a small investment to have a small print made at a few companies.
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> I also noticed that art.com has an acrylic mounting option, but I'm not sure if you have to opt for the version that punches 4 holes through the acrylic.
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> http://www.art.com/photostoart/
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> All the best,
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> Andrew
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> Andrew Darlow
> Editor, The Imaging Buffet
> http://www.imagingbuffet.com
> Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
> An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
> and
> Pet Photography 101:
> Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com
> http://facebook.com/andrewdarlow
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> On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:20 AM, James Parker wrote:
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> > I'd be interested to hear of any others, especially in the midwest
> > around Detroit or Chicago.
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> > Jim Parker
> > parkerparker :: design | photography
> > http://www.parkerparker.info
> > @dakkid / twitter
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Hi everyone.
I've worked as a professional photographer for decades, freelancing to magazines
and newspapers. During the past couple of years, however, I've also started
selling prints of my work at local functions. Despite decades of experience in
making good images, I'm new to displaying and selling prints, so I'm hoping to
learn some things from experienced members of this group.
Respectfully,
Ron Kruger

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Hello CHRISTOPHER,

I was pretty much afraid that would be the case. I did find an art fair
in Brighton ( http://www.brightonartfair.co.uk ) that may be the sort of
thing we would be looking for, but I've not looked much further at the
moment.

I did think of having a stand at fairs and fêtes, but I'm not sure many
people who go to these sorts of things go expecting to pay what to some
is a lot of money "just for a photo".

TTFN

> i have been in the artshow market for 4 years in the UK printing and matting my own work
> i have found it very different to the US market where you have
> multiple choices as venues, here in the UK we have nothing similar and
> i use summer county shows(usually with a rural slant) and christmas
> craft fairs to market my work.also there is a difference in the perception
> of US clients and UK clients in that in the US people accept
> photographers as artists much more readily than here in the UK

> i would love to see a similar circuit of artshows in this country as it would make my life a lot easier
> Chris Waller
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeontheworld

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Hi Jim:

I currently am having a print made by this company, based in Montreal:

http://www.acrylicpix.com/

I'll comment on the quality when I receive it. It may be worth a small investment to have a small print made at a few companies.

I also noticed that art.com has an acrylic mounting option, but I'm not sure if you have to opt for the version that punches 4 holes through the acrylic.

http://www.art.com/photostoart/

All the best,

Andrew

Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
http://www.imagingbuffet.com
Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
and
Pet Photography 101:
Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com
http://facebook.com/andrewdarlow

On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:20 AM, James Parker wrote:

> Laumont in New York City is the only one that I know of -- very high
> end, very expensive.
>
> http://www.laumont.com/laumontStudio.html
>
> I'd be interested to hear of any others, especially in the midwest
> around Detroit or Chicago.
>
> Jim Parker
> parkerparker :: design | photography
> http://www.parkerparker.info
> @dakkid / twitter
>
>

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