Would you buy any of these? - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/11/2005 08:01:40 AM · #1

I'm thinking about joining DPC sothat I can put some of my photos up on DPCPrints, and I'm curious if you think it would be worth it. Here's a small portfolio of pics. I'm curious, do you think that they would sell, and more importantly, do you think you personally would be interested in buying any?

Thanky you very much in advance four your helpMy Shutterstock Gallery

deapee

Kodak V803

01/11/2005 08:14:21 AM · #2

That tiger one is pretty good as well as the sailboat one as far as appealing to a large audience would go for prints anyway. Whether someone would buy them or not, I don't know. You'd really have to market and advertise your portfolio and get a lot of traffic.

If someone was on the internet looking for a print of a tiger, I see no reason why they wouldn't buy yours. I'm just not sure how many people that would find your portfolio would be looking for a print of a tiger -- know what I mean?

thewriterside

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/11/2005 08:18:55 AM · #3

I personally would purchase the sail photo and both palm tree photos.

thewriterside

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/11/2005 08:19:22 AM · #4

*and would consider the tiger photo

jaredldr

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/11/2005 08:21:24 AM · #5

I'm a fan of the third wingnut actually ;)

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

01/11/2005 02:19:48 PM · #6

I'm probably going to join within a week or so. I've got a lot more photos similar to the ones in my shutterstock portfolio, as well as a bunch of others that are of smilar quality.

//markg.photostep.com/19898511

I would also try to make theese available. Any of them look interesting?

coolhar

01/11/2005 03:47:49 PM · #7

I hope you do join Mark, I like your work. I don't have any prints for sale at DPCPrints, so am not speaking from first hand experience. You may get a few orders but don't get your hopes up for lots of sales to other dpc community members. We are a community of photographers and many of us are print sellers ourselves. We probably wouldn't rate very well as a community of print buyers. Marketing your DPCPrints portfolio to people outside this relatively small group is a must if you want to sell a lot of prints.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/11/2005 04:05:12 PM · #8

I've made more from ShutterStock then DPCPrints. Of course I have more loaded up at ShutterStock. With the new increase in space here I plan to upload more at DPCprints this year.

Message edited by author 2005-01-11 16:08:00.

Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon

01/14/2005 06:32:55 PM · #9

I've just added a few more to my portfolio. Are any of them interesting. If you are truly interested in buying prints of any of theese, please tell me sothat I can try to get an idea of what to expect.

//www.shutterstock.com/gallery.mhtml?id=99
Thanks agian

Message edited by author 2005-01-14 18:33:11.

MrYu

Nikon D70

01/14/2005 07:01:57 PM · #10

I think you need to pay a little more attention to exposure timings and/or post-processing. A lot of those pics seem to have blown highlights and/or too dark shadows, even the apparently studio/home shot wingnuts.

Also, a little more care in preparation of images for web publishing probably is desirable too.

Honestly, some of them seem like good ideas, but executed less than perfectly. Some of them are very good shots, but with less than perfect composition or light, for instance.

I think you are on the right track, though. Just need to be a little more meticulous.

Just my very subjective opinions.

And to answer your original qusetion, i don't know if they would sell. I personally wouldn't buy any, but then, i practically never do, so this doesn't mean much.