Setting up a Mini Session, can you help?

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01/09/2011 09:14:30 AM · #1

I have a small space where I am displaying my work, it is a modern general store in a small town. I have sold a few items but been a bit slow but several people have been asking about portraits. I have setup a poster showing examples of my portraits

I talked to the owner when I went to put that in my space and he has given me the go ahead to setup a small studio in my space one Saturday a month. It won't take too much to take down the table and easels and setup my strobes and a backdrop so I am planning that for the end of this month. Here is the flyer I made for it

So my question is how does the flyer look? Should I add anything to it? What about the pricing, should I maybe lower it to $25 and $40? This is a small town and I am just going to do one pose and that is all. I am planning about 10 minutes per sitting. Since the space is kinda small I will only be doing 1-2 people and only 3/4 and above shots but mostly just head and shoulders. I am mainly hoping this will get my name out there more and it will get me some full sessions this Spring/Summer.

ambaker

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM

01/09/2011 10:07:44 AM · #2

For me, the bright background of the poster makes it a bit hard to read. If it is for people passing by, you want it to communicate quickly and easily. As for pricing, it would be high here, but I live in a rural Missouri town where incomes are lower by far, than the national average.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/09/2011 10:16:24 AM · #3

I think the bright background is fine (gives it a valentine's day feel), but I'd go with black writing for readability. Those prices would be realistic here. But I've heard Va. has a much lower wage average. Only you would really know what your area would consider a "deal" worth not missing.

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01/09/2011 10:30:00 AM · #4

Thanks. I think I will change the font color to black just for ease of reading and considering the area I have my stuff I will drop the prices to $20 and $35. That will still net me $12 and $24. Not much of a money maker but the main thing is to advertise. I would rather have 4 people see my work and have it in their home for $80 then 2 people for $70 and I can always adjust after this initial run.

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

01/09/2011 10:49:23 AM · #5

I say black too, and would also drop the info a little more down the page, so there is a def space between the header and the rest, it kinda all looks a little crammed in there

01/09/2011 11:06:42 AM · #6

The redo

Thanks for your input. Now to do a release/order form to have when I go.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

01/09/2011 11:20:44 AM · #7

My thought, keep the color the same, maybe add saturation, that will tie in the valentines theme. Add other reasons this might be a good reason to participate, senior time is coming soon. I think a 2 week trial run at your original pricing is a good idea, sell yourself cheep now, you will have to later. If you need to adjust your prices later offer less product the same amount, to keep from pissing off the customers that paid a higher price.

Edit, the black lettering works.

Message edited by author 2011-01-09 11:23:26.

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01/09/2011 11:35:04 AM · #8

Originally posted by alans_world:

I understand what you are saying with the pricing. But. I have my regular pricing on my website and I will likely only be doing this 2-3 times at most (at least at the store) one Spring comes I will be doing my sessions outside at different locations so this is mainly for advertising purposes. Plus I will only be doing one pose and no more then 10 minutes per sitting, if I don't need to move the lights in between it will be more like 5 minutes. So I suppose you could say this is more like a special to get people to know who I am and in turn I hope to get a few full sessions out of it. Bedford is a very small town and even my art prints (8x10 matted to 11x14) at $30 are slow to move.

Adz

Nikon D80

01/09/2011 03:19:03 PM · #9

Not sure if it was just me but the first time I saw the pricing it kind of confused me on first glance. (I did do an example but it wont allow the blank spaces here )

Message edited by author 2011-01-09 15:21:03.

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01/09/2011 04:36:32 PM · #10

Originally posted by adamelliott111:

Not sure if it was just me but the first time I saw the pricing it kind of confused me on first glance. (I did do an example but it wont allow the blank spaces here )

Are you talking about on my website? Hmm... I may have to look into that a bit more as I had recently updated that page and have not checked it on IE. Seems ok on firefox and safari though.

Adz

Nikon D80

01/09/2011 06:50:43 PM · #11

Originally posted by jminso:

Originally posted by adamelliott111:
Not sure if it was just me but the first time I saw the pricing it kind of confused me on first glance. (I did do an example but it wont allow the blank spaces here )

Are you talking about on my website? Hmm... I may have to look into that a bit more as I had recently updated that page and have not checked it on IE. Seems ok on firefox and safari though.

No sorry I was talking about the poster, the first time I saw the pricing it confused me a little but now I look back on it, it isn't bad at all.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM

01/12/2011 09:45:54 AM · #12

hope this works out for you...

a friend of mine over in buchanan did 3 friday night sessions for christmas portraits and, even with his extremely reasonable and affordable prices, ended up with a total of 12 people getting photographed and 5 buying.

it might be that all you can get out of this is exposure.

one thing to keep in mind with and other marketing is that there is a huge difference between a great bargain and a great value. for example, cutting the price of a 4x6 from $10 to $5 is a bargain. one the other hand, charging $10 for a 4x6, but delivering two adds value, especially if it wasn't offered. the price cut endears you to bargain hunters. the over delivery endears you to customers who are willing to pay you what you're worth.

good luck!