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09/24/2009 11:18:19 AM · #1 |
I have been given the opportunity to submit some photos to a local gallery with a view to his putting them up for sale. He has asked for some JPEGs to see the sort of thing I have to offer him.
I don't know whether to send him some JPEGs at 72 DPI about 1000px long/wide or whether to run off some prints instead and actually go in. I'm not too worried about being ripped off but I do want to show my pics in the best possible light obviously.
IF... he is interested, is there anything (apart from obvious legal stuff like release forms) that I should be aware of when selling photos like this?
Complete beginner here seeking to make pocket money for buying new toys, rather than using this for income, but I clearly would still like to maximise profit here!
Cheers. :o)
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09/24/2009 11:26:15 AM · #2 |
| im doing the same thing this november, but the business didnt ask me to see copies first. i would just go in and show him your portfolio if you have one(or print out some 5x7s). or, you could tell him your address on here and tell him to look at your stuff online. let me know how it turns out |
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09/24/2009 11:29:50 AM · #3 |
bring in some 8x12's.... that's how I started...
What I actually did was print off all the pictures I had that might be ones that someone would want to buy, then insert them intu a portfolio (ITOYA makes a really nice black one)
Then I took the portfoilo into a bounch of places to see if they were interested... the one gallery I am at now actually kept the portfolio and uses it to show my pictures to clients and they have ordered them directly out of it... the ones that she sells steadily she keep printed out in stock...
if you haven 't already made up a portfolio, you definately should make one up... |
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09/25/2009 06:43:08 AM · #4 |
Hmmm. I did figure that I might need to sort out a portfolio. It probably is the way forward.
Would you recommend building it around one theme? Or can I stick in a variety of types without it looking too amateur? I tend to shoot a variety of things as you can see from my challenge entries!
And no, I'm not planning on trying to sell the lego shot! ;o)
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09/25/2009 09:15:53 AM · #5 |
| you need variety, but themes with your variety. e.g. 3 diff sports shots, 2 diff macros, 3 portraits, and 5 landscapes(or wahtver your main specialty is). it doesnt show you're unprofessional or amateur, it shows you're capable of shooting more then one subject type. |
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09/25/2009 09:31:28 AM · #6 |
Usually though it seems galleries want to see a cohesive body of work though, I mean thats just from the stuff I've seen. Plus if they want to do an opening to exhibit your work, very rarely have I seen something that isn't a single themed showing.
But thats for that kind of gallery. I guess some of the joints around my town will stock a ton of stuff and when its not so much "exhibited" and not seen in a group, it doesn't really matter if its themed or not. |
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09/25/2009 09:34:03 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by LadyK:
it doesnt show you're unprofessional or amateur, it shows you're capable of shooting more then one subject type. |
I dont think a gallery cares if you can shoot more than one subject type to be honest, they aren't hiring you to shoot for them. If you come in there with nothing but one theme/type, and its solid, they are fine with that (as long as it will move!!) |
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09/25/2009 10:32:13 AM · #8 |
| what im saying is just from my experience. it worked for me |
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09/25/2009 10:45:20 AM · #9 |
NO YOURE WRONG!
Haha. Just giving a flip side view. |
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