At this photography thing for 8 months....

[Kbarredo]

if children are your target try leaving a card or poster at local daycares. Its not about quality like dao says its about finding a way to stick out. Find places that don't have the competition already littering the roads with ads.

 

[o hey tyler]

if children are your target try leaving a card or poster at local daycares. Its not about quality like dao says its about finding a way to stick out. Find places that don't have the competition already littering the roads with ads.

You know this because your photography business is booming right now, right?

 

[Kbarredo]

I don't have a photo business. But my wifes daycare and friends landscaping is. My wife brought in 4 grand last month after taxes looking after 6 children while my friend brought in 10k. You and bitter can be jerks all you like but numbers don't lie. Yeah and I'm the troll. I'm one of the few people actually trying to help while you insists on being a smarta$$ and not contributing anything. This isn't highschool grow up

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Cute numbers.

 

[Kbarredo]

Cute numbers.

You guys are going on my ignore list since day one you've both been a sarcastic pain. Not responding to this stupidity anymore. I mean for godsake you're 43 and you act like a teenager trying to be funny in a classroom. aren't old men supposed to be wise and offer guidance

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

There is wisdom in sarcasm, and earlier in the thread I offered guidance.

 

[Kbarredo]

There is wisdom in sarcasm, and earlier in the thread I offered guidance.

there is also ignorance and stupidity as well.

 

[vtf]

Also if photographers shouldn't post pics from their sessions they might as well not have a facebook fan page..lol. I think facebook is a good marketing tool... And it's free . I get why you are saying though, maybe I can watermark my pictures better.

I have a friend who I use as a model, we occasionally go out to shoot for my practice and updated photos for her. I go home and work hours on retouching the photo's and loading high resolutions on a cd. While doing this I upload to Photobucket low rez images to give her an idea of what they looked like in the mean time. I have dropped off her cd only for her to tell me "that's ok, I already printed them off your website".
Just the other day she was telling me how frustrating my new flicker site was because she couldn't download some new images I had put on there, "but that's ok because we just screenshot them then cropped". :er:
If they are saving/printing off your website they have no use for the cd/prints.

 

[iNick]

i work at an after school program for an elementary school and im sure if you dropped off like a 10% discount flyers or something that would help, and see if you could put an ad in the school bulletin. word of mouth in this crowd goes a long way. get one or two of them, they put their pictures on facebook and the other parents see and want the same for their kids.

 

[Kbarredo]

Also if photographers shouldn't post pics from their sessions they might as well not have a facebook fan page..lol. I think facebook is a good marketing tool... And it's free . I get why you are saying though, maybe I can watermark my pictures better.

I have a friend who I use as a model, we occasionally so out to shoot for my practice and updated photos for her. I go home and work hours on retouching the photo's and loading high resolutions on a cd. While doing this I uploaded to Photobucket low rez images to give her an idea of what they looked like in the mean time. I have dropped off her cd only for her to tell me "that's ok, I already printed them off your website".Just the other day she was telling me how frustrating my new flicker site was because she couldn't download some new images I had put on there, "but that's ok because we just screenshot them then cropped". :er:If they are saving/printing off your website they have no use for the cd/prints.

thank you and it makes your work look bad when they show it off to their friends. Had my friend try to print off one of my pics in walmart from a cd. It made a golden sunlight reflection look like glitter was on his face.

 

[mrpink]

i work at an after school program for an elementary school and im sure if you dropped off like a 10% discount flyers or something that would help, and see if you could put an ad in the school bulletin. word of mouth in this crowd goes a long way. get one or two of them, they put their pictures on facebook and the other parents see and want the same for their kids.

Most schools will not allow you to distribute anything to their students or parents without jumping through a lot of hoops. It is a good idea, just be forewarned it will not be a simple process.





p!nK

 

[mrpink]

Now that I think of it, I do remember a few weeks ago I took my daughter to the doctors and in the waiting room a local photographer had printed and framed a bunch of his work with his company contact info. The doctors office got free wall decor and he got free (except for the cost of print and framework) advertising.

Might be something to look into and try out.





p!nK

 

[Kbarredo]

i work at an after school program for an elementary school and im sure if you dropped off like a 10% discount flyers or something that would help, and see if you could put an ad in the school bulletin. word of mouth in this crowd goes a long way. get one or two of them, they put their pictures on facebook and the other parents see and want the same for their kids.

Most schools will not allow you to distribute anything to their students or parents without jumping through a lot of hoops. It is a good idea, just be forewarned it will not be a simple process.p!nK

hey kids wanna come to my house and take some pics.

 

[iNick]

You're right, but rather than actually handing out the flyers and whatnot to the kids i was suggesting more of leaving a stack at the door where the parents come through to pick their kids up or tacking them to a bulletin board. Idk, i know it's hard when it comes to schools but i know that the elementary school crowd loves those kinds of things

 

[vtf]

Maybe we are looking at this wrong. Maybe we should charge extra dollars each session for the ease and convenience of printing off Facebook, forget the cd's and prints. Offer it as an option for additional $150 or so.