Johnboy2978
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There are several small Arts/Crafts festivals in my immediate area from late summer to early fall. Typically there are several photographers who set up booths and sell prints ranging from 8x10 - 16x20 and larger. I've often thought of printing some work, matting it and setting up a booth, but the overhead seems like it would cost more than it would make. I know at one of the festivals, it's $500 rent just for a booth for the weekend, plus you have the cost of your prints. I would think that you would probably have maybe 2 dozen different prints and probably 2 dozen of each print in a 8x10 and 2 dozen in 16x20? What do you do with the leftovers?
If any of you have set up at this type of event, was it worth it? Give me an idea about quantity that you had on hand and some idea of how sells were for it. I guess if all you do is travel from one festival to another, it's just the initial start up cost that sucks and then you just replinish from there as needed. What type of print sells the best? It looks like landscape and still life is what I see mostly. Any insight?
If any of you have set up at this type of event, was it worth it? Give me an idea about quantity that you had on hand and some idea of how sells were for it. I guess if all you do is travel from one festival to another, it's just the initial start up cost that sucks and then you just replinish from there as needed. What type of print sells the best? It looks like landscape and still life is what I see mostly. Any insight?