Going to start selling, but i have a question?

[pasoviennese]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

Hey....family and friends will always tell you how good you are. What you need to do is to visit some pros in your area and show them a portfolio and get their opinions.

To pasoviennese -- Max just recently sold an article he wrote and shot to a major car magazine. Wanna know why...HE LISTENED TO OUR ADVICE HERE! You really need to do the same.

Well I don't know what advice you've been giving him, and how much he's been paying you for those advice. But so far, ALL I got was "Your photos aren't sharp". So even if I listen to you 100%, all I've learnt was that my photos aren't sharp. I don't see how that's going to help me improve.

[private]

I so did not want to jump in the middle - BUT if your photos are not sharp you need to figure out whay and change it. I have not seen any of your samples but some of the common causes are: camera shake, bad focus, poor processing, bad lighting - just to name a few

[Tyler]

I've been looking through some of your images and I think, at least from my perspective, that some of your shots have potential. I think you might have some photos in there that people may be interested in but I think you need to really critique yourself before you take the next step. I really like some of your cemetary/church photos and there are a few more in there that I think would work a little better if you revisited the site and explored it a little more.

I've never sold a print before so I can't speak from experience, but you definitely have a good starting point.

--Tyler

Originally Posted by Stupid

My advice? Find a photography club in your area and suck every bit of information out of them you can.
Above all... be teachable.

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QFT

Good advice.

[naturallymephotos]

maxharvard i liked your honesty with jgonzale if it isnt too bold could i ask you to take a look at my photo stream and let me know what you think--im always looking for feed back i would like to continue to improve and to find that photo that people would buy and your honesty could help thanks
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