I Need some advice PLEASE

[find_rhonda@yahoo.com]

I have an opportunity to sell pictures at a Texas Long Horn Stock Show. Which I'm excited and freaked out about. I have never done this before and want to be prepared with all of my supplies, problem is supplies are really expensive and I have to get the majority of it off the internet. I'm not sure how to estimate how many photo's I could sell and how prepared I need to be. This show is from Thursday to Saturday and they have a youth competition on Sat. Any Ideas????

Thanks in advance,
Rhonda

[prince]

Not sure if you've read. Might be helpful

http://digital-photography-school.co...-at-festivals/

[DanSir]

Rhonda,

i may be able to offer some advice - not sure if it will help much though. are you doing something like where you set up a booth and you and sell your pictures as people walk by? or are you going to set up a booth; take pictures and print them there (infront of the people who are interested in buying them)... either way, i can tell you want to do (or rather what i do). i photograph horse shows sometimes (in summertime).

I set up a booth where i have a collection of my prints for people to see. i usually have my friend or boyfriend (if he is not working) sit at the booth and talk with people while i am out photographing the horses. at break time, i come and download the shots and usually people will pass by to take a look. (usually owners or breeders). they ask how much the shots were, and i would ask, if they wanted in it a 5x7 shot or 8x10. once they have choosen the picture of their liking; i print it out for them usually right there. or i get them to write down their mailing address, where i mail it to them. the last show i did, i managed to make over $750. (use this as an example - your senario may be a little different).

Now if you are not planning on taking pictures and are just there selling, have a larger variety of photos available. what i like to do is use these photos as "people touchers". the ones people can pick up and touch and look at. write the name of the photo (aka the extention - or whatever you named it to) and when they choose one, tell them you will send it to them an exact copy of the one they like (but untouched).


i hope this helps. also i know it sounds terrible - but none the less be confident, go in with idea that you will sell nothing to no one. (only because it sounds like no one hired you. however if thats wrong, then you already have one buyer!)

Danny

[find_rhonda@yahoo.com]

Originally Posted by DanSir

Rhonda,

i may be able to offer some advice - not sure if it will help much though. are you doing something like where you set up a booth and you and sell your pictures as people walk by? or are you going to set up a booth; take pictures and print them there (infront of the people who are interested in buying them)... either way, i can tell you want to do (or rather what i do). i photograph horse shows sometimes (in summertime).

I set up a booth where i have a collection of my prints for people to see. i usually have my friend or boyfriend (if he is not working) sit at the booth and talk with people while i am out photographing the horses. at break time, i come and download the shots and usually people will pass by to take a look. (usually owners or breeders). they ask how much the shots were, and i would ask, if they wanted in it a 5x7 shot or 8x10. once they have choosen the picture of their liking; i print it out for them usually right there. or i get them to write down their mailing address, where i mail it to them. the last show i did, i managed to make over $750. (use this as an example - your senario may be a little different).

Now if you are not planning on taking pictures and are just there selling, have a larger variety of photos available. what i like to do is use these photos as "people touchers". the ones people can pick up and touch and look at. write the name of the photo (aka the extention - or whatever you named it to) and when they choose one, tell them you will send it to them an exact copy of the one they like (but untouched).


i hope this helps. also i know it sounds terrible - but none the less be confident, go in with idea that you will sell nothing to no one. (only because it sounds like no one hired you. however if thats wrong, then you already have one buyer!)

Danny

All of this came up kind of sudden. A friend of mine asked me to do the National Long Horn Stock Show that they have once a year in Glen Rose, TX supposedly it's a big thing. I then got an Epson Stylus 1400 and had the bright idea to maybe sell my shots on site, if they approved, THEY DID, apparently I don't think before I speak sometimes. My husband will be running the printing and laptop, while I'm out being the wild one that I am. I've only had one photoshoot but I've been taking pictures and people have been using them for quite some time now. I know that there are over 250 animals and the big show is Sat for the youth. I just don't know what to expect regarding sales and what supplies I should bring. I'm thinking 250 sheets of 81/2 x 11 and 250 5X7 then of course extra ink. Does that sound appropriate for this occasion???