On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 25, 2008, at 11:16 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Well, i have one more show to do this weekend, and it could be the >> last for me. >> ... > > It points to a basic fact of photographic business: selling prints is > not the way to make a living at it unless you are selling a LOT of > them, or selling fine art prints through a gallery ... and even then > you have to have the right connections and the right gallery to > promote your work. > > Selling rights to the use of images in publication is the more > lucrative end of the business for me. I've made much more money from > selling one photograph for a book cover than I've made in three years > of selling dozens of prints at the galleries.
I get $25 for a photo in a magazine. :-) Dave > > Godfrey > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
