I agree with what Stan said earlier in this thread. I would just do my best to find it, and, if successful, sell her a copy at a reasonable price. It's one of those times when photographers have to bite the bullet. I get requests for pics of cars I've shot years ago. Sometimes it's tough to find a shot, but I always accommodate them.
Paul On Aug 29, 2012, at 6:37 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> David, >> Not sure how you catalog and keep track of who is who at these things >> (as you do them) so that you can sell the print to them in the first >> place, but I'm sure you have some sort of system. > > Darren. > > I catalog the files with the rider number for that show, for that day, > under the division shown in.i tried to write down rider names, but i > found i was spending more time writing than shooting and missing a lot > of photos. > > Problem is i have tossed all of my older books. > > Dave >> >> I can't tell you how to go back and locate your prior files, but I >> would suggest that to avoid this situation you follow up each sale >> with a post card or letter within a year or so, offering them the >> digital file on CD for $xx. You could even use this situation to >> explain that it is impractical to offer reprints into the indefinite >> future (when memories slip) and so this is their ONLY opportunity to >> purchase the digital image. >> >> This may be anathema to some, but I think for this sort of photography >> business it would generate a pretty good percentage of income over and >> above what you were doing before. People who have purchased from you >> in the past are more likely to do so again in the future, and if you >> only offer it to those who originally made a print order, then you >> aren't really hurting your real-time print orders to generate the >> addition income (from fear of losing the image for all time, if they >> don't purchase it now). I'd give it a value-added name like Legacy >> Images. >> : ) >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, 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. -- 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.
