Panel:
- Bart Busschots (host) – @bbusschots – Flickr
- Mark Pouley from Twin Lakes Images – @switcherMark – Flickr
This month Bart chats with Mark Pouley about making a start on selling some of your work. Not going pro, but selling enough to approach breaking even and having photography be a financially neutral hobby.
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Tips form Mark
- Search for “call for artists” in your area
- Join a local artists guild or group – a great source of advice and wisdom
- Keep an eye out for festivals and things like that in your area
- Your portfolio should be ‘the cream’ of your work, small, and indicative of what you do
- Get a portfolio review from a trusted expert who can be honest with you
Links
- Overnight Prints – Small-run postcard site
- Printed Canvas – Canvas Prints in Ireland
- CGPro Prints – Canvas Prints in the US
- Supplies
- Blank cards – www.amazon.com/…
- Clear plastic sleeves – www.amazon.com/…
- Online Fine Art Sales
- Zen Folio – zenfolio.com/…
- This site power’s Mark’s website – www.twinlakesimages.com/…
- Fine Art America – fineartamerica.com/…
- Zen Folio – zenfolio.com/…
- Microstock Sales Site – fotolia.com/…
- Portfolio reviews from Antonio & Tom – switchtomanual.com/…
Another greatly informative show! Thank you for that. I have tried zenfolio in the past, but because they use mpix to fullfill your print orders, and shipping to Canada was outrageous, I gave them up. I think the other site Mark was trying to remember was SmugMug. They are a lot more expensive then zenfolio.
I have done a portfolio review with Antonio and Tom, and yes it definitely helps. They did a great job on it. You get a personalized recording of the review. If you haven’t done it yet, you definitely should.
Thank you again for a great show! Looking forward to the next.
Thanks for the kind words and the suggestion Mac. Also, apologies for your comment taking so long to appear – for some reason I’ll never understand, WordPress thought you were a spammer!