Doug I should have listened closer to you....I remember you saying if you give any away it gets impossible to sell later. I still do it more for fun and give several to Spiders friends (in reduced resolution) for their my space or facebook. Even though I am far from professional I still get some good ones and it helps buy equipment or pay for gas to the races. Despite that everyone expects them to be free all the time just because I have fun doing it. :bang:Chili said:Don't get me started...
oldguy said:Indy I hear that at every race to many times mostly from Moms who beg to have more shots. It gets worse if they know I am covering the race for Cycle USA- they all want headline coverage and front page for their kids
Yep. Happened to me at every race I shot "for profit". Never sold a single picture. Not one. Not ever. Not just to the "hey, shoot this guy" guys, but to anyone. Exchanged plenty of (usually frustratingly illegible) emails, but never sold a picture.IndyMX said:"Hey, make sure you get some good ones of me man, I will buy them from you as soon as I get home" then never hear from the guy ever again.
RM_guy said:When I raced in the 70's (ie. long before email, digital crap) there was a guy that would take pictures at the races and make up some nice 8x10 glossys and send them to riders COD.
Ahhh...such a simpler time :)
I guess "REASONABLE" is sort of a relative term. Some people might pay big bucks for a piece of toast with the burn marks looking like Elvis on a spotted pony and feel it was reasonable while I think it's stupid. Microstoft thinks their software has a reasonable price associated with it yet people pirate it on a regular basis. Now I'm not saying I want a pic of ya' but I'm just sayin...rmc_olderthandirt said:I do wish, however, that they would sell me the digital image for a reasonable price. I really doubt that a picture of me is ever going to be worth anything to anyone but me.
Rod
Hey, it was worth every penny . . . too bad the kid put peanut butter on it and ate it. :(Patman said:. . . Some people might pay big bucks for a piece of toast with the burn marks looking like Elvis on a spotted pony and feel it was reasonable while I think it's stupid.
And then?XRpredator said:Hey, it was worth every penny . . . too bad the kid put peanut butter on it and ate it. :(
...and they were well worth it! That was one of the best parts of digging through your garage.Ol'89r said:I think we paid about $ 1.50 each for B&W 8x10 glossys. :yikes: Yeah! Really. :nod:
I bought enough of them to send his kid to college. :ohmy:
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