BetterPhoto Q&A: Selling Your Photos

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  What to charge?
I have had several people ask me to do photos for them. What should I charge if anything? I am pursuing this as a career but up until now, it is just a hobby....
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October 16, 2002
 
  pricing negatives
I took pix at a preschool and one parent bought prints and would like to buy the negs. The parent mentioned possibly using them for 1 year then buying them outright. Has anyone heard of this metho...
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October 16, 2002
 
  When To Speak Up
To put this simply, when do you start asking for compensation?I've been getting more and more requests for photos (word of mouth) and more and more of them are being used.I tend to take this as...
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October 07, 2002
 
  How Do You Evaluate Your Work?
Do you have any suggestions for objectively evaluating the quality of your photographs? I have a goal to be able to sell some of my photos in a national market, but don't know whether I am dre...
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October 31, 2002
 
  First Art Fair
I was just selected to participate in a local, two day, 10,000 attendance, art fair. It's my first. Has anyone done this before? I have some ideas of what I want to show and sell, but my que...
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August 09, 2002
 
  HELP! Any way to do this? (Business question)
First...let me say that I am trying to do the right thing! I am in school now for photography......I have a few friends who are interested in me doing their portraits of their families in their ho...
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July 30, 2002
 
  What Rights Are Associated With Selling Prints?
I am selling prints to a State Park concessionaire so they can make postcards. What are my rights as far as future use of the pictures and what is a common price for selling prints like this?...
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June 24, 2002
 
  How Do I Price My Photos on Betterphoto.com
I plan to sell individual prints with poems I've written on the face of them. I am stymied from selling on ebay (because I don't got a piece of plastic). Sure glad I found your site. (Got...
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May 19, 2002
 
  How do I publish my own book?
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and am very interested to know how someone goes about getting a book published. I would like to make a coffee table book as well as a travel book in the future ...
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February 11, 2004
 
  How would I get my own book?
I am interested in making my own coffee table book, how would I go about getting this done. What publishers would be the best at this? Just looking for any advice on getting this done. Thanks...
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August 10, 2002
 
  How to Sell My Photos Through A Web Site
I am an artist/photographer who would like to know how to go about selling my work on a Web site. Can you help me with suggestions to get started and things I might do to get ready for this? Than...
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February 19, 2002
 
  A Trinity of Questions About Selling Photos
How would one start looking for the establishments that purchase photos? What would be best photos to shoot? How do you approach these establishments? Any other tidbits are welcome. Thanks....
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September 28, 2002
 
  Selling Image Files
I am interested in selling my images as digital image files only. I really don't want to get into having prints made and shipping them. I would rather sell image files by e-mail, so that cust...
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May 15, 2003