Yesterday I attended a lecture at Griffin Museum of Photography by Mary Virginia Swanson. It was amazing! Very dense and chuck full of information for photographers looking to market their photography.
I think the biggest things I took away from the lecture are; I have alot of homework to do, need to get out there to Photo Fairs, look at more photography magazines to see what is out there and get our work seen at portfolio reviews.
There are a TON of opportunities and resources Baha and I are not taking advantage of. I plan to start researching the website and magazine (subscriptions and online) resources Virginia mentioned.
It's kind of overwhelming the amount of information and resources there are, but we need to start. I feel good about some of the things we are doing, Baha is on the right track with our website and ideas for self promotion (the CD-ROM he did for Carolyn Evans is exactly the kind of thing we need to create for ourselves!).
I can't wait till we get our new printer (need to order still, but will be soon)! Then we can start printing portfolios, promotional items (CDs, postcards...), get shows up, get out portfolios seen, sell images, get work to print other folks images to pay for all our personal work. We have alot of work to do, but it is exciting. If I had a choice of work this is the kind I prefer to do.
We should have purchased the printer a long time ago (wont go there. ;) ), but things are in the right place now, so it will be an easier expense to swallow. We have even decided to forgo a trip to spend money on equipment for BMK Creative. It's a bummer, but we can't afford both and if we are serious about getting this business going we have to make some tough decissions. We both agree it's the right thing to do, though I had a harder time excepting it (growing pains). The travel bug has been biting me hard.
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