[Leica] Selling prints online and prices

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Nathan makes a good point.  I'm sure we've all heard people say "gee you 
ought to be a professional" or "you could sell that picture".
Like Nathan, I have sold a few prints and I have done a couple of 
weddings (which I didn't enjoy, but that's another story).
Personally I wouldn't want to  try and make a living from it. It would 
take away the pleasure I get from taking and printing pictures.
I take pictures for me.  If other people like them, then that's great.



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Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> That's the key, Nicolas. There is no such thing as easy money, certainly 
> not in photography. I have sold a few (very few) images through web 
> agencies like Alamy and recently one based on someone visiting the web 
> site and liking what they saw, but to make any serious money you need to 
> invest a lot of time and effort. It is not something you can do just as a 
> hobby a couple of hours per week.
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> Nathan
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> On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:27 AM, nicolas vigier wrote:
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>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>
>>> Selling prints? Yes.
>>> Receiving money? Sure.
>>> Earning a profit beyond expenses? Not
>> Hmm, ok, I see. So, that seems difficult. Probably worse today since
>> there is tons of free pictures available on the internet.
>>
>> I should stop dreaming about making money too easily :) If that was so
>> easy, everybody would already be doing it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nicolas
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