"Don's ideas always make me just a little angry, a little depressed but always very excited. All those thoughts going around and around.... makes my head hurt."
"As usual, your presentation at the ASMP stock panel stimulated a lot of
thought. Now I want to get started on some of those ideas."
"We enjoyed the dialog very much at the meeting last night."
"I enjoyed your presentation last night!"
It is my intense love of the still image and the incredible talents that create them that keeps me looking for new ways to help them succeed. Sometimes doing it the same old way isn't productive. Sometimes you have to approach it from the other direction. Instead of treating the images as precious icons, try putting some together to give away.
Fighting the hard fight against the tide sometimes becomes more productive if you turn in the direction of the tide and ride it a bit to get an idea of where it is heading.
My ideas for stock shooters is to:
- Give some images away. And make a big deal of it! (keyword: some - not all)
- Join some of the stock sites like iStock Photo where the cost of images is absurdly low, but the exposure is incredibly high.
- Shoot things that aren't in your main interest area. You can bring lots of great eyes to something that may not be seen by someone who is close to it.
- Buy a Point-n-Shoot Camera (6-8MMP) that you can use to make grab shots and use those shots to make some buzz.
- Create a Photoblog. Tell everyone about it. Keep it up. Have fun.
I believe that these few items can turn the tide with the photographer and new clients and opportunties will present themselves.
Thanks again AZASMP for a chance to be provocative.
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