promotion
Parsec....you came back
04/04/2008 @ 09:22 PM Filed in:
Photography
My photograph, "Parsec" was returned
to me by the Center of Fine Art Photography earlier this week. That
means it didn't sell but that's cool with me. I'm sure it'll happen
eventually and I'm happy just to have it on display.
My next show is in June (6/1-6/25) at the Infusion Gallery in downtown LA. 4 photographs instead of 1!
At the moment I updated my portfolio (check it out by clicking on the link on the right) and I'm trying to make a nice fancy CD of my portfolio so I can have it reviewed by other galleries and anyone else. But I'm having trouble with the "fancy" part. At least on the Mac OS, I want to CD to auto open its main window which it does but also reveal the custom layout that I've spent too much time on. It looks great on the system I created the CD on but not on my powerbook. Very frustrating indeed. Once I have it figured out I plan on mailing it to several galleries for review in hopes they like my work.
Also, I want to contact the people at the Infusion Gallery to see if they would be cool with me having several books of my work available at the gallery during the time my work will be on display. Since I'm not in a solo show, they may not like the idea but on the other hand the books may help sell my photos so they may like it. The books are cheap books you get through Aperture and iPhoto and I plan on having around 50 pages per book of 50 or so of my photographs inside. Basically a cheap promo piece. If I get a few people to at least just visit my web site after thumbing through the pages, then I say they're successful. I may also have the CDs available too but I thought the book would be better because books don't have additional requirements (gotta have a computer to view the contents of the CD) to view them and thus people get instantaneous viewing.
My next show is in June (6/1-6/25) at the Infusion Gallery in downtown LA. 4 photographs instead of 1!
At the moment I updated my portfolio (check it out by clicking on the link on the right) and I'm trying to make a nice fancy CD of my portfolio so I can have it reviewed by other galleries and anyone else. But I'm having trouble with the "fancy" part. At least on the Mac OS, I want to CD to auto open its main window which it does but also reveal the custom layout that I've spent too much time on. It looks great on the system I created the CD on but not on my powerbook. Very frustrating indeed. Once I have it figured out I plan on mailing it to several galleries for review in hopes they like my work.
Also, I want to contact the people at the Infusion Gallery to see if they would be cool with me having several books of my work available at the gallery during the time my work will be on display. Since I'm not in a solo show, they may not like the idea but on the other hand the books may help sell my photos so they may like it. The books are cheap books you get through Aperture and iPhoto and I plan on having around 50 pages per book of 50 or so of my photographs inside. Basically a cheap promo piece. If I get a few people to at least just visit my web site after thumbing through the pages, then I say they're successful. I may also have the CDs available too but I thought the book would be better because books don't have additional requirements (gotta have a computer to view the contents of the CD) to view them and thus people get instantaneous viewing.
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Moo Cards
08/14/2007 @ 09:44 PM Filed in:
Photography
I received my note cards and mini
cards from Moo in the mail tonight. For the most part I'm pretty
happy and a little surprised.
First my grievances...ordering multiple items from Moo seems to be a pain. If you try to order multiples of the same product, that's easy. Try ordering say 1 mini card set and 1 note card set all in one order. I couldn't find a way. Never saw a "continue shopping" button or something similar. So I was forced to make two separate orders and thus may full price for shipping. Its gotta be cheaper to mail things in a larger container than mail several small packages. And I'd like if the mini cards were twice as wide. If I have to pay twice the amount or get half the number of cards, fine. The mini cards are cool, but coming from a photography point of view, its tough trying to get a good portion of an image on one of those cards. Instead I have to really be selective (which can be cool and fun but if you are wanting to use them as advertisement materials, I think its best to include photos that represents your work not just a portion.).
And now what I like...The note cards are cool. I dig em. I really like how thick the card stock they use and the feel of them. I think the card stock is laminated. The cards themselves and Moo's packaging remind me of Apple's packaging. Granted they don't conform to a 3:2 ratio, they are large enough to place a decent amount of your photo on them (maybe similar to cropping a 3:2 image to an 8x10). But at the same time they are small, but the right kind of small. And I liked the look of the text you can have Moo print on the back. I included a copyright symbol and name on one line in the center of the back of the card and my name and URL at the bottom. Looks good and looks professional. Maybe work not only as advertising but maybe as promotion too. And I dig the small side flap. The extra paper that is small but enough to make the whole piece called a "note card". The flap is great at propping the card up for display on a desk. No frames necessary.
The mini cards seem fun. I think I went the wrong route with them. Instead of using them to show off my work seriously, maybe I should design each card with the idea that I need to heavily crop. That way I go through my library looking for small components to print. Then use them as small business cards and use them to generate intrigue to drive web traffic.
First my grievances...ordering multiple items from Moo seems to be a pain. If you try to order multiples of the same product, that's easy. Try ordering say 1 mini card set and 1 note card set all in one order. I couldn't find a way. Never saw a "continue shopping" button or something similar. So I was forced to make two separate orders and thus may full price for shipping. Its gotta be cheaper to mail things in a larger container than mail several small packages. And I'd like if the mini cards were twice as wide. If I have to pay twice the amount or get half the number of cards, fine. The mini cards are cool, but coming from a photography point of view, its tough trying to get a good portion of an image on one of those cards. Instead I have to really be selective (which can be cool and fun but if you are wanting to use them as advertisement materials, I think its best to include photos that represents your work not just a portion.).
And now what I like...The note cards are cool. I dig em. I really like how thick the card stock they use and the feel of them. I think the card stock is laminated. The cards themselves and Moo's packaging remind me of Apple's packaging. Granted they don't conform to a 3:2 ratio, they are large enough to place a decent amount of your photo on them (maybe similar to cropping a 3:2 image to an 8x10). But at the same time they are small, but the right kind of small. And I liked the look of the text you can have Moo print on the back. I included a copyright symbol and name on one line in the center of the back of the card and my name and URL at the bottom. Looks good and looks professional. Maybe work not only as advertising but maybe as promotion too. And I dig the small side flap. The extra paper that is small but enough to make the whole piece called a "note card". The flap is great at propping the card up for display on a desk. No frames necessary.
The mini cards seem fun. I think I went the wrong route with them. Instead of using them to show off my work seriously, maybe I should design each card with the idea that I need to heavily crop. That way I go through my library looking for small components to print. Then use them as small business cards and use them to generate intrigue to drive web traffic.
promotion printing ideas
08/04/2007 @ 11:04 AM Filed in:
Photography
Last week I was sick at home for 2
days and found www.moo.com (based in London). At this moment, they will
take your images in make stickers, note cards, and small cards.
Could be used to spread my name and work. I want to try them out
soon.
On the higher end side, check out www.paperchase.net. They seem to have some good product ideas (I dig their products listed under "Photographer Promos" especially their accordion style cards). The problem I have with them is their price sheet listed on the web. I have no idea why they do it but it doesn't all that comprehensive and thus requires some contact them. I'm not too happy about having a saleman or saleswoman push stuff on me as I normally push them away even if they are selling something so awesome and at a cheap price. Seems to me they are fighting the benefits of being on the web and making it more difficult for the customer than it needs to be. Maybe after I sell more prints I'll contact them. Their cards would be good to help differentiate yourself from others.
On the higher end side, check out www.paperchase.net. They seem to have some good product ideas (I dig their products listed under "Photographer Promos" especially their accordion style cards). The problem I have with them is their price sheet listed on the web. I have no idea why they do it but it doesn't all that comprehensive and thus requires some contact them. I'm not too happy about having a saleman or saleswoman push stuff on me as I normally push them away even if they are selling something so awesome and at a cheap price. Seems to me they are fighting the benefits of being on the web and making it more difficult for the customer than it needs to be. Maybe after I sell more prints I'll contact them. Their cards would be good to help differentiate yourself from others.