{"id":2796,"date":"2017-02-06T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2019-05-29T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T02:08:11","slug":"four-categories-of-photographers-selling-their-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/four-categories-of-photographers-selling-their-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Four categories of photographers selling their work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four categories of photographers selling their work<\/span><\/h3>\n

Selling your photographs is a serious decision. How you approach this decision depends on your personal goals.\u00a0 I have been studying and teaching he sale of fine art photography for a long time.\u00a0 One thing I found is that most photographers fit in one of four different categories. Below is a description of these categories.<\/p>\n

The goal of this essay is to help you chart your path in regards to selling your photography.<\/p>\n

1 – You are considering selling your photographs
\n<\/b><\/span>If you are considering selling your images I strongly encourage you to attend the Fine Art Photography Marketing and Business Seminar<\/a><\/span>\u00a0even if you are not selling right now. \u00a0The reason is that acquiring the knowledge necessary to sell your work professionally and profitably is needed before you start selling, not after. \u00a0After you can only try to fix problems. \u00a0Before you can save yourself many mistakes, headaches and frustrations and be profitable much faster. \u00a0The discount package for the workshop + the seminar is also a good reason. \u00a0We have many students who do both so attending the seminar will allow you to make friend with workshop participants right away.<\/p>\n

2 – You are starting to sell your photographs
\n<\/b><\/span>You may have been selling for a few months, a year or two years, and you are trying to \u2018learn the ropes\u2019 and figure out how to build your business.\u00a0 The main question at this point is to realistically assess your level of success.\u00a0 Are you making a profit or not?\u00a0 Is your income justifying the hard work and long hours you are spending to sell your work? Are you happy with your present situation or are you frustrated, or worse angry, because of what you have to go through?\u00a0 If the answer to these questions is yes the answer is to attend the Fine Art Photography Marketing and Business\u00a0Seminar<\/a><\/span> because you will get solid answers and solutions right away instead of trying to find the answers by yourself which can take years, if you find them at all.<\/p>\n

3 – You have been selling your work for a number of years
\n<\/b><\/span>You have been selling for a number of years and you have your system.\u00a0 It may not work as well as you\u2019d like, but it works well enough to continue.\u00a0 You would not mind finding a way to make it truly worthwhile though, more profitable, so that you reach the next step, make more money and kick butt.<\/p>\n

Again the important thing here is to realistically asses your level of success in regards to your original goals.\u00a0 However this is not enough.\u00a0 Another important step is to take a good look at your dreams.\u00a0 Most photographers dream of achieving more than they have but settle for less because they do not believe they can do better.\u00a0 Fact is you can do better, but you have to know how. There is a much higher potential for success than you believe, you just need to know how to get there.<\/p>\n

4 – You have stopped selling your work
\n<\/b><\/span>Photographers rarely stop selling because they reached their financial goals.\u00a0 Just about all those who quit do so because of problems.\u00a0 You may have quit because selling your work was frustrating, or you did not have enough sales, or problems piled up, or adversity of one kind or another overwhelmed you.\u00a0 However you have this longing feeling that somehow you did not give it your all and that there may be a way to make it work. \u00a0 In other words, you would give it a second try if you knew how to make it work.\u00a0 You still want to achieve your dreams.\u00a0 You know that there is only one way to do so.<\/p>\n

I designed the Fine Art Photography Marketing and Business\u00a0Seminar<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to help you regardless of which of these four main areas you are in.\u00a0 Success is possible, but you have to know what to do to be successful.\u00a0 Quite simply, the goal of the seminar is to teach you what that is.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the Fine Art Photography Marketing and Business\u00a0Seminar<\/a><\/span> description to find out how this will be done.<\/p>\n

Alain Briot
\nArizona<\/p>\n

About Alain Briot<\/strong><\/span>
\nI create fine art photographs, teach workshops and offer DVD tutorials on composition, image conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. I am the author of\u00a0Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity and Personal Style<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Marketing Fine Art Photogra<\/em>phy<\/em>. All 3 books are available as printed books on Amazon.com and as eBooks on my website.<\/p>\n

You can find more information about my work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to my Free Monthly Newsletter on my website. To subscribe simply go to\u00a0http:\/\/www.beautiful-landscape.com<\/a>\u00a0and click on the Subscribe link at the top of the page. You will receive 40 free essays in eBook format immediately after subscribing.<\/p>\n

I welcome your comments on this essay as well as on my other essays. You can reach me directly by emailing me at\u00a0alain@beautiful-landscape.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alain Briot
\nhttp:\/\/www.beautiful-landscape.com<\/a>
\n928-252-2466<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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