[Leica] Directions

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Tina,
As I see it you should travel for the stock photography with your husband
which would make both of you happy.  When you are at your farm or at home
you should work through your Central American and Iranian archives with the
goal of selling stock, a focused book project(s), and fine art prints of
Central America.  All those collectors of stolen antiquities would enjoy the
timeless images of native people being who they are.  If necessary work with
the local high school/college to hire a photography student to scan your
images.(Scan at highest resolution with ICE and some training on
levels/curves adjustments)  This will free you up for creative decisions as
well as marketing your work.  As anyone in photography knows, marketing is
the key to success in photography.

On 8/23/07, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote:
>
> LUG:
>
> Most of you know that I retired from my presbytery job that took me
> to Central America every summer for 25 years.  Since I consider you
> my therapy group, I'd like your advice on future directions.  I have
> projects that will keep me busy until November but after that I need
> to focus on something.  My husband also retired from his engineering
> job and is now managing my photography business.  He's very organized
> and frustrated that I keep jumping from project to project with no
> plan or direction.  I could just ignore him ;-) but I can see his
> point and would like to accomplish something while I still can!  Here
> are the choices I see:
>
> 1.  Continue to travel as a tourist and take digital photos that I
> sell through stock agencies.  Photos like the ones I've been posting
> from California.  Those sell fairly well as stock as long as I
> continue to send in new photos.  I would also make calendar-type
> prints of some of the photos and try to sell them through the
> internet and maybe art fairs.
>
> 2.  Spend my time going back through my 25 years worth of B&W
> negatives and slides from my Central American trips- literally
> hundreds of thousands of photos - most of which I've never even
> looked at - scan those and try to sell them as stock.  Those do not
> sell well as stock except to non-profit agencies who barely pay
> enough to cover expenses.  I would also make fine-art type prints to
> try to sell through the internet or galleries (but who wants a print
> of a hungry family on their dining room wall?).
>
> 3.  Continue to muddle along working on current photos some days and
> files other days, never finishing either and driving my husband crazy.
>
> You know my work and can give me objective advice, I hope.  Where do
> I go from here?
>
> Thanks in advance -
>
> Tina
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/portfolio
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/dimes_for_hunger
>
>
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