http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/image-selection-as-a-value-added-service/ A safe place for amateur photographers with pressing business questions seeking honest, straightforward critiques. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/image-selection-as-a-value-added-service/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Jay Stevens Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=624#comment-126 That is a great approach Kevyn! Making sure you give the best of both approachs. Kudos to you! And I hope it helps you get killer sales. That is a great approach Kevyn! Making sure you give the best of both approachs. Kudos to you! And I hope it helps you get killer sales.

]]> http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/image-selection-as-a-value-added-service/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kevyn Schneider Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:56 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=624#comment-125 Good article, Jay. I used to provide only a hand-picked Best Of proof book as you suggest. I had a bride remember me taking a photo that was not in my hand-picked selection. She was not concerned about the less than perfect composition - she wanted the memory. That was many years ago, in the film days. I now do online proofing, and I now do both, creating a "proofs" gallery with everything (except out of focus, blinking, etc. images) in it, and an "Artist's Picks" gallery which I urge them to choose from, for the reasons you outlined above. I've found that few orders come from the Proofs gallery, but it's provided if needed. I use SmugMug for my gallery; they do not charge based on storage size, so this does not cost me anything extra for disk space. I use all that in "value added" marketing. Good article, Jay. I used to provide only a hand-picked Best Of proof book as you suggest. I had a bride remember me taking a photo that was not in my hand-picked selection. She was not concerned about the less than perfect composition – she wanted the memory. That was many years ago, in the film days. I now do online proofing, and I now do both, creating a “proofs” gallery with everything (except out of focus, blinking, etc. images) in it, and an “Artist’s Picks” gallery which I urge them to choose from, for the reasons you outlined above. I’ve found that few orders come from the Proofs gallery, but it’s provided if needed. I use SmugMug for my gallery; they do not charge based on storage size, so this does not cost me anything extra for disk space. I use all that in “value added” marketing.

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