Bring a crapload of business cards, and you know what seems to move around here – based on what I see people buying from the folks doing local events? Postcards at $3-$5 a pop.
Got the business card thing covered. Most pressing is getting a vendor license from the city, though (on the agenda, next ‘weekend’, which is to say Monday & Tuesday as Sunday is right out.)
My focus will be two-fold. 1) Local scenes (desert shots, etc.) to appeal to the out-of-towners, as though I think it’s ‘boring’ because I see it every day, I’ve been told most beginning photographers do best with their local surroundings and 2) The stuff that’s done best in the contests–which, in many cases, is the same thing–my 1st place from “Weather”, the 4th place Superstition panorama from “Volcanos, etc”, my 3rd place shot from “Stars” (photoshopping that damned plane out, though), the 4th place in “15 minutes”.
I’ve spent a portion of this evening pricing things out with the local quality print shop. For the 161 mattes I have, I’m at $200. I’ll invest about $100 in postcards, I think, though I don’t think I’m going to pay for the quality prints for those–I’ll get them in bulk from some online-site somewhere, more bang-for-the-buck and a not-so-quality print (though still good).
Suggestions on a good economical one?
