{"id":32611,"date":"2017-05-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.mom\/alc\/?p=32611"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:09:15","slug":"selling-your-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.mom\/alc\/selling-your-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Your Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

The goal of many photographers is to make money selling their photography. Doing so may come in the form of a client hiring you to shoot portraits, shooting for a magazine, selling your pics through a stock photography house or creating work to sell at an exhibition or art fair or some other path getting your work out there. One of the biggest obstacles for many photographers is knowing just <\/span>HOW<\/span><\/i> to sell your photography. <\/span><\/p>\n

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One of numerous venues where I have sold my work.<\/em><\/p>\n

Having sold over 100 pieces within my first year of exhibiting and much more since, I\u2019ve shown my work through countless group and solo exhibitions at numerous types of venues in Florida, NYC and online. When I first started, I knew nothing about photo editing and while my work was pretty good, I attribute my fortune of doing well as an amateur at that time, to knowing how to sell – something I had been quite good at my whole life. In this article, I\u2019m going to focus on how to sell your photography in exhibitions and art fairs, though some of the things I discuss here can actually be applied across the board. You may request more information on obtaining the complete eBook: Exhibitions, Marketing, Promotion and Publicity<\/i><\/a> by clicking here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Setting Goals<\/b><\/h3>\n

Before you set out to sell your work, it\u2019s a good idea to set some goals for doing so. It\u2019s important to set realistic and attainable goals otherwise if you fail to meet your goals, you may become discouraged and fail to proceed forward with achieving those goals. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Google.<\/em><\/p>\n

For instance, you may say to yourself, \u201cI want to sell at least 5 photographs at my next gallery event.\u201d Stretching yourself a little to achieve your goals, however, helps to make room for you to grow as a photographer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building Confidence to Sell Your Work<\/b><\/h3>\n

Confidence is a major player to selling your work. You have to have confidence in your abilities as an artist and photographer and confidence in your ability to sell your work otherwise you may not get very far. Some of the behaviors you might want to alter (if they exist) are:<\/span><\/p>\n