James N. McBride wrote:
> Sometimes it is impossible to account for customers preferences or tastes.
> There are things one can learn about a specific market to help sales though.
> I used to sell prints through a local gift shop and the best sellers here
> were pictures of the Tetons. I had some images taken up high in the
> mountains that I really liked but they sold poorly. Others, mostly taken
> from the valley floor, sold much better but seemed very ordinary to me. I
> found out that people prefer to buy pictures that reflect scenes they had
> actually seen from the valley. They wanted to take home something to recall
> their memories.
>
That makes perfect sense to me. In effect, they are using you and your
equipment to take the shot they aren't capable of taking. Instead of a
bunch of crappy snaps, they get ian image that does justice to the
experience of being there.
I know I take pics simply as things to remind me of where I've been,
even if they aren't even remotely original or have any particular
artistic quality.
Moose
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