Hi gang.
I'v pretty much finished the crunch of my horse work for the year,1-2 really small ones
that about it.I have not sat down and spread sheeted this,but i have gone over rough fiqures in the brainal area. It seems to me that only a few short years ago,in my area anyway,that there were just a couple of people diving into using Dslr's at sporting events weither horse,soccer,baseball,hockey etc. The one thing i have noticed is that there is now a flood of people with high end and or consumer end Dslr's trying to make a buck with the camera,most doing onsite sales,some web based(like i am starting to do.) I cannot help but think this glut is hurting.I mean how many pictures does one really need or willing to shell out $20-25.00 for YKWIM. I'm curious to hear from anyone doing sport shooting(not wedding stuff,cause thats a different game i think)and if they are still selling up to expectations or are you getting the same feeling i am.To many players = market share drop. I know some of my "competiors" have invested in much better computer equipment/programs than i have and can do the funky sport cover pictures,but i'm a traditionalist and besides cannot afford to shell out another 2-3K. That in itself could be the problem. I'm leaving myself in the dust whilst others overtake. I quess i bring this up as it was another disapointing summer.People loved my work,just not buying much.At least equine. I hear hockey and motosport people are doing well. Is this the case.? Case in point,3 years ago i did well at reining shows.No one was doing onsite,and sales were in the 2K per weekend range.Lat year a few more got into it,now less the 1K.This year more shooters and just broke $500 for the weekend(all this is gross BTW). Its harder to find help so i'm going the web proofs for most work now. Not a lot of hits but some. However the small kids at schooling horse shows,first timers etc, i do quite well.But again do i do more than 1-2 and glut my own market .??? Again, just curious as to what any weekend shooters have to say or think. Dave
