In a message dated 12/5/02 2:54:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << http://users.rcn.com/annsan/calendar4adonweb.jpg >>
Ann very nice shots. Good luck with your calendar. It's a very tough go. I am a member of a group of five photographers who pool our work and resources together to sell our photography through annual calendars and photographic cards. We have produced about 10-12 calendars that have been mildly successful. We do a full calendar for a Botanical Gardens every year about 3-5000 copies each year, as well as our own calendar which is sold to a number of businesses in the area. These are all printed professionally by one of the members who is also a printer. Although we are very happy with our success, there is very little money to be made here. The trouble is, calendars can be purchased so cheaply at stores that it is so hard to compete with them. They print so many that their cost comes down to almost nothing. How do you compete with a beautiful calendar of top-name photographers that sells for $5-6? The greatest success that we have had is to provide local images that you could not buy anywhere else. Go after the niche market where it's not worth it for the big companies.. But even if it's not lucrative, it's a heck of a lot of fun. Vic http://hometown.aol.ca/Pentxuser/myhomepage/artgallery.html
