Fotograf i Trondheim- Selling Your Photos

Every owner of an interchangeable-lens camera is faced with the pleasant dilemma of picking the most appropriate lenses to buy, then deciding which to use. However, there are no rules to go by; much depends on your personal style and what you already own. To help you decide which lenses to buy and how best to use them, we offer the following.

Another easy way to begin with is holding a local gallery in your town hall, inviting all your family, friends, and especially local businesses. This first gallery can be used as a learning point. The place where you make mistakes, but you should learn from them. Good friends will understand or even make fun at your mistakes, but will know it\’s the start of a new business.

But, before placing your work at an agency make a short-list of the agencies that seem to suit your work. Contact each agency outlining your work and which magazines have already published your images. If an agency is then interested they will ask you to send them samples. If an agency accepts your work, don\’t take this as a guarantee that your images will sell. Doesn\’t approach an agency until you have a large collection of images? Minimum first submissions can consist of anything from 50 images to 500 and regular submissions are normally required thereafter. Most agencies work on a commission basis – 50 % being the standard rate. If an image sells for two hundred euro – the photographer receives a one hundred euro fee.

Choose your time carefully when holding your first exhibition. Don\’t hold it in early January; most people spend a lot of money over Christmas and don\’t like spending too much in the new year. Pick a time where there\’s a lot of visitors coming to your town. Local images should sell well with tourists. Don\’t try selling an image that you think is just \”OK\”. If an image isn\’t good enough to hang on your own wall at home, it is not good enough to be exposed to the public. There are plenty of other ways to sell your photography. Stock Agencies require a minimum submission of 500 – 1000 images, and regular submissions thereafter, with very low returns. Sometimes it\’s better to go it alone promoting your own work, especially if you\’ve got the drive to become a salesperson. And no better place to start than in your local town with your first exhibition.

Remember: agencies can\’t sell images if there isn\’t a market for them and placing images at an agency does not guarantee you sales.

Tor Inge Langberg is a professional Norwegian photographer who owns Fotograf Trondheim website. If you like to see some of his work of photography check out Fotograf i Trondheim