Andrea, Interesting - I get foot-and-mouth Xmas cards from a photog friend - I thought it was kind of odd. Didn't realize it was an art genre in Oz :-) Wonder if my friend is just cheap or sends a donation? In Kostas' case an outright gift of a picture with no mention of sales or furthur contact might be more appropriate. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 4Th ed. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Would you give away a print to a prospective client? > From: Andrea Coffey <why@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, November 12, 2005 6:47 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Kostas, > > I think it comes down to making an educated guess. You know something of > the man, from your contact's advice. It is _your_ choice. You outlay the > cost of a print, the samples, and delivery. You may, or may not, receive an > order for further prints. > > Here in Oz, there is a group of foot and mouth artists (they use their > foot, or their mouth, to hold a paintbrush) who post unsolicited packets of > Christmas cards around the country. On average it must work for them. But I > didn't care for the cards, so "returned them to sender". I do not like to > feel pressured to purchase something. > > So, if it were me, I'd send the man some reasonably representative samples > of the series of five images, and details of the exhibition. I'd offer to > give him, as the distributor of that brand of car, one print of his choice, > for his office. That way he need feel no obligation. And may feel > comfortable to order some or all of the remaining four prints. > > Just a thought, maybe you could also offer to loan the five prints to the > company, to be placed in their sales room, with a discrete notice > containing your contact details, in case one of the customers should wish > to purchase a print. The company could then be paid the standard gallery > commission -- 25 to 33 & 1/3 percent on Oz. > > > &i (: > > > -- > No virus detected in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11 Nov 2005
