Post by: Bogie on August 16, 2007, 01:58:13 PM
The dealer had a "such a deal" on one of their demo outdoor signage solvent printers... For printing on vinyl, that sort of thing... And after a coupla relatives actually verified that it _was_ "such a deal," I bought it...
The large format stuff may still turn out to be interesting, but I've been cranking out banners and car door magnets like nobody's business... And may actually make more at that than I anticipated from the high-quality photo printing stuff...
So I'm revising a lot of what I was thinking about workflow, etc., etc...
Post by: Tallpine on August 16, 2007, 04:26:42 PM
Post by: Sergeant Bob on August 16, 2007, 04:43:48 PM
And they said you couldn't turn lead into gold.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Post by: Monkeyleg on August 16, 2007, 05:43:35 PM
When I got my first real shooting job in 1978, I was really gung-ho. I wanted the "glory" work.
When I opened my own studio in 1987, I continued to pursue the high-end advertising jobs. I didn't think twice about the bread and butter stuff.
Well, the photographers who've done very well financially didn't pursue the glamorous ad work. They went for bread and butter. They're now set to retire comfortably, and I'm asking myself, "what retirement?"
Follow the money.
Post by: Bogie on August 16, 2007, 08:10:04 PM
Did a buncha stuff at the IBS Benchrest Nationals, and I'm getting folks e-mailing about other stuff... Will probably be running an ad in Precision Shooting, maybe even one of the mainstream rags...
As it is, I've bought good equipment, and I've paid attention to workflow detail, as only someone who used to play management consultant/process engineer, can do...
Post by: Vile Nylons on August 17, 2007, 03:10:50 AM
My wife's an artist in watercolors but to buy food did some sign work. Which led to a wood carving sign business about 25 years ago in NY. S/we moved the business to MN, got on the Internet, followed the easier money into plastics, dragged me kicking and screaming out of retirement, manipulated our web site to #1 on Google and Yahoo, and we are honkin' .
It's been a sequence of course adjustments and altered expectations. I would never have believed I'd be scratching plastic in my later years, but now I rather enjoy the whole thing.
Nothing like seeing a dozen orders boxed and waiting for UPS pickup, lettering somebody's truck or boat, or driving by a carved wood sign we made 10 years back.