Think you need to be careful with this one - you might get sued for design copyright with the Ultrapod...

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Yours looks quite a bit sturdier though as well as more lethal!!

Simon

When I'm travelling I usually just take a Slik Mini Pro V "table top" tripod and a bean bag - most of the time I find somewhere to put one of them although obviously it's not the perfect solution.

Simon

As everyone else says - terrific shots, I'd love the opportunity to take photos like these of such a terrific little creature

Simon

Hi Stefan...had no idea about that, it would be a very difficult one to enforce though - I don't really have a problem with people swapping frames anyway to be honest, the mounts I use are designed to be able to fit standard frames sizes to make life easier for potential customers.

It's a good question and something I'm seriously thinking about but mainly based on experiences of selling at a couple of galleries/craft centres where sales are mainly to tourists/visitors rather than the locals who are more likely to be at the craft fairs I'm considering.

So far I've found that I sell more framed photographs than mounted ones, whilst I'm not certain why my guess is that people don't want the hassle of getting it framed themselves - also the pricing structure I use means that people are paying much less than they would if approaching a framing shop, although unfortunately I'm not convinced everyone realises this.

Even if I decided that I wasn't intending to sell lots of framed photographs I still see it as pretty much essential to have 3 or 4 large framed prints on display in an effort to grab peoples attention - just displaying mounted photographs wouldn't achieve this so well


Simon

To be fair the question did really ask for that!!


back on track...


I've now looked into a couple of local craft fairs and prices are very reasonable, £10 for a 6ft space - I need to provide my own table/stand for this price. I did consider a cheap wallpapering table from B&Q etc but there's no way it would take the weight of frames etc. For anyone interested this is the best/cheapest option I've found so far

http://www.amazon.co.uk/6ft-Folding-Trestle-Table-Mechanism/dp/B000ZJ2TWS/ref=pd_sim_lp_4

If anyone has a better/cheaper alternative I'd welcome the suggestion!!

I can probably make some sort of makeshift stand to attach to the table to hang framed photos from, I already have a couple of browsers so mounted-only photos will be fine. I'm thinking I'll give it a try in the run up to Christmas. I'm really using the local craft fair to see if it's my "thing" or not, I'll probably have a go at some of the larger fairs around North Wales next year if it works out ok

Simon

Like them all but No3 for me, I like how both the quarry roads and road down to the left act as lead-ins taking you over to the distant mountains and coastline. Lovely colours too which have been pretty rare over the last few months I have a new K5 just sat waiting to catch a few landscape shots if this bl**dy weather would sort itself out!!

Simon

Only problem is I deliberately make sure that I don't get any people in my photos...

I've created a separate FB page for the business side of things as my thinking is that it conveys a more professional image than a personal site as I can more easily control the content. Having said that i can see the advantage of the personal touch so depending how things go may well change my mind in future

Simon

DA12-24mm, for such a wide angle it really does produce very sharp images - reviews suggest it outperforms the Pentax prime lenses in the same range, I've never compared but I can well believe it

Simon

That's pretty much the same thing as I'm doing Don, using it as a vehicle to raise my profile/customer base (hopefully!!)

Simon