Marathon Show :)

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Rick M

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I just completed my final show of the year. It was a 3 day marathon in a local mall. Setup began 6:30 am on Friday and had to be there until 11pm. Saturday was in at 8am until 11pm and Sunday 8am-8pm, I'm exhausted! We did very well and had a lot of fun. This years #1 selling print was a lighthouse shot taken with my Nikon 1 V2 and the 10-30 kit lens. I sold about 25 of those shots and every 16x20 I had (from a 1" sensor :))!

We made enough profit from this show to pay for this new toy I have on pre-order :)

Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO Lens V315050BU000

(80-300 equivalent 2.8)

After my second year I've learned a lot and have been able to order more precisely. We sold about 130 prints and 5 shots probably make up about 75% of the sales. The other 25% is all over. It's funny how something we might not like as a photographer is loved by someone else.

​Now I can relax and get back to shooting!
 
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Rick M

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Our setup, please excuse the poor Iphone shot, was in a hurry!

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BackdoorArts

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Tough to tell from the lighting, but are you printing your landscapes on metallic paper?

Always nice to have a good show like that.
 
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Rick M

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BackdoorHippie said:
Tough to tell from the lighting, but are you printing your landscapes on metallic paper?

Always nice to have a good show like that.
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I'm still ordering non-corrected lustre to keep cost down. I do want to try some metallic and I may even get some metal of my most popular shots for next year. I just ordered a couple metal prints for gifts, so I'll see how I like them. I like how the metal prints with the shadow box mount are raised off the wall with no frame.
 
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sonicbuffalo said:
good mall for a booth, Rick......busy area up there! Congrats on a profitable show!
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I'm about a mile from Destiny USA which is projected to become the second busiest mall in the United States. I talked to them last fall, but they do not allow "crafters" in (understandable). They did however offer me a Kiosk at $1,000.00 for a weekend in December if I met the no competition clauses of their tenants. Needless to say, my people did not call their people back.
 
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sonicbuffalo_RIP

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Rick M said:
I'm about a mile from Destiny USA which is projected to become the second busiest mall in the United States. I talked to them last fall, but they do not allow "crafters" in (understandable). They did however offer me a Kiosk at $1,000.00 for a weekend in December if I met the no competition clauses of their tenants. Needless to say, my people did not call their people back.
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My people wouldn't have called them back either....what? Is Congel on drugs? 1k for a weekend? I think you did great at Great Northern. Congrats on making enough to supply your NAS. Keep up the good work. You take some really great shots!
 
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