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<blockquote data-quote="Just-Clayton" data-source="post: 233092" data-attributes="member: 6495">I had been delivering mail in my small city for 20 years and noticed that the postcards were crap. I decided to go out and get similar shots of the area and show them to the locals. I produced 6 cards 3 years ago and 2 this year. Some sold like hotcakes and others so so... This is a very big tourist town and I sell them to local businesses for them to sell . ( Corning Museum of Glass) Most people come to me wanting a specific picture of the area and I frame it or sell it in matted form. I have also donated prints to local charities and fund raisers to get my name out. The postcards themselves don't make a lot of money. They are just a large business card for me. When my patrons tell people that the mailman shot the pictures and made the cards I actually have people stop me to sign them. I will tell you this. If it wasn't for me being the mailman, I would have just been another photographer to them. But, since they have known me for so many years it was easier to get that foot in the door.&nbsp;&nbsp; As for the coffee shop deal you got offered, I would take it. Free advertisement! I also opened up a Smugmug account to sell and show my work. Just keep plugging at it. Things could take off. Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Just-Clayton, post: 233092, member: 6495"] I had been delivering mail in my small city for 20 years and noticed that the postcards were crap. I decided to go out and get similar shots of the area and show them to the locals. I produced 6 cards 3 years ago and 2 this year. Some sold like hotcakes and others so so... This is a very big tourist town and I sell them to local businesses for them to sell . ( Corning Museum of Glass) Most people come to me wanting a specific picture of the area and I frame it or sell it in matted form. I have also donated prints to local charities and fund raisers to get my name out. The postcards themselves don't make a lot of money. They are just a large business card for me. When my patrons tell people that the mailman shot the pictures and made the cards I actually have people stop me to sign them. I will tell you this. If it wasn't for me being the mailman, I would have just been another photographer to them. But, since they have known me for so many years it was easier to get that foot in the door. As for the coffee shop deal you got offered, I would take it. Free advertisement! I also opened up a Smugmug account to sell and show my work. Just keep plugging at it. Things could take off. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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