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<blockquote data-quote="Rick M" data-source="post: 225640" data-attributes="member: 4399">These shows are actually fun for my wife and I, it's really just adding another element to the hobby. The &quot;business&quot; is really just fun for me also. The tax benefits and making some money is nice, but not really the primary motivation. We meet many really interesting people and occasionally other photographers. A lot of older folks reminisce about their darkroom and like to show me pictures they had taken. Occasionally I get photography students wanting to know all about HDR and folks that ask if I teach. It's a great feeling when people stare in amazement and ask if they are paintings or drawings. I've done 4 shows so far and I've been the only photographer. Which is unfortunate because I feel it's a declining art form. For me, HDR has created a niche without which, I don't think I'd be as successful at shows. Perhaps it has something to do with interior decorating trends, people like stuff that pops on their walls. I also get a lot of sales from &quot;themes&quot;. &quot;My sons room is all trains&quot;, &quot;mom love lighthouses&quot; and since the HDR product is like nothing they've seen, they buy it to add to the collection. Part of it is creating a new vision of the overlooked, a rusty old bulldozer comes to life in HDR, sold 3 more of those today.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rick M, post: 225640, member: 4399"] These shows are actually fun for my wife and I, it's really just adding another element to the hobby. The "business" is really just fun for me also. The tax benefits and making some money is nice, but not really the primary motivation. We meet many really interesting people and occasionally other photographers. A lot of older folks reminisce about their darkroom and like to show me pictures they had taken. Occasionally I get photography students wanting to know all about HDR and folks that ask if I teach. It's a great feeling when people stare in amazement and ask if they are paintings or drawings. I've done 4 shows so far and I've been the only photographer. Which is unfortunate because I feel it's a declining art form. For me, HDR has created a niche without which, I don't think I'd be as successful at shows. Perhaps it has something to do with interior decorating trends, people like stuff that pops on their walls. I also get a lot of sales from "themes". "My sons room is all trains", "mom love lighthouses" and since the HDR product is like nothing they've seen, they buy it to add to the collection. Part of it is creating a new vision of the overlooked, a rusty old bulldozer comes to life in HDR, sold 3 more of those today. [/QUOTE]

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