Thanks Jim,

Day one of this event was enough to make me consider foregoing all indoor events for the future! Then, once I started looking at the images, it wasn't as bad as I thought.

Still, I'd rather book the outdoor stuff. I'm down from right at 16k for the two days to just under 7k now. That will probably get cut in half again as I go through each class and post the galleries if the first few classes are any indication. The culling and sorting goes much faster for an outdoor event for me.

Someone mentioned flyball tournaments to me which are all indoors. The only way I'll do those is if they let me use some sort of light on the turn box.

My prices for dog sports are a little higher than many local photographers but not quite as high as some. One fairly well known shooter charges twice as much as I do for a 4x6, but the same for an 8x10.

Since most of the agility folks seem to stay in the 4x6 and 5x7 range, I may raise my prices on the smaller sizes once I'm a little more established.

Right now, I am charging $9 for a 4x6, $12 for a 5x7 and $20 for an 8x10. The exception is this event, where I have $10 for a 5x7. Not sure how it slipped by me when I made the list, but folks have ordered already and that means I'm pretty much stuck there.

If 10% of the exhibitors would buy just one 5x7 from this event, I'd be tickled.

This is the largest event I've done so far (potentially bigger one coming up next weekend) so I don't know if it will hold, but I've been running around 20% of exhibitors placing at least a small order.

The real trick is to get the on-site sales going. I'm working on that from two different directions but it is slow going.