Posted By: roley
Hello I'm new - 12/27/06 02:48 PM
Hi everyone, I have just found this great forum and I am really looking forward to learning everything I can from the experts here!
Up until now I have dabbled in pet photography, specifically for obtaining reference photos for my clients for Pet Portrait artwork, but I really want to expand the photography side of my business in 2007 and hopefully do event photography as well in the future.
Initially, I am starting slowly and have been doing freebie on location outdoor shoots, I have always prefered animals being themselves in a natural setting, but at some point I will venture into a portable studio set-up (whatever that might involve!) to take to the client's house. I want to keep it as simple as possible...lol but I don't know if that is even possible!
One of my existing (art) client's owns a dog grooming salon and we have discussed a joint venture where I would go to her salon for the day and take photos of the dogs that she grooms...it sounds good in theory ie she already has a sound customer base but I am not quite sure how to go about it. I would love some advice if anyone has done something similar?
I was thinking along the lines of giving her a Voucher to give to her clients as a thankyou for their patronage, and the voucher would be for a free sitting plus one print (I would display the photos on my website for the owner to choose from and hopefully order more;)
There are two locations for the photo shoot - across the road there is a lovely park, but the owner would need to take the dog over there (liability issues), alternatively inside the salon which is brightly lit with a full window the length of the shop as well as internal lights, but I would obviously need a background and some lighting and I have no idea where to start so would appreciate some advice on that if anyone has any tips they are willing to share:)
Here are a couple of photos I have taken recently, I'm on a steep learning curve with photoshop at the moment as well, so I think I could probably improve them a bit when I figure out what I am doing with PS!
Cheers
Michelle
Up until now I have dabbled in pet photography, specifically for obtaining reference photos for my clients for Pet Portrait artwork, but I really want to expand the photography side of my business in 2007 and hopefully do event photography as well in the future.
Initially, I am starting slowly and have been doing freebie on location outdoor shoots, I have always prefered animals being themselves in a natural setting, but at some point I will venture into a portable studio set-up (whatever that might involve!) to take to the client's house. I want to keep it as simple as possible...lol but I don't know if that is even possible!
One of my existing (art) client's owns a dog grooming salon and we have discussed a joint venture where I would go to her salon for the day and take photos of the dogs that she grooms...it sounds good in theory ie she already has a sound customer base but I am not quite sure how to go about it. I would love some advice if anyone has done something similar?
I was thinking along the lines of giving her a Voucher to give to her clients as a thankyou for their patronage, and the voucher would be for a free sitting plus one print (I would display the photos on my website for the owner to choose from and hopefully order more;)
There are two locations for the photo shoot - across the road there is a lovely park, but the owner would need to take the dog over there (liability issues), alternatively inside the salon which is brightly lit with a full window the length of the shop as well as internal lights, but I would obviously need a background and some lighting and I have no idea where to start so would appreciate some advice on that if anyone has any tips they are willing to share:)
Here are a couple of photos I have taken recently, I'm on a steep learning curve with photoshop at the moment as well, so I think I could probably improve them a bit when I figure out what I am doing with PS!
Cheers
Michelle