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I managed to spend a few hours at my local motocross last week. First time I've managed to get there this season although they have only held a couple of practice sessions so far due to the wet weather.
It was a fairly quiet session with around 20 riders and I sold photos to 5 of them.
Most motocross photographers around here seem to sell one photo for £5 or all photos of a rider for £10. So I price mine the same and normally try to make sure that I have at least 5 shots of each rider to persuade them to purchase all photos. This works well as the 5 riders I sold photos to each opted to pay £10 for all of their images.
Although it's just fun for me and not how I make a living, I do enjoy challenging myself to increase the number of photos I sell which also helps a little to justify the time it takes to sort through and post the images afterwards.
I know I need to experiment with some different positions and angles and maybe try to get some wide-angle shots too, although I only have the 24mm F1.4, a 24-70 might be more useful.
I'm also thinking about experimenting with an 3 stop ND filter next time I go to try and keep the aperture down for the slower shutter speed shots to help smooth out the background a little more, at least on the sunny days.
I try to get around the riders to introduce myself and let them know how to purchase as well, but don't always get the chance to talk to everyone.
If anyone has any hot tips on how to increase the number of photos sold I'm all ears! Or should I be content with selling to 25 percent of the riders?
It was a fairly quiet session with around 20 riders and I sold photos to 5 of them.
Most motocross photographers around here seem to sell one photo for £5 or all photos of a rider for £10. So I price mine the same and normally try to make sure that I have at least 5 shots of each rider to persuade them to purchase all photos. This works well as the 5 riders I sold photos to each opted to pay £10 for all of their images.
Although it's just fun for me and not how I make a living, I do enjoy challenging myself to increase the number of photos I sell which also helps a little to justify the time it takes to sort through and post the images afterwards.
I know I need to experiment with some different positions and angles and maybe try to get some wide-angle shots too, although I only have the 24mm F1.4, a 24-70 might be more useful.
I'm also thinking about experimenting with an 3 stop ND filter next time I go to try and keep the aperture down for the slower shutter speed shots to help smooth out the background a little more, at least on the sunny days.
I try to get around the riders to introduce myself and let them know how to purchase as well, but don't always get the chance to talk to everyone.
If anyone has any hot tips on how to increase the number of photos sold I'm all ears! Or should I be content with selling to 25 percent of the riders?
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