| Re: Guidance needed! You've pretty well pegged it for a one man show. With only one Oly printer you will have a difficult time being able to produce prints on site AND still have time to shoot them, sell them, print and package them.
The easiest would be for you to have some printed cards with a website name printed (and possibly some sample prices) and hand them out during the event. You might print out a few samples to place at your table/tent/shooting location with additional info for contacting you later by phone or at the online website you use for photo sales.
You could blend this approach by also taking prepayment for photos you will mail to them later, but it would be helpful in that case for you to have printed out some oversize thumbnail proofs on the Oly printer so your customers can at least preview their shot before they pay for it (some customers are funny that way). You might have time somewhere in between there to be able to print a few onsite just to generate interest in your shots to help downline sales, but be careful about that because you may get bogged down at the printer and not get finished before folks get antsy.
In either case, I would suggest that you get at least one other person to help out by working the sales desk or passing out your info sheets, and, ideally, get someone else to run the computer and printer if you plan to print onsite. The return on that investment in personnel on a flat rate or hourly basis could be worthwhile in your final sales. White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland |