If you were at a race and someone took a high res, good quality photo how much would you pay?
You would be paying for the download nothing more, you wouldn\'t receive a picture in the post or anything like that you just download the photo and agree not to use it for commercial use.
You then either print the picture yourself or send it off to target etc.
Thanks
$0.
I'm guessing your mom's basement won't be vacant for a good while yet.
If I have full (non-commercial) rights to it, and can print it and use it any way I want... maybe a dollar or two. Honestly, any more and it wouldn't be worth it to me.
Im only thinking a dollar or two.
As for those above that implied it was stupid take a look at photorun.net prices
30 x 45 - $110 each
24 x 36 - $80 each
10 x 15 - $30 each
8 x 12 - $15 each
5 x 7 - $8 each
4x6 - $7 each
Wallets-4 - $8 each
Target charge $0.25 or less for a 4x6.
If I charge $1 thats a cost of $1.25 to you. $5.75 cheap that photorun with the advantage that you print as many as you like.
If I go to a major marathon and get a picture of Ritz which I know most of you enjoy mastabating over you could have 4 pictures for $2.
I know theres at least 10 of you out there so that $20 and it pays for lunch, what wrong with that?
You're gonna take the time and pay the expenses to go to a major marathon, buy a decent camera, take pictures, set up website hosting, and write the code to let people purchase these images online, advertise, and hopefully get the same income as a tutor makes for teaching 12 minutes of LSAT classes?
My boyfriend runs and I go to watch anyway.
I have the camera and the website stuff is not an issue that's free for me as I Work in web hosting.
Now does it sound like such a bad idea?
About the only place people want photos is from destination races. So if someone is running NYC or Boston marathon, they may want a good photo of that. For the local podunk 5 mile race, nobody wants to pay money for any photos of that. I'm involved in a race in my home town that brings in about 500 runners, and people have taken pictures all over the place. The photographers then send out emails asking if anyone wants to buy one of the pictures. Nobody has ever asked about buying a picture, and this spans about four years.
No worries mate. Race Directors and Meet Directors are now getting volunteers with pro digital and pro HD video cams to shoot and distribute FREE content. More and more you see FREE HD Video and High Resoultion Images out there. So I would ask your race or meet to encourage volunteers to step forward, and credential volunteers to provide them with clear access to the course.
kartelite wrote:
I'm guessing your mom's basement won't be vacant for a good while yet.
That was done very well sir. Best laugh I've had here in a couple weeks.
You're gonna take the time and pay the expenses to go to a major marathon, buy a decent camera, take pictures, set up website hosting, and write the code to let people purchase these images online, advertise, and hopefully get the same income as a tutor makes for teaching 12 minutes of LSAT classes?Just use the free public wesbites to sell prints. It's free to setup then you make money by selling prints. The picture website makes takes a cut of the money for the prints. It's easy.
Dave again wrote:
My boyfriend runs and I go to watch anyway.
Woah, are you gay?
It's really a great idea. The current companies that take pictures at these things are outrageously overpriced. I know many sub-elite and recreational runners that have purchased pics just because they really don't have a good quality one anywhere. Even pictures taken by the local/national newspapers don't often turn out well. The key is reasonable pricing. I would pay 5-10 dollars for a good high quality download that I could then keep.
I would pay 5-10 dollars for a good high quality download that I could then keep.The cameras they use take pictures at 10 frames per second. $1 is all I would pay for the 10MB original but I've never had to since I've met and have the emails for the photographers at the meets I run at. They'll email the bigass file to you for free if you ask them to. Those guys are all track coaches and masters runners and are one of us. Just talk to them. That's all it takes.