Will this make money?

Village IdiotVillage Idiot Registered Users Posts: 215 Major grins
edited January 27, 2009 in People
I do some portraiture work and I just signed up for a Smugmug pro account yesterday to try and sell some photos.

Do you think this would make money? Some one said it's not very flattering.

:huh :D
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  • NateWagnerNateWagner Registered Users Posts: 142 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2009
    well, I guess welcome to Dgrin... coming over here from ThePhotoForum?

    This is an absolutely amazing portrait Villiage Idiot, I am sure you will have no problem whatsoever selling it.
    Thanks,
    -Nate

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 23, 2009
    If that is your spouse/partner/good friend, then she clearly has a good sense of humor. It's a great, funny shot for a family album - nicely exposed, good detail, decent lighting.
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    But I'd pretty much bet all the money in my wallet that your subject would cut your head off if you tried to use it to "make money". Thanks to the closeup and wide angle, you can see every pore in her skin, her nose is the size of the Queen Mary, and is that a tongue sticking out or just hanging out? Unflattering is an understatement (again, in a commercial sense - which you asked about).
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • b8264db8264d Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited January 23, 2009
    I don't know... you might make money from her to keep it off the internet. :D

    Welcome to Smugmug.

    Jeff
    http://www.jrslaterphotography.com
  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2009
    wave.gif - Welcome!

    I don't think I would do that to my worst enemy. This is a photo I would take to experiment with a lens, but it would never see the light of day - for all the reasons outlined by DoctorIT.
    Scott
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2009
    VI - welcome! thumb.gif

    Come on, guys, it was obviously a loaded question, check out his nickname for crying out loud...rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 24, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    VI - welcome! thumb.gif

    Come on, guys, it was obviously a loaded question, check out his nickname for crying out loud...rolleyes1.gif
    11doh.gif

    I believe I've had the piss taken out of me (to coin an aussie phrase). lol3.gif
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • speedsk8rspeedsk8r Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2009
    Hell Know.
  • manboumanbou Registered Users Posts: 105 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2009
    Village Idiot wrote:
    Do you think this would make money? Some one said it's not very flattering.
    Well, that depends. Were you using a fisheye lens, or is her head actually shaped like that? mwink.gif
    "[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Photography is often finding something cool and taking a picture of it."[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] -- Ken Rockwell[/FONT]
  • Village IdiotVillage Idiot Registered Users Posts: 215 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2009
    manbou wrote:
    Well, that depends. Were you using a fisheye lens, or is her head actually shaped like that? mwink.gif

    What's a fish eye lens?
    On a scale of 1 to 10, my awesomeness goes all the way to 11.
  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2009
    Hello quasimoto. want to buy a photo ...hee hee. ne_nau.gif
    shame on you to distort the ( what Im sure is a pretty girl in real life. ) Im thinking people will NOT rush to buy these types of images .
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