Tag: business cards

Stock photography – how much does it pay?

 Gavin   Sales
Stock photography - Sales volume over time

Stock photography – how much does it pay?

There’s no denying it, the stock photography industry has changed over time. A lot. The advent of the micro-stock libraries a few years ago caused a major upheaval and with prices as low as a few $$ to buy a low res image the traditional libraries had to react or go the way of the dinosaurs.

But how much of an impact has that had on you, the photographer, submitting your images to sell into the visual market place around the world? In the long-term, perhaps not as much as you might think… Continue reading Stock photography – how much does it pay? »

Cracking the QRCode…?

 Gavin   Business, Ideas, Journey, Marketing

I’ve been getting through a lot of business cards over the last few months from the increase in my networking and marketing activities. So much to that it’s soon going to be time to order the next batch. This time I wanted to do something a little different. I’m happy with the card design per se but wanted to do something a little different with the QRCode. Nothing wrong with the code as it stands. It’s reasonable compact and scans well on the original design but I’m not sure that the vCard is really the right payload.

For the next generation I wanted something a little more useful. Something that the end user would value. Hopefully something that the end user would value enough to keep or even pass to someone who might need the services of a photographer. This time I wanted to include an offer. But not just an offer code that would expire in time. I needed an offer that I could change without having to modify the card. Cue the website. Continue reading Cracking the QRCode…? »

UPDATED – Branding and Cards

 Gavin   Business, Marketing
New business card - front - DRAFT
New business card - front - DRAFT (images will differ in final)

Firstly a huge thanks to everyone for all the great feedback I received via Twitter on the design of my new business cards. As you can see, I’ve made a few changes here and there. It’s only very subtle but that’s often the way with graphic design. I’ve also managed to meet all my design requirements too, namely: Continue reading UPDATED – Branding and Cards »

Stepping up a gear…

 Gavin   Business, Gavin Thorn Photography, Marketing

Front
Back

With my recent decision to start building the business side of the business I’m going to be attending a big networking event on Friday next week. That needs cards and this isn’t really the audience for my portrait or wedding cards. So, I need some new ones.

Designed these (see images above) over the last couple of days and after a lot of playing around with text and graphics, finally settled on somehing I like. It isn’t perfect but at least I’m happy with the layout.

Just placed the order and hopefully they should arrive in time for Friday’s event.