Crowdfunding Photography

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For several years now, I've watched my artist-friends post sketches, beginning with a few samples and then offering people the chance to sponsor more.  It occurred to me that I could try the same thing with photography, since my audience is pretty enthusiastic about my nature photographs.

I started with this introductory post, which included long views of several of my flower gardens plus a couple of close-up flower photos.  Since I've seen extra sketches priced at two for a dollar, that's what I decided to use for the photos.

And it worked!  This morning, there was a $2 donation waiting for me, so I posted four new photos.

I've been posting photo-essays for almost a year, starting with a pathetic little digital camera that I bought at Wal-Mart.  Once I was sure that I could use a digital camera and not destroy it, I started borrowing my partner Doug's nice camera.  So now some of the photos I take are ones I'm comfortable taking money for. 

For anyone who's been posting photos for several months or more, if your audience is enthusiastic about them, you might consider trying cyberfunded creativity.  Has anyone else done something like this?