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ysabetwordsmith

Here's a project to send one of my friends to Judith Tarr's horse camp for photography and writing research.

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quennessa is seeking props for upcoming photo shoots about Artemis and Sekhmet. If you have not seen her fine art photos yet, you should totally go look -- among my favorites is the "Between Heaven & Hell" series.

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Check out this Kickstarter project to photograph dancers and create a Tarot deck. It's making good progress on donations.

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ysabetwordsmith

Read a progress report about "Hold Something," a project by

bodlon that involves photographs, fiction, and other goodies.

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Hey all! I posted in January about a project I'm doing called Hold Something, and wanted to post to share how things are going, and give new folks an opportunity to check it out.

What's Hold Something?
Each month, I choose a snapshot I've taken with my digital camera and use it as a prompt for a short story. Readers get a copy of the photo, the story (printed on high-quality paper), and a note from me. I also draw one subscriber from the list every month to receive an extra goodie, usually a spare author's copy I have on hand, but it can also be a found object that relates to the story, or some other shiny thing that I think readers will appreciate. You can get all the details here or check out an excerpt.

So how's Hold Something doing a quarter later?
Not too badly, at least from a production standpoint. I've got a regular editor (

copperbadge, who's written and self-published some excellent novels), and a regular source for my materials. I know about how long it takes to do the actual material production and shipping. I would say in terms of reliability, things are Very Good.

Overall, readers are largely positive and enjoying what they get every month. I've got folks on two continents. There is nothing cooler than sending mail to TWO CONTINENTS every month.

Why should people subscribe?
1) Hold Something has turned out to be kind of awesome. ;) (No, really. I love making this thing.)
2) I pay my editor a flat fee per subscriber, and would love to be able to pay him what he's worth.
3) Hold Something is a project that creates an immediate and mostly reliable revenue stream, which helps me justify the amount of time I spend writing instead of getting a "real" second job to support my mom, fix the house, etc. (This is especially urgent right now since we need to have work done on the roof this year and I'm still scrambling to figure out how I'm going to afford this.)

Anyway. That's my quarterly spiel. Ping me if you've got questions, feel free to spread the word, etc. Also, thank you to the folks who do already subscribe. I grin every month when I go down the list, frantically writing addresses on envelopes.

ysabetwordsmith

I've sold another batch of snow photos to Xjenavivex. If you live in a warm area but need visual references for snowy fields or trees, you might find these useful. I kind of shot them as a kickback for friends who pipe me images of Florida and New Zealand.

I have a stack of stories in varying stages of completion for Torn World. One of these, "The Sky Rangers," is already sponsored by Xjenavivex so it will be visible to the public eventually.

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I've sold another batch of snow photos to

xjenavivex. If you live in a warm area but need visual references for snowy fields or trees, you might find these useful. I kind of shot them as a kickback for friends who pipe me images of Florida and New Zealand.

I have a stack of stories in varying stages of completion for Torn World. One of these, "The Sky Rangers," is already sponsored by

xjenavivex so it will be visible to the public eventually.

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ysabetwordsmith

I started out by posting some sample pictures of ice in sunlight, with notes as to what I had left if people wanted to crowdfund the posting of more photos.

Xjenavivex then sponsored 10 more photos on the subject of snow. Whee!

So if you've been enjoying the linked photos in my Dreamwidth feed, here are some I actually took myself. I'm very pleased with this: nature cooperated beautifully on this shoot (from 2-3-11).

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xjenavivex has sponsored 10 photos on the subject of snow.

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In addition to the Poetry Fishbowls, I also offer some of my photography for crowdfunding. When I take a long photo shoot with lots of good pictures, I'll post samples and then list what else I have to offer. $1 gets you two new photos. Today's batch is "Ice and Light" with some brilliant images courtesy of the ice storm we just had.

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What kinds of perks get your attention and encourage you to dig into your hard-earned cash? I'm trying to figure out how to adapt crowdfunding to my photography and am interested in knowing what people like, what is The Shiny that encourages them to dig in. And what are realistic levels to ask for when you're a budding artist?

You don't have to actively support crowdfunding or photography or crowdfunded photography if you want to answer.

I figure prints are always a possibility. The 2 biggest issues with that right now are cost of postage & getting time to ship (I live in New Zealand) & our printer, while a good photo printer, sometimes puts marks on the back of the paper and I'm afraid this might turn people off.

I like

ysabetwordsmith's use of posting a few pictures in her journal and then offering to post others if she gets donations. I usually upload my picts to Webshots for people to see/download as screensavers/send as e-cards. I could hold a few prize ones back when I do this and offer to upload them if I get donations. When I upload my Webshots I'll usually upload a few of the better ones to my Weblogimages account and post them in my journal.

I could also see if there's a way create a special album at Webshots and lock it to only certain people. I don't know if it's possible and this would require my audience getting a Webshots account.

Or I could make a special Donor filter and post the picts on that on my DW/LJ.

What are your thoughts?

And come to think of it, how do you make a Paypal donation button?

(ETA: Sorry

ysabetwordsmith, not sure what tag would fit best for this so I've put networking but feel free to tell me what to change it to!)

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red-trillium.livejournal.com

I'm new to the whole crowdfunding experience. I've dropped coins in busker's hats on occasion but when it comes to online crowdfunding I've been mostly sitting back and checking it all out, with occasional coins dropped in virtual hats.

I'm a photographer. I've been trying to figure out how to build up a fan base, trying to figure out how to get my art in front of the public, trying to figure out what my art is worth, what people want and how to sell my images.

I'm still trying to figure it out.

For now, however, I've put together my 3rd book on Blurb called Broken Memories: A Memento Mori of Waikumete Cemetery. This one is a photo-essay taken in the older sections of Waikumete (New Zealand's largest cemetery) where the graves have suffered from time, weather and vandalism. The electronic age has made us more mobile and has given us infinite distractions to fill our days. It is easy to get caught in the internet's fast pace and semblance of immortality. Where does honoring the reminder of a loved one's passing fit in our lives in this electronic age of fast food and fast living. I have the preview option turned on so if you are interested in seeing the images feel free to browse.

This is my 3rd book I've uploaded to Blurb. My other two have turned out well, the images rendered well and the books professional-looking. If you have a book you want to create, especially one with images, I'd recommend you take a look at their site. I did have a few hiccups with their Booksmart tool when I first tried to use it but that was mostly because of me, not the tool, & I did have get help from their support when I contacted them.

Like any Print On Demand, you have to keep in mind there can sometimes be quality control issues but I haven't had to return any yet (haven't put in huge orders yet either). You also have to do your own marketing. It's a possibility though, if you want to put together something and either give it as a gift (trust me, mine went over well with family last Christmas) or if you want to see your projects come to life.

I'm happy to talk about my experiences with Blurb, drop a comment. And of course, feel free to check out my most recent book!

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A majority of the projects in this community are some flavor of literature. There are some arts and crafts projects too; and webcomics are a mainstay of cyberfunded creativity although not heavily represented here. Rather new, with only a few projects so far, is the use of crowdfunding with photography.

So far I know of three people here who are doing this, and we're taking different approaches ...

* I started earlier this year. I post a lot of photos, mostly nature, in my LJ. They include both artistic and casual documentary shots. Some of these posts have an end blurb indicating what else I have that I could post, along with prices. I modeled this after several people's sketchbook projects, so you can get two extra photos posted for $1. Here's an example of my crowdfunded photography.

* red_trillium is exploring various possibilities with crowdfunded photography. The pictures tend toward the fine art kind with people and objects. So far there are books, calendars, and other items. The main LJ includes some photos plus discussion of photography and crowdfunding.

* quennessa does fine art/fashion photography with live models and interesting props. She sells high-quality prints and has also used crowdfunding sites to raise money for the photo shoots needed to launch a new project. Her LJ includes photos and discussions.

If anyone else is involved in cyberfunded photography, I'd love to hear about what you are doing. Other folks are welcome to explore the above projects and share your thoughts on the various business models.

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Hi, all...

I've just set up The Imancipation Store...

Because, well, I'm hoping to sell some prints :)

As I'm not very good at marketing, I'm hoping for some advice in that arena :D

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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?

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