Author Topic: Christmas images - is there any point? (Read 3018 times)

Allsa · « **on:** October 02, 2018, 20:01 »

Is anyone creating new Christmas images? I can't see any point to it - they'll just get lost among the millions of Christmas images the micros have in their collections already. I started on an image and I wondered why I bother. Not being negative, just being practical.

aivzdog · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2018, 20:33 »

Think out of the box. Yes, there are many Christmas photos, but how can yours be different? I sell some dog christmas photos and made some money off of it.

dpimborough · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2018, 23:25 »

Quote from: Allsa on October 02, 2018, 20:01

Is anyone creating new Christmas images? I can't see any point to it - they'll just get lost among the millions of Christmas images the micros have in their collections already. I started on an image and I wondered why I bother. Not being negative, just being practical.

Christmas, Easter and a lot of other subjects are well and truly over represented I'd go find other stuff to shoot

HappyBunny · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2018, 02:03 »

Not worth the time and money. Too many excellent ones already on the websites.

everest · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2018, 02:13 »

I would also agree that it is a big waste of time. You could go very specific and local like the briefs always asked by Getty, but you will get hardly the expenses back at micro prices/low volume sales . Now if you have a contract with any macro then I would shoot precisely that kind of shots not available everywhere.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2018, 11:45 »

Quote from: Allsa on October 02, 2018, 20:01

Is anyone creating new Christmas images? I can't see any point to it

If your goal is to make money then probably no point. But then you'd be missing out on hours of fun complaining about lack of sales in the forums! So better get to work.

BK · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2018, 13:22 »

I have had some luck with Christmas images. Apparently there are buyers out there that prefer simple, below average images. One thing for sure is it won’t sell if you don’t upload it.

Allsa · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2018, 13:23 »

I have to agree with most everyone here, it's kinda pointless. I'm finishing the illustration I started, but I'm not doing any more Christmas images, unless by some miracle I just happen to get some great idea that hasn't already been done to death. But I've done so many Christmas images in past years that I have no desire to do more.