I debated where to post this but finally decided to post here because im a noobie. Some guys I work with got into photography last year and four of them bought canon 5D mark IIs. This summer they have been determined to find a way to make the hobby at least pay for itself. a few weeks ago they went to a local car show and set of a booth. It was a flop, it rained off and on all day so only about 55 cars showed up. the one guy that stayed to print out photos and sell them made $300.
Today we booked a car show in indiana the midwest corvette car club. Paid $85 to have the booth for two days. drove about 2.5 hours each way and ended up only selling $30 worth of photos. Most people that showed interest in our booth said they didnt bring their cars today. I have a feeling the people that actually brought cars just never found our booth.
At a lot of car shows there is a large population of people that want to sell their classic car, i had an idea to take nice photos of their car and helping them make a craigslist ad/ebay ad (though we arent adverting that service) Currently they are just selling prints as
canon pixma 9000 mk II
5x7 = $5
8.5x11 = $10
13x19 = $20
I guess my question is -- does anyone else do this kind of work? setup a photography booth at say a fair , do portraits, car shows, etc ? I am looking for any tips or suggestions that could be helpful.. im not looking to make a ton of money, i just want to make some money to buy some nice lenses, tripod, etc :-)
Here is what our booth looked like. ignore the sign in the background, thats a different vendor.