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This jam-packed guide took a year of research to help artists and craftspeople like you. You'll get more than 200 tactics, tips and tricks to profit with your craft items from eBay's millions of buyers. Learn how to quickly analyze completed auctions for elements that will help sell your art and crafts items and recognize new opportunities for making money from home.
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Minimally Helpful to Experienced Sellers.......2006-03-07
This book is minimally helpful to experienced sellers. More on the basics of eBay than specifically about crafts. Most of this information can be found in the Dummies books. I have read nearlly all eBay books written..this one goes to the bottom of the list.
Excellent book.......2005-10-04
Well written book with concise information in an easy to read format. Covers the subject thoroughly. Full of information. A great buy for such a small price.
Reveals eBay Secrets for Craft Artists.......2004-07-03
What to do with excess arts and crafts items or supplies has almost always been a problem, but digging through forgotten craft materials these days has taken on a whole new meaning. Crafters are searching for treasure - rummaging through abandoned craft projects, old tools and odd forgotten crafting materials.
According to James Dillehay, craft artist and author of the new book, "Sell Your Crafts on eBay", those craft items turn into cash from eBay's more than 104 million users.
Sales of craft items on eBay have grown almost 60% in the past year. Analysis revealed a crafts related item is sold every 9 seconds. According to Dillehay, the popularity of crafts on eBay is not surprising. Hobbyists list over 150,000 craft related items for sale on eBay at any given time. It's a social trend turned into a cottage industry.
Dillehay says the most important technique is learning how to research which words to include in your item auctions and how people search for regionally made arts, crafts, niche and seasonal items. By discovering what is in demand and how much people will pay for these goods, you will boost your profit potential. Dillehay says "To get top dollar when selling items online, you need to learn how eBay customers word their search terms and just what they are looking for. How you spell a word impacts an item's profitability. The way words are spelled make a substantial difference."
For example, the word `handmade,' spelled as one word, was part of 2,233 auction titles with an average closing price of $16.29. However, auction titles that included `hand made' as two words were found in 1,358 listings but with an average auction closing price higher, at $27.81, or $11.52 more profit per item.
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Colors on Desert Walls: The Murals of El Paso
Miguel Juarez
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Post-Revolutionary Mexico in the 1920s developed a vital tradition of mural art that became a vehicle for education and political expression. In the United States, New Deal arts programs provided for the painting of murals in public buildings, but interest in the art form faded during World War II and after. With the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Hispanic artists turned to murals as part of their heritage and began producing works, especially in cities of California and Texas. El Paso is one of those cities, with more than 100 murals having been documented by the early 1990s. Miguel Juarez, a cultural arts historian, who had been involved in arts projects for some years, interviewed the major artists of El Paso murals, some of them long-time professional painters such as Manuel Acosta and Mago Gandara, and others commanding groups of volunteers. Many of artists were elementary and high school students. Photographer Cynthia Farah, who took part in some of the interviews, chronicled the murals beginning in 1979; some that she photographed are now gone. Their collection of interviews and art works serves as a tribute to this particularly Hispanic artistic development of the El Paso border region.
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Title: COLORS ON DESERT WALLS: THE MURALS OF EL PASO.(Review) (book review)
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Date: June 22, 2000
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What distinguishes Rohn Engh's book on how to sell photographs--now in its fourth edition--from the many volumes on the subject? Could it be his honest, no-nonsense approach to the topic, as opposed to the get-rich-quick slant of many competitors? His practical, step-by-step advice? His pragmatic sales techniques and principles, which teach niche marketing and explain the vast difference between good pictures of popular subjects (sunsets, wildflowers) and the type of photographs in demand by the editors who actually buy them? All of the above and more, including solid advice about selling photos in the electronic age.
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Excellent reference book.......2004-07-02
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in becoming a professional stock photographer. Rohn Engh's words are encouraging, and fill the reader with confidence.
Some of the information is a little outdated, because the internet has changed some of the industry's standard practices. However, the majority of this book is full of practial information that can still be applied today and for years to come. I've read the book 3 times and I still refer to it frequently.
Helpful, but already dated........2002-05-21
The first chapters of the book are somewhat helpful to those just starting out in photography -- specifically, a great deal of time is spent on differentiating between mere snapshots and marketable editorial material. However, this material isn't particularly helpful if you can already shoot and get marketable results. There are also helpful chapters on marketing your identity, and on the business side of things, including legal issues surrounding editorial shooting, which are the chapters I found to be most helpful.
I do have one major gripe about the book, however, that wiped away two of five stars for me:
With a sizable percentage 35mm pros either shooting digital already or in the process of making the move, this book shows its age by discounting digital as generally inadequate or unsellable. This may have been true in the mid-'90s when a serious professional-quality digital system was still $20,000 or more, but it is no longer true today and thus this book seems like another victim of the digital age, in which 5 years old is very old indeed.
Perhaps it is time for a new edition that discusses the digital workflow and digital sales a little more, instead of merely discouraging the use of digital -- especially now that many publishers and editors are looking for digital specifically.
Really, if you are a serious amatuer who has finally decided to sell your shots to wider markets, I think the Photographer's Market is a much more essential title to have on the shelf.
Good for the beginning freelance photographer.......2002-03-15
This book has already paid for itself in submissions of "cliched'" photos that I would have made had I not read the book. This book contains sample form letters for cover letters and queries, and describes the best markets to go to. It also contains a program for finding what subjects one is best suited to photographing.
Business and Pleasure.......2001-05-22
...I think the lesson that is easily overlooked by critics of Mr. Engh's book is that those that follow it's practice GET TO TAKE PICTURES FOR A LIVING!
If you love to take pictures, for God's sake, buy this book and do what you love!! Quit working in Target for the rest of your life in the hopes that someday when you retire you'll get to spend more time on photography. No, you won't be able to quit that Target job tomorrow. Mr. Engy doesn't promise that pipe dream. What he DOES do is point out things which I've found to be dead-on correct through experience....
1. Slow but steady wins the race. 2. The dilligent hand maketh wealth. 3. You don't get anything you don't work for. 4. Just because you like it, doens't mean anybody else will.
Another note to the purist that would say that the practitioner of this book's premises is a "Sell Out". If it's art that you want to make -- so much so that you would work a different job as the main monitery support for said art -- why can't you make your 'Art' photography when you finish your work for the day as a 'Stock' photographer?
The question is: Do you want to look back at the end of your life and say "I created a picture that rivaled Adams" or do you want to look back over a life in which you can say "I really had a great time with my family and friends. See, here's my wife in 'Ladies Home Journal'. Here's my brother at my gallary opening in New York in 'The New Yorker' (pictures by me). Here's that thing we did down in Cozumel and I didn't have to pay a dime. What a great time!"
If you'd like the latter. Quit messing around:
1. Buy the book. 2. Read the book. 3. Read it again. 4. Keep it on a shelf as a reference while you DO what it says. 5. Buy all the books in the bibliography that you can afford and are applicable.
Some Good Advice, but a Flawed Premise.......2000-11-08
Before I bought this book, I had perused dozens of reviews, most of which were favorable. I was left with the impression that - like the Photographer's Market - you can't go wrong with this book. For some photographers, I'm sure it *is* quite helpful; Engh's advice is pragmatic and straight forward. And if pragmatic photos are your goal, this book gets 5 stars and not 3. But many photographers are not shooting for pragmatism's sake; they're shooting because there's something emotional or personal which they wish to convey on a visual level. Pictures, rather than poetry or song lyrics if you'd like to look at it that way. Engh seems to disregard this idea all together, once he starts explaining his magic forumla for success....
Once you get to the crux of this formula - that you should be shooting some type of environmental portraiture (people in the context of a specific place) - it implies that if you are interested in photographing something else, you're basically wasting your time. This is frankly a little disturbing. His theory suggests that it is the market's need for a particular kind of photo that should motivate you, and not your own intuition. That is frankly dead wrong in the eyes of many successful photographers. It only works well if you see your photos as a retail product first, and a personal expression (dare I say "art?") second...and some do see it that way, which is fine.
Perhaps that is where Engh goes wrong: this book could be more aptly titled "How the Casual Photographer can Sell and Resell Their Snapshots." It is plainly not that useful for the person interested in fine art photography, "fine art" meaning anything which is not born of commercial origins. It's as though Engh thinks the act of photographing is what's most important to photographers - that if you're out there snapping away that's all that matters, so long as the pictures sell. For many photographers this is not what the medium is about. It's not a "make big money in a hurry" kind of business. It requires someone who is unwavering, methodical and patient...not someone with a few rolls of 35mm film, a camera and Engh's magic formula.
The best instructor I ever had made one crucial point to his students: to be a successful photographer, your images have to speak to people on a deeper level than the average snapshot. If you wish to make photos of this quality, the *only* way to do so is to shoot that subject matter which is not only familiar to you, but very close to your heart. If you shoot what is only moderately interesting to you, so too will your photos be moderately interesting...and perhaps not interesting at all. This is to mention nothing of the technical mastery you must posess, as well. Formulas do not a lasting photograph make....
The bottom line is, if landscapes or buildings or some other thing which is often photographed...if that is what moves you, *that* is what you should be exploring with the camera and lens. To do otherwise is to do yourself a disservice (unless you just want to sell a few snapshots, which is fine). Granted, it may take a few years before you can really break into the market with some truly unique and marketable imagery but that's to be expected. Great photographs don't come easy; it takes perserverance and dedication. So, if you can't make money off your work right away (as Engh suggests you should), then you find other means of income as you continue to work on your personal style and technical mastery of the medium. Ansel Adams wasn't taking his masterpieces after 6 months work. Galen Rowell (probably the most talented landscape photographer to come along since Adams) failed to sell his work many times before he finally succeeded.
Photography is like any other endeavor in life: if you really want to make your mark, you have to pay your dues. There's no way around it.
So the question really is (dear reader and fellow photographer): are you in it to make quick money, or are you in it to make your mark? If you want the quick money, Engh is your man and this book is your book (without question). If, on the other hand you want to achieve a more lofty goal with your work, this book won't help you much other than perhaps to give the proverbial wake-up call. The call which reminds you that no, it won't be easy...but which ignores the possibility that the struggle might bring much greater success than the forumulas in this book.
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A fascinating collection of inspirational, memorable and unconventional movie facts and trivia. Focusing on the more alternative, quirky areas of cinemaand the cult films which inspire passionate and loyal followingsthe book brings together little-known facts about cult films as well as unusual trivia about more mainstream movies. For example: the F-word is used 246 times through the course of Goodfellas, mostly by Joe Pesci.
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Zwarte Piet
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Anna Fox
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In Holland, St. Nicholas has an assistant, Zwarte Piet - Black Pete - whose role is to give treats to good children and beatings to naughty boys and girls. Photographer Anna Fox takes over 20 color portraits of women and children dressed up in Black Pete's traditional garb, with blackened faces and red lips. The portraits, taken over a five-year period, trace a shift in Pete's image, from a threatening character to more of a clown, suggesting a sense of unease and ambiguity which surrounds his identity in contemporary Dutch culture. An essay by the Dutch writer Mieke Bal places the myth of Zwarte Piet in a broad historical and cultural context. Dimension: 10 x 12 inches, 20 color reproductions.
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Black Face.......2000-10-01
The book is a little off-putting. I am sure it is intentional. After hearing Anna Fox talk I understand what she was getting much better, but still it seems strange to flip through the book. Features portraits of many people, mostly women, in black face for a festival- the stares are piercing. I like her other work much better, but the book is printed and put together beautifully.
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Eileen Cowin, Work 1971-1998, Still (and all)
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A compact monograph on a big subject: 27 years of work by Los Angeles contemporary photographer Eileen Cowin. With narrative images, video clips and text, Cowin invites the viewer to flow with her through uniquely thought-provoking work. Dimension: 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches, Exhibition Catalog, 52 color and 9 b&w reproductions.
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Market Guide for Young Artists and Photographers
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Museum Pieces
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George Woodman's thought-provoking photographs lie at the intersection of nature and culture. These densely layered images recall the mythological, and evoke important truths from art history, but above all, they exist firmly in the present. Essay by Max Kozloff. Dimension: 9 x 12 inches, 55 duotone reproductions.
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Photography for the Art Market
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Rene Magritte Con 76 Ilustraciones
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Whistle!, Volume 13 (Whistle (Graphic Novels))
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Unable to make from his school's soccer team for being too short, Sho Kazamatsuri decides there's only one thing left to do: switch schools! But even a change in scenery doesn't help the wannabe. On campus, he is mistakenly introduced to everyone as a hotshot soccer player. When the truth is revealed, Sho decides to improve his skills on his own. But now, the spunky teenager must work twice as hard to make his dreams come true. He wants to play soccer so bad he's willing to hustle day and night to make it happen. Packed with action, humor and teenage kicks, Whistle! is a must-read for dreamers (and soccer fans) of all ages!
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