Things continue to be slow business wise but that happens this time of year. This is not a bad thing as I am working on my long-term projects. I just completed the next Spare Dime cover there are about 30 layers in that design but that’s the quality that set Spare Dime apart from other publications.
That’s one of the reasons why Ingram agreed to distribute Spare Dime our snap your neck graphics. I am working on our Double issue. The Girls of Spare dime and the tax season issue. Tax season means big ticket advertising. Tax refund = 24s on the ride.
Interesting call last week young lady call me about to a series of posters. Stated that she did not like images of the photographer she had been working with(he shoots for free). We spoke about the details of the project, I quoted her a price and then she told me that she does not pay for photo shoots. I had to ask why then is she calling me ? I kinda need to pay bills, eat and put gas in the Benzo so I cannot shoot you for free. We spoke about this I explained that if she wanted better images for her poster project that she would have to pay somebody or settle for the quality of the free images. She said she would get back to me so I put her on my follow up calendar, I call her on the follow up date and she says that she talked to her free photographer and that he will shoot the work for her. I thank her for considering me and move on. This is funny to me as she said his work sucked, she wants to sell some commercial quality posters but she will settle for sub standard work to save a couple bucks.
For me this was actually a successful interaction the outcome was not what I desired but the customer was able to say no quickly and I was able to move to the next customer. So I do thank her for making her decision quickly.
The attached images is Dretta look dor her at SpareDime.com
2 Mono lights
1 foam core reflector
1 Medium Soft box
