PROMOTE YOUR WORK #2

A second great way to promote your work is to donate samples of your work to charity fund raising events. For instance, I recently donated two photographs to be auctioned off at a fund raiser for a local museum. A good number of people got a chance to view the photographs. An additional bonus was that one of the photographs was purchased (at auction) by the police chief and the other by a very prominent businesswoman. The eventual publicity I will garner from this can't really be measured. However, it's probably way more than I would get through traditional advertizing.

PROMOTE YOUR WORK

This image was one that I used several months ago in a presentation I prepared for the Kiwanis Club of Bisbee's annual prayer breakfast. I made a CD containing Biblical quotes illustrated with my photographs. I gave the group a short program, then passed around a CD to each person present. More recently, I presented programs featuring photographic essays compiled from my photographs of Ecuador made during a week long photo shoot last May. The first of these programs was presented to the Kiwanis Club of Bisbee as a featured program at a regular weekly meeting. The second, and more elaborate, presentation was one I presented to the S.E ARIZONA CHAPTER OF THE ARIZONA PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION. As a result of that program, I have been invited to make a similar presentation to the employees of the Cochise County Dept. of Highways & Floodplains. My point is that Rotary, Kiwanis and other similar organizations are constantly looking for interesting programs and presentations. I can't think of a better opportunity for a local photographer to promote his or her work. In my next blog, I will discuss another great promotional tool, that of donating your work to raise funds for charitable causes.