Hallett/foto41 Photos

I am trying out something new for photos and hope to get some feedback, but first, the back story:

For those few who may not know, I took over the role as club photographer from Shan Moore several years ago. I quickly learned that to get the photos the Club needed for the Newsletter and RRW, I had to take about 4000 photos at each event. Now since we only use about 30 photos at most for the two, I am left with about 3900 photos to spare.
A couple of years ago, I began putting the extras up at my website foto41.com for sale. Since I do not get paid by the CMRA to take photos and since camera's cost money, the sale of photos has helped to offset the expense, if only a little. During this period, many of you have supported this effort but as you might imagine, editing 3900+ photos can take some time and when I calculate money earned to time spent, well, I am not getting close to breaking even, let alone covering wear and tear on equipment. Add to that the increased competition from other photographers and the already small pool of interested buyers becomes almost non-existent.
So I am at a crossroads. Do I continue to put up photos or not? As some of you noticed, I did not put up any from ECR. I supplied the club the photos it needed and the rest are wasting away in the ones and zeros of my hard drive. Over the last month I have thought a lot about what to do. Seems kind of a waste that no one gets to see the photos I take that don't make it into the newsletter.

So starting with HMRC, I am going GIVE AWAY the photos I put on my website. You can select the photo, and a Save Photo box will appear that will allow you to download the image. No catch. The photos are free for you to use under a Creative Commons, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license.

If you decide you want prints, the Cart is still available. Just add the photos to it and I will add Hi-Resolution copies and do additional editing so that you get a great print.
If you want a CD, I will make those available at a fair price.
If you want to support me supporting the CMRA, you can make a donation to my PayPal account.

Either way, the photos are there if you want them.

Enjoy.

Barry

Link to Photos

I am trying out something new for photos and hope to get some feedback, but first, the back story:

For those few who may not know, I took over the role as club photographer from Shan Moore several years ago. I quickly learned that to get the photos the Club needed for the Newsletter and RRW, I had to take about 4000 photos at each event. Now since we only use about 30 photos at most for the two, I am left with about 3900 photos to spare.
A couple of years ago, I began putting the extras up at my website foto41.com for sale. Since I do not get paid by the CMRA to take photos and since camera's cost money, the sale of photos has helped to offset the expense, if only a little. During this period, many of you have supported this effort but as you might imagine, editing 3900+ photos can take some time and when I calculate money earned to time spent, well, I am not getting close to breaking even, let alone covering wear and tear on equipment. Add to that the increased competition from other photographers and the already small pool of interested buyers becomes almost non-existent.
So I am at a crossroads. Do I continue to put up photos or not? As some of you noticed, I did not put up any from ECR. I supplied the club the photos it needed and the rest are wasting away in the ones and zeros of my hard drive. Over the last month I have thought a lot about what to do. Seems kind of a waste that no one gets to see the photos I take that don't make it into the newsletter.

So starting with HMRC, I am going GIVE AWAY the photos I put on my website. You can select the photo, and a Save Photo box will appear that will allow you to download the image. No catch. The photos are free for you to use under a Creative Commons, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license.

If you decide you want prints, the Cart is still available. Just add the photos to it and I will add Hi-Resolution copies and do additional editing so that you get a great print.
If you want a CD, I will make those available at a fair price.
If you want to support me supporting the CMRA, you can make a donation to my PayPal account.

Either way, the photos are there if you want them.

Enjoy.

Barry

Link to Photos

Barry, I realy appreciate what you do for the club you play a big role in the success of our weekends of fun and you take some amazing pictures. I couldnt thank you enough I always look forward to seeing the pictures you post on your website id be glad to make a donation, and im realy interested in purchasing pictures now since i learned to hang off my bike lol

Thank You Barry, I dont think it could be said enough

Barry, I realy appreciate what you do for the club you play a big role in the success of our weekends of fun and you take some amazing pictures. I couldnt thank you enough I always look forward to seeing the pictures you post on your website id be glad to make a donation, and im realy interested in purchasing pictures now since i learned to hang off my bike lol

Thank You Barry, I dont think it could be said enough

Nice photos Barry!

Nice photos Barry!

SWEET PICS MAN!!!!!! thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWEET PICS MAN!!!!!! thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your pics are always great Barry!!! I think that your idea is a great one if you were not getting a decent return on your work. I,for one, would gladly donate money for any pics that I download.
BTW, I didn't see any pics of me in the endurance photos. (Super Sad Face)

Your pics are always great Barry!!! I think that your idea is a great one if you were not getting a decent return on your work. I,for one, would gladly donate money for any pics that I download.
BTW, I didn't see any pics of me in the endurance photos. (Super Sad Face)

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

Originally Posted By: ted phillips

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

x2

Originally Posted By: ted phillips

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

x2

I appreciate all that you do for us Barry! Thank you.

I appreciate all that you do for us Barry! Thank you.

I didn't see any of me falling out of my chair....I would've paid for one of those. lol

You take great picts Barry, I'm glad we have someone that raced and knows how to get good shots of the bikes. I'll keep a look out for any future picts and I'm always willing to "donate" for any I want copys of.

I didn't see any of me falling out of my chair....I would've paid for one of those. lol

You take great picts Barry, I'm glad we have someone that raced and knows how to get good shots of the bikes. I'll keep a look out for any future picts and I'm always willing to "donate" for any I want copys of.

Originally Posted By: ted phillips

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

+1

Originally Posted By: ted phillips

Barry,

I'm always happy to pay for your shots and am always disappointed when they don't get posted for purchase. I have no use for prints and you have fair prices for web resolution shots. It really hits my wallet when I have to go to the other guys, and their quality is different.

I totally understand what a pain it is to go through thousands of photos and I sure wouldn't want to do it after each and every race weekend, especially as hard as you already work with the corner workers. So as long as you keep uploading photos I'll be making 'donations' in exchange.

Thanks again.

+1

Barry have you thought about doing subscriptions for racers? I know I see a few photographers doing this with some success.

Barry have you thought about doing subscriptions for racers? I know I see a few photographers doing this with some success.

I'd sign up for a subscription.

It might make your life easier too if you know the riders that have already paid so then you don't have to shoot every single bike that zips past. Just concentrate on the guaranteed money.

I'd sign up for a subscription.

It might make your life easier too if you know the riders that have already paid so then you don't have to shoot every single bike that zips past. Just concentrate on the guaranteed money.

yeah you could do it a couple of ways.... Season pass or per event. They provide you with their race number and which races they are entered in and it makes it alot easier for you to prioritize who gets shot and who doesn't.

yeah you could do it a couple of ways.... Season pass or per event. They provide you with their race number and which races they are entered in and it makes it alot easier for you to prioritize who gets shot and who doesn't.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the kind words.

When I began this, I never really intended to become the track photographer trying to make a living from selling racers photos.
I just wanted to be the club photographer. I am going to get back to doing that.

What I have done is come up with a balance I think will work.
I have to go through all of the photos anyway to get the Newsletter Pics out, so I am doing only minimal editing along the way which cuts my time down considerably. Because I am not spending hours editing, I am going to post and give away the "Web Size" quality images. Since I do not intend to edit anything on the site further, I have reduced the Prints you can buy in the Cart to 5x7 and 8x10, and lowered the prices to match.

If you see something you want printed bigger, or photoshoped, then I will have to charge for my time.
Otherwise, please download them and use them and do not feel obligated to pay. I would rather have you guys have the photos for memories later on than for them to just to waste away in the dark voids of a hard drive.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the kind words.

When I began this, I never really intended to become the track photographer trying to make a living from selling racers photos.
I just wanted to be the club photographer. I am going to get back to doing that.

What I have done is come up with a balance I think will work.
I have to go through all of the photos anyway to get the Newsletter Pics out, so I am doing only minimal editing along the way which cuts my time down considerably. Because I am not spending hours editing, I am going to post and give away the "Web Size" quality images. Since I do not intend to edit anything on the site further, I have reduced the Prints you can buy in the Cart to 5x7 and 8x10, and lowered the prices to match.

If you see something you want printed bigger, or photoshoped, then I will have to charge for my time.
Otherwise, please download them and use them and do not feel obligated to pay. I would rather have you guys have the photos for memories later on than for them to just to waste away in the dark voids of a hard drive.

Thanks Barry!

Thanks Barry!

I suck, but priceless! Thanks Barry!

http://coppermine.grrrvich.com/album...D300_74796.jpg

I suck, but priceless! Thanks Barry!

http://coppermine.grrrvich.com/album...D300_74796.jpg

Wow Barry you got a couple really great ones of me that make it look like I (almost) know what I'm doing!

Wow Barry you got a couple really great ones of me that make it look like I (almost) know what I'm doing!

Barry, thanks for your service and the great photos.
.......did you get any good stand-up wheelie shots from Hallett...........heard there was quite a show..........

Barry, thanks for your service and the great photos.
.......did you get any good stand-up wheelie shots from Hallett...........heard there was quite a show..........

Those are going up now Harry. Nice one of you in there too.

Those are going up now Harry. Nice one of you in there too.

barry what is your paypal ? you made my dream come true lol i finaly have a picture of me doing a wheelie and it is 3 awesome shots !!

barry what is your paypal ? you made my dream come true lol i finaly have a picture of me doing a wheelie and it is 3 awesome shots !!

Thanks again Barry!

Using Gickr.com and your photos, I was able to create this:

http://gickr.com/results4/anim_34918...29d681f17a.gif

Thanks again Barry!

Using Gickr.com and your photos, I was able to create this:

http://gickr.com/results4/anim_34918...29d681f17a.gif

omg, don't loop it!

omg, don't loop it!

Barry,
Please post your paypal address so I can make a donation...I really appreciate the photos.

Dean

Barry,
Please post your paypal address so I can make a donation...I really appreciate the photos.

Dean

Guys, I posted the PayPal thing prematurely. Let me check with my tax guy. I am not sure how to handle that. Thanks for wanting to though!

Guys, I posted the PayPal thing prematurely. Let me check with my tax guy. I am not sure how to handle that. Thanks for wanting to though!

Barry you take awsome shots, and I have and will continue to purches Picts from you,
you are the man that keeps us raceing safe out there,!
Thanks for all you do!

Barry you take awsome shots, and I have and will continue to purches Picts from you,
you are the man that keeps us raceing safe out there,!
Thanks for all you do!