[Irma]

Kombi, referring to the pictures in your post #15:

I think all your cards deliver nicely the idea of "build" but I see them a bit in the area of "construction". I was imagine to give them with a hint of the field you work: software. #2 is a picture I specially like because it has the clear idea of "build" and also the human touch. I was just imagine fading some lines in a programing language in one corner? In some way I am missing the software part... For the details of your card I like a lot the second one.

Thanks a lot for your comment on my card and the links you gave about marketing. I did some other tries I will post. I want also to say that you don't be sorry for posting more cards and ideas. This has been a very useful post for all sharing their work and ideas, and I am sure for other shuttertalkers that are only in read mode...

Matthew, Thanks for your comment and advice... I found my umbrella and I did a bit of an arrangement in my card to deliver the idea completely. You are right about the font size in my in my mail and web site address. I made it a bit bigger.

Toad, Thanks for your comment, I tried with my white on white stills and it didn't look so well. The idea of wall painter came into my mind when I did my try ...

I read some links that Kombi shared about marketing and the last one, that talks about the law of sacrifice was the one that hit me the most... If someone asked me what kind of pictures I take, I would answer: do you want to short list or the long list?... So far portrait photography has been the one that has given me more profit, and hopefully I can start selling my stills by showing them in deco or flower shops. So I focused on those two areas and I did these cards.

#2
I found the umbrella alone very simple and easily misinterpreted, adding the chair gave a bit of sense but I had to add a third ... something to balance and make it work, so I added the frame in the wall... The frame might look simplistic but I think it rounds the idea in a graphic way.



#3
I see in this still life very much of my pictures.


#4
I found this picture I took long time ago.


I did try to make a collage with more than one picture but I didn't get anything nice. More than one picture in the size I am working my cards look really small.

Comments and advice are very welcome...