Do You Post Multiple Version Of The Same Subject?

If I like them all I will post them, probably with different treatments and if i have enough will create a gallery for them

I try to stay away from duplication of a subject... unless that subject is so strong it overcomes repetition. I'm working with some photos I took in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. The area is so stunning that I will break my usual rule.

What I try to stay away from is the same image in many different colors. It somehow bothers my sense of individuality.!

A Quirk, I guess

if something i have sells well, i'll post up other angles and or versions. like if i know a location does well, i do the same shots as a black and white. or use the other 4 angles i did of the same thing. but i don't upload them all at once or it will just be confusing.

however it really depends how much the same they are. like if you shoot the grand canyon, and you walk from the start of the tour to the end - the images will almost exactly the same. however if you shoot the washington monument in spring, and winter, or do it from different parts of town and they all look nice, then i would post up more.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I do both a landscape and a portrait version of the same thing if both formats work for the subject. Sometimes people shop for that one particular space in their home and they are either looking for horizontal or vertical. Of course, not everything works in both orientations, but I usually try to rotate the camera and see if it will work vertically.

Sometimes I do a rectangular and a square version of my abstracts, and sometime a color and a black and white version of photographs

Typically, I only very rarely put up both a B&W and a color version of the same shot. Even more rare are different angles of the same subject.

Absolutely. This is a store, and every customer is different.

If I can, I do a horizontal, vertical, and sometimes a BW. If I don't upload them, I at least have them on hand in my files.

@Glenn
"What I try to stay away from is the same image in many different colors."

Me, too. But I'm speaking of the same subject matter, but different shots, each with a completely different composition with both vertical and horizontal orientations.

@Mary
"I do both a landscape and a portrait .... Sometimes people shop for that one particular space"

Good point. Me. too. In our own home we have a space my wife likes to rotate pictures in but only vertical works.


@Ann
"Sometimes I do a rectangular and a square version "

Another good point. Did not consider this. But for the image in question, a square crop will work.

@mike
"but i don't upload them all at once"

Agree. I have done that and the different version look tacky sitting side-by-side in the gallery.

@Greg
"every customer is different."

And that is the essence of my post. My wife and I differ on our likes. There have been times I uploaded something she told me to that I did not want to, that I evaluated as bad. Guess what? It sold. (and she continues to rub my nose in it. LOL )

I have found that what I like is not what the buyer likes, and I cannot predict what the buyer will like. I guess the only logical answer is to give the buyer a choice.

"I have found that what I like is not what the buyer likes, and I cannot predict what the buyer will like. I guess the only logical answer is to give the buyer a choice."


That's how I look at it. Now, if I only had some buyers. :)

"I have found that what I like is not what the buyer likes, and I cannot predict what the buyer will like. I guess the only logical answer is to give the buyer a choice."

We all have different opinions and different ways of doing things. For me if I'm on someone's site (whether here, Flickr or where ever) if I keep seeing subtle variations of the same shot, I get bored very easily and move on. There are folks who literally post ten variations of the same shot. I don't want to see that and I will almost always X out of their page.

Joseph,

Here's one of my galleries where I have multiple shots of the same barn. This is probably the one gallery where it might be repetitious to some, but I figure a customer might find one that fits their room, space, wall size, etc. Ya never know.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/greg-jackson.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=261133

Only if it works from a composition standpoint. I'm like Joseph, if I see to many shots that look similar, I leave.

Interesting. Anybody interested in a little fun? A test?

Greg Jackson, don't reply to this.

Anybody else, go to the link with the barns (below and above).

Post the name of the image that is your favorite. If you have time, say why. The image names from the thumbnail / gallery page copy and paste easily. If you don't say why, it will only take you 30 seconds.

Barn series

Greg,

I think it is a bit repetitious and a bit confusing. I might lose about 1/3 of those and keep the strongest,

Rich

I'm thinking the "strongest" would be in the eye of the beholder (customer), but I see what you're saying to some degree.


Rich, you were saying ;)

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/rich-franco.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=487266

Greg, almost the same................

Rich

Strongest is in the eye of the beholder, but, to me, it looks like the photographer cant make up their mind, and want to please everyone, so they simply toned a few and uploaded everything they shot in a spray & pray kind of way.

Pick the strongest, drop the rest, the best get lost in the clutter and confusion

Actually, the images were shot during two different intervals 11 months apart, and not uploaded in a "spray and pray" method, although it might look that way. Yep, lots of choices for potential customers. ;)

So I'm going to actually do what Dan asked us to do LOL

Secluded Barn Series 2
It has some breathing room and the sky especially doesn't look over processed. Now I like some of the close-up ones a lot, too, but this one stood out as one of the only ones with space in it.