wildman

On 12/04/2024 at 20:21, ollypenrice said:

I've collaborated with my friend Tom O'Donoghue and sold astro prints we've imaged together, though Tom did all the marketing and website construction. I won't link to his website out of respect for the forum rules, or the spirit of those rules. The image in which I collaborated had 400 hours of capture and probably a month's full time work in processing. It was also runner up in the APOTY competition.

I have, though, made a satisfactory living out of astrophotography, but not by selling my images. My images have been the 'advertisements' which publicized my astronomy guest house and imaging workshops and I've also generated income by being asked by magazines to write feature articles on aspects of AP.

One thing's for sure: I would not try to sell any image which did not contain something new, something not seen in any existing images. Over the last fifteen years that might leave me with about five images which meet this requirement, so not many!

Sometimes I get nice messages from folks who ask if they might buy an image from me and, if the images are only mine (I do a lot of collaborations) I usually just give them away.

Olly

Hello, any idea whether somebody like Tom would put the prints in the post himself or is it something that is outsourced?

Cheers.

Hi, thanks for the reply and interesting discussion. Some of which has sent me down the rabbit hole 🐰🕳️

Hello,

Does anybody have any experience of making money out of the astrophotography shots that you have taken? If so, do you have any suggestions on creating an image gallery so that customers can order prints etc.?

Many thanks.

21 hours ago, fozzybear said:

also where in the world are you? 

Hello, I'm in Wales in South Snowdonia.

Hi, thanks for the reply and the recommendation. I will look into the Seestar.

Cheers.

Thanks, I was thinking that I should to stick with a DSLR camera setup as that's what I've used previously.

I don't have a budget in mind. I guess it's pricey starting off and then each can be upgraded over time?

Cheers.

Hello,

I fortuitously live in one of the darkest places in the world so I'm keen to establish a setup to capture images of the moon and Messier objects.

Whilst I do have experience of stargazing and capturing images (I have cool picture of the Orion Nebula that I took), I don't have any of my own gear. I'm therefore looking to purchase a suitable camera, telescope, EQ mount etc.

Any suggestions would therefore be much appreciated.

Cheers.