I want the honest truth...
your honest opinion!!!
I get the opportunity of shooting the Boise Fire fighter Calendar this year.
But we are stuck on one issue.
Do we try to shoot a calendar that has cool action/artistic/emotional shots...something that can be hung in the administrative offices in Boise...
OR
Do we go for the classic beef-cake calendar???
The reason for the calendar is to raise money for the burn-out fund, money to go towards fire victims.
So we want to sell as many as we can.
There are a couple other cities (Eagle) that have just started to make calendars, before we never had competition...
So what do we do?
What would you buy????
What would you hang in your home???
11 comments:
One vote for artistic and emotional. I LOVE things that you've taken of Brent with flags, names on their hats, all that good stuff. Especially if you tone down the colors and add a sepia tone to the overall image.
But a little beefcake never hurt anyone....maybe a pocket "hotties" calendar could come with the purchase of three regular calendars! :)
I would buy the cool action/artistic/emotional shots calendar.
I do like the idea of a "hotties" pocket calendar.
When do yo have to decide?
I like Sheryl's idea too, do the artistic/emotional one and do a side beefcake one!
I say go for the beef-cake calendar! I'd rather hang that in my home.....or maybe just my personal space in my bedroom! hehehe It doesn't have to be gross, but it could be really fun!
I like the artistic idea! You always take cool pics of Brent in his uniform. That's the one I would buy!
Go for the artistic/action shots. Beefcake-type calendars are so cheesy and cheapen the guys in the calendar. The artistic/action would be something ANYONE could buy and not be embarrassed to hang in their house. Honestly, how many of the fire fighters would buy a beefcake calendar? But they would all enjoy a artistic/action one that displays what they do in a neat way.
Cool action shots with sweaty firefighters in their uniforms spraying hoses.....oh sorry, I was getting ahead of myself. Firefighters in uniforms is "beef-cake"enough for me. Make it artistic and patriotic and lot of cool shots.
That's awesome, Kim, congrats. I think I vote for the action/emotional stuff too... that just seems to fit your style - you're great at those type of shots. Good luck with it! If you want a second shooter/assistant for any of your shoots just give me a call :)!
100% do the artistic calendar. I think you would sell so many more of that type. The world as a whole seems to be very patriotic right now. I will buy one for sure! I would also love to help if you need a second photog or assistant. Let me know.
I was talking to Lisa Desilet and she felt like the emotional thing would not sell as well because of the market you are selling to. I guess last year they only sold half of what they printed (which I'm sure you already know). That is her opinion. I talked to Steve and he said, "what's the harm in seeing the upper bodies of sweaty firemen" - meaning go the beefcake route! I do like the patriotic feel. Maybe try to do both. And remember, it is okay for a fireman calendar to be cheesy...isn't that usually the point! I think am disagreeing with all of the above comments!
Kim, check out the baseball pics on this photographers website. I think they look really cool. brookepehrsonphotography.blogspot.com
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