Meredith Kaminek self-published a book of her fine art photography, together with her own inspirational writings, and then set about publicizing, marketing, and selling her books herself without the aid of a publisher or publicist.
By creating her own opportunities for art shows and book signings, and by making herself easily accessible to anyone interested in her work, she has turned what many fine art photographers might see as a Herculean task into a success.
To date, she has sold almost 2,000 copies and continues to be successful.
Here’s how she did it…
About Our Guest: Meredith Kaminek
Photography by Meredith Kaminek
Today, I’m really excited to have Meredith Kaminek here with me from central Pennsylvania.
From her studio to a creek in the woods, Meredith Kaminek has cultivated her career as a professional portrait photographer since 1992. Connecting with people and who they are, more than what they look like, has always been the true passion in her artistic eye.
With a great connection to nature, Meredith has branched out to share her perspective of how everyday life and our natural surroundings are genuine gifts, as long as we take the time to look at it that way.
“…as I found it” is Meredith’s recently published hard cover book, which is a collection of her photographs of nature – untouched, coupled with simple thoughts and inspirations.
Episode Summary
Here are some of the great topics we talked about during our chat in this episode:
- How Meredith first became interested in photography…
- Ways that Meredith markets her portrait and fine art photography…
- The inspiration behind creating a book of fine art photography…
- The exact steps Meredith took to create the book…
- Self-publishing explained…
- Getting out there to promote and sell the book…
- The role of social media in Meredith’s online marketing…
- Why the typical fine art photography sales website doesn’t work as expected…
- The most common mistakes new fine art photographers make…
- How photographers can simply get out of their own way…
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For more on the topics we talked about in this episode, listen to these other great interviews:
- Dr. Stan Beecham: Elite Minds – Creating The Competitive Edge
- Joel Wolfson: The Business And Marketing Of Fine Art Travel Photography
