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Service
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Parents
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Other local photographers
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All Ages Photography
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Fundraising for organizations
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Likely none
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Flat fee
Very low, no revenue share
Pockets extra money when there are lots of orders
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Revenue share, we both win!
Guaranteed minimums.
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Pictures Capture
(see
samples here)
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Action shots
No team nor individual shots
Consumer cameras & no telephoto lenses
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No action shots
Only team & individual shots
Professional cameras but no sports specific telephoto
lenses
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Action shots
Team & individual shots
Professional cameras
Sports specific telephoto lenses
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Storage & control of images
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?
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We store our original files in a safe
We can guarantee re-orders for years to come
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Image & color management
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Unlikely
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Unlikely to be a managed process.
Many opportunities for true colors to be lost.
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We are experts in the field.
Because we own our own printers, we can
manage color from capture to print with color profiles and calibrations.
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Product Options
(see
samples here)
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Likely only up to 8 x 10
Likely no Magazine Covers, Collages, nor Trader Cards
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Several products & sizes
Few new products
Can not create own products, dependent upon their
lab’s products
Stock designs used by other programs and teams in our
area
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Several products
Sizes up to Poster Size
New products and product options regularly
introduced and created by us
One example, our unique collage includes both
action and posed shots
Unique graphic designs created by us, only
available to your program
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Prints & print quality
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Likely consumer photographic quality for small prints
Likely inkjet up to 8” x 10” sizes
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Professional photographic
Could be lower priced and quality competitors to Kodak
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Highest quality professional photographic
materials
100% Kodak paper
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Price
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Low
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Moderate
But, only get what you pay for (and sometime, not even
that)
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Moderate to high, free prints added to many
orders
Free portrait sitting, print, and price
savings with sports orders
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Order Delivery
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Often, 6 or more weeks
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Within 1 week for 90% of orders
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Online
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Likely consumer website (like Ofoto)
Likely no password protection
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None
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Professional quality
Password protected
View & share with friends & family
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Testimonials regarding Professionalism
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Not likely to be professional photographers
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Difficult to find positive comments
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Delivers action photography too. Others promised, but didn’t
deliver.
Great graphics!
Wow, next day delivery!
Never liked my photos before!
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Guarantees
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None
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Not likely
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All services and products
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