Haha sound advice, thank you! I actually like to landscapes under the full moon. It's enough light to light the scene, but gives it a really soft, ethereal effect.

Great idea, I hadn't even thought of worrying about scorpions

Here's hoping! and thank you!

Luckily I won't have my pup with me, he's very low to the ground and if I'm being honest not the best trained dog there ever was.

Thank you for the comprehensive explanation! I was hoping that if I'm just aware and not an idiot that I would probably be okay. That does put my mind at ease. thanks again!

That sounds super handy, in the past I've just taken a hiking pole and extended as far as it goes and kind of poked bushy spots I needed to go through, though to date I've never seen one in JT

I've been many many times as well, but just by coincidence this is the first time I'm going in late May (and doing stuff at night)

That certainly puts me (somewhat) at ease, thank you!

Great advice, thanks!

Very good info, thank you!

Thank goodness I'm no longer 18-25! I can pick them up with impunity! /s

Absolutely! I do use ETSY as a storefront, and then use Darkroom.com to fulfill my orders. (They're great, highly recommend)

The way I have it set up is when someone orders from me, whether it's print, canvas, framed or metal, I just order from the DR and have it shipped directly to them.

I'm trying to figure out a way to start offering "fine art prints" on the better paper where I will sign and date it, which is how I would prefer my work to go into the world, but right now the double shipping (print shop to me to buyer) costs too much.

One thing I have found selling photography on ETSY is it is kind of a race to the bottom, which I guess is just how it is everywhere these days. There are full on studios/companies that are at scale with dozens of photographer's work that have hundreds of listing and able to sell cheaper than I can, and also people buy up tons of stock images and sell "digital" prints (downloadable file) for a little as 3$ sometimes. So finding the right price point was really challenging.

Between that and the ETSY fees, I'm not sure it would be a viable way to make an income alone, but for someone like me it's great. I'm able to get my work into a marketplace where people are looking to buy stuff that I wouldn't otherwise be able to since my social media following is pretty small.

Overall it's been a great experience.

Sounds like a great plan. I think the hyper-local idea is great. I live in a major metro area, so getting gallery space is super competitive, or to put another way, largely out of reach for someone like me. The gallery showing I had was in a gallery just outside Joshua Tree NP, of work I did in the park. Much smaller environment, and a more personable feel.

Sounds like we are in similar situations. I work full time in a completely unrelated field, but spend a lot of time and energy doing photography as what I'd call an "enthusiastic amateur". I do landscape photography if that matters. It got to the point where I was taking lots of pictures, and aside from putting them on instagram for minimal likes, didn't know what to do with them.

Long story short, I had people start asking me if I sold prints or if they could buy X/Y photo. So, I started an ETSY, started reaching out to/submitting to galleries and now I've had my work hang in one gallery, and is currently in an artist's space in a local coffee shop. I sell maybe 1-2 prints a month on ETSY.

As far as money, when you factor in gear, gas, time etc. I'm still lightyears away from making a profit, but it has provided an opportunity to share my work in a low stress way, on my own terms, and make a few bucks in the process. If you have questions about how I went about any of this stuff, I'd be happy to share!

Reading the comments I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I actually did get representation thanks to a short script. It was a semi-finalist at the Austin Film Festival (pre-COVID), and it was the exact type of material this specific manager was interested in. I should also say, the first thing he did after reaching out about the short was ask for a feature length sample (different idea/script), which I luckily had ready to go. So I guess the more accurate comment is a short script got me noticed, but I had to have the feature length stuff to back it up.

Ah, I suppose you're right. Thanks for letting me know, as this forced me to actually look it up!

Thank you! Can't wait to go back.

Thank you! That part of the park is such a weird/wonderful place to be.

If you go to the Teton website it looks like they do too, if you scroll through all the pictures of the sleeping bag, the last slide has a graphic that lists 3 temps as "Comfort, limit and extreme" with the corresponding temps. How accurate that is, who knows.

Oof that's brutal

My pleasure!