When You Aim at the Moon, It’s a Shot In the Dark

I posted this to Craigslist, looking for some way to reach a different level of photography. No replies yet. Any advice for ways to improve my pitch would be welcomed. I really think this could result in an amazing little blurb book with the right partners. Dare I say, we could make beautiful music??? The pitch:

“I’m an experienced photographer who’s shot a lot of live music, and I’m in search of something a little deeper. I’m looking for a serious local band or musician to work with on a collaborative photographic documentary.

Here’s what I’m thinking:

We trade some emails, trade examples of our work. If we think we’d be a fit, I’ll shoot some of your practice sessions, some shows, maybe some candids at home. I can do digital or film. I love the black&white film feel, but I love color as well. I have location lighting experience, so we can get some great shots. Ideally, you’re thinking about or ready to start recording an album and we could do behind-the-scenes stuff in the studio.

You can of course have digital copies of the photos themselves for use on your myspace or album cover or whatever. But, with a decent pool of photographs documenting your creative process, I retreat off to design and put together a photo book on someplace like blurb.com. (They make some really nice looking books) If you dig the book, you can get it *at cost*. If you really, really like it, we can see about getting more copies to sell to your fans, and we split the profits, include with deluxe versions of your album or whatever. At the very least, you’ll have a scrapbook of a milestone in your life. If you don’t like it, no cost to you whatsoever.

What do you think? Reply to this ad to discuss. “

Song of the day: “Making Music” – Chungking

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