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For Sale I will help you sell your reptiles faster, and for more money.

Mike Schultz

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I sell a lot of reptiles. I get good money for a lot of them. Am I some sort of wizard? As much as I'd like to believe it, I'm not- I just take great photos of the animals, and because of that my customers are way more willing to spend money with me than with my competition.

We've seen the dozens and dozens and dozens of awful pictures many people use to represent their animals. For some, these pictures are "good enough" to show what the animal looks like, and this may be true. But to me, it's about more than that- it's about representing the animals and my business in the most stunning, professional and beautiful way possible. Pro photos mean a pro breeder in many customers' eyes.

I know that for most people, time is money and they simply do not have time to mess around learning an entire trade (photography) just to sell their snakes. Nor do they wish to invest an extra $4000-5000 in equipment like I have.

I'm willing to offer my services as a professional photographer in order to help you sell your animals. I have affordable packages including an hourly rate, half day, and full day shoots. Travel is included as well within the DC/MD/VA area. For most mid sized breeders who are looking to set up a visual catalog of their 50-100 available animals, I will need a half day at the most. I include post processing (cropping, color corrections, watermarking, resizing, etc) after the shoot for free. For the cost of one snake in many cases, you'll save yourself countless hours taking your own photos with your iphone or cheap DSLR and instead, just open up your email the next morning to find all your work done for you, with professional equipment and with professional results.

Visit my web site at www.mikeschultzphotos.com/stockphotos for more info, pricing, example photos, etc.

Thanks
Mike Schultz
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That's actually a cool idea, Mike! I sell very few animals, but when I do, getting good photos is the most stressful part of the whole selling process. I cringe at some of the awful photos that people think are okay to represent their animals, and themselves.:face_palm_02:

Kathy
 
That's actually a cool idea, Mike! I sell very few animals, but when I do, getting good photos is the most stressful part of the whole selling process. I cringe at some of the awful photos that people think are okay to represent their animals, and themselves.:face_palm_02:

Kathy

Thanks! It certainly can be a pain for somebody who is not willing to go through all the trouble of learning advanced photography skills. Even just taking simple phone photos can be incredibly time consuming, and I can imagine being frustrated after spending that amount of time into getting fairly mediocre results.

I will also mention (since I have had a couple people inquire) that I am willing to travel within reason, as long as the added cost is worthwhile to both me and you as a client.
 
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