
Originally Posted by
Mike Moats
... the one thing I've learn through contact with thousands of art buyers and many photographers at my art shows is that most are not very art savvy and in most cases don't get or understand abstract or subtle artistic thoughts that go into an image like this. I've given up on showing most of my artistic images through the shows as they just don't sell. My best selling images are the ones with everything in focus of something that they can easily recognize. I have a nice soft focus shot of a Trililum flower and I overheard a women tell her friend, look this ones not even in focus, but she just didn't understand it was meant that way. When I do happen to sell one of my abstract images it's usually someone that will tell me about art classes they took in college or that they are somehow in the business of art, and they pick up right away on your more artistic work, but this doesn't happen very often.