Find a venue. To display your photo repair skills the first task is finding a venue. There are many arts and crafts fairs and festivals throughout the year. Simply search your area on the Internet and see what comes up. Ask some questions and see if there are any other photo repair businesses booked in at the event and if not, book yourself in! It is a good idea to pick a relevant fair though. One dedicated to beer might not be the best one to choose. Try and pick a book fair like an antiques fair, one with postcards, or art, or crafts, perhaps scrap booking or genealogy or history.
Decide on your stall before you go though, you may require a corner table or one against a wall. If you choose a center table then it’s a good idea to have some free standing display boards to display your work.
What to display. You should think very hard about what you are going to display. If you live in an area where floods are a very present risk then displaying your examples of repaired flood damaged photos would obviously be a good starting point. You could have boards mounted with work showing your before and after examples. Get some books printed up and have those on display with as many of your best examples, showing off your photo restoration skills to their fullest. If you have a laptop, book a stall with power so you can run it all day showing a slide show presentation of your skills.
What to take. If you are traveling alone then go light and do not take too much equipment. If you are going with someone else then this means you can lay out a stand with much information and gadgets as you like with no fear of them going missing.
Before your arrive check if they they show hosts provide tables, chairs and table covers, power and refreshments. If not you will need to add them to the list below.
You will need to bring:
