Get a postcard printed with some of your best images. That way people will be able to evaluate your work beforehand and know if they want to participate.(posted 8820 days ago)I think the area in which you live will greatly influence your success rate. I live in a sleepy area--Monterey, CA--where people don't do much except retire and die. The energy in a cosmopolitan city like San Francisco or L.A. is much more "up."