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3 Kids & A Camera

Co-founded a print business as a kid. "Best Business" at the Seattle Acton fair, and the most profitable there.

  • Entrepreneurship
  • E-commerce
  • Photography
  • Prints

Three of us sold canvas prints of our own photography at the Seattle Acton Children’s Business Fair. We took “Best Business” and finished as the fair’s most profitable, at $2,000+.

Beyond the fair

A one-day fair is a hard cap on sales if the only way to buy is to be standing at the table with cash. So we set up an online store on Wix, which let people who liked a print buy it later, and let people who never came to the mall buy at all. That’s how we grew the business past a single day at a single table.

The prints

prints/best-sellers · 11 photos

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Pink-streaked clouds over the water, mist rolling through wildflowers.

Wispy Sunset

Bands of teal, gold, and orange sunset sky over the sea.

Palette

Golden autumn canopy over a leaf-carpeted grove.

Australian Autumn

White cherry blossoms backlit by a warm sky.

Blossom

Sunlit green bamboo stalks filling the frame.

Bamboo Grove

Malachite butterfly wing in close-up.

Butterfly

Cable car hanging over a foggy evergreen valley.

Gondola

Seagull perched on a dock rail at sunset.

Perch

Still forest pond among mossy evergreens.

Serene Pond

Water bursting off a driftwood log.

Spray

Low sun glinting down a wet beach at the tideline.

Tide

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Waterfall crashing down a rocky alpine cliff beside evergreens.

Alpine Falls

Snow-dusted granite peaks above a still alpine lake.

Alps

Golden autumn canopy over a leaf-carpeted grove.

Australian Autumn

Stream winding through misty granite and pines.

Babbling Brook

Sunlit green bamboo stalks filling the frame.

Bamboo Grove

White cherry blossoms backlit by a warm sky.

Blossom

Deep blue water breaking on a pebble shore.

Breaking Waves

Sun flaring over a dark lake at golden hour.

Brilliance

Nose of a shinkansen waiting at the platform.

Bullet Train

Malachite butterfly wing in close-up.

Butterfly

Blue mountain lake ringed by evergreen slopes.

Cascades

Rocky creek tumbling through forest.

Creek

Water droplets clinging to an orange petal, up close.

Dew

Orange sun sinking to the horizon over dark water.

Falling Sun

Sunrise flaring over a lake and treetops.

First Light

Flamingos flying over water under dramatic clouds.

Flamingo

White wildflower blossom against green leaves.

Flower Power

The Great Wall snaking over green ridges.

Fortitude

Magenta blossoms along a garden path, up close.

Garden Walk

Kyoto's Golden Pavilion above its reflecting pond.

Golden Pavilion

Cable car hanging over a foggy evergreen valley.

Gondola

Last light of sunset burning at a dark horizon.

Highway

Iridescent glass sphere reflecting a garden.

Inner World

Red pagoda eaves against a clear blue sky.

Kyoto at Noon

Violet and pink clouds streaked over a dusk horizon.

Lavender

Fogbound trees on a rocky lakeshore.

Mist

Sun bursting over a valley under streaked clouds.

Outlook

Bands of teal, gold, and orange sunset sky over the sea.

Palette

Clear stream running over stones past a driftwood log.

Pebbles

Seagull perched on a dock rail at sunset.

Perch

Evergreen slope rising above a granite basin.

Pine

Rose in full bloom after rain.

Pink Petals

Fresh snow on a craggy mountain under blue sky.

Powder

Soft sunset bands over Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Summer

Pink clouds fanned over the Sound at dusk.

Puget Sound Sunset

Mount Rainier faint over calm water at dusk.

Rainier

Whitewater threading down a rocky hillside.

Rapids

Hazy red sun setting over the water.

Red Sky at Night

Lily pads mirrored in a glassy pond.

Reflections

Forested hills rolling to the horizon under patterned clouds.

Rolling Hills

Amber sky over the Seattle waterfront.

Sailor's Delight

Ripe orange salmonberry among green leaves.

Salmonberry

Still forest pond among mossy evergreens.

Serene Pond

Red-streaked clouds over a darkening sound.

Smoky Sunset

Jets trailing contrails across a blue sky.

Soaring

Water bursting off a driftwood log.

Spray

Dusk sky framed through silhouetted evergreen boughs.

Sunset

Sun setting over the water with the city beyond.

Sunset over Seattle

Five-story pagoda under a hazy sky.

Sunset Pagoda

Treetop walkway curving through rain-soaked firs.

Suspension

Space Needle silhouetted against an amber sunset.

The Needle at Dusk

Tokyo Skytree's steel lattice from directly below.

The Sky Tree

Ornate Chinese theater facade in red and green.

Theater

Low sun glinting down a wet beach at the tideline.

Tide

Boardwalk trail through sunlit autumn woods.

Trail

Layered sunset over calm water.

Tranquility

Snow-dusted peaks above a mirror-still lake.

Twilight Lake

Japanese garden pond ringed by red maples.

Vernal Pond

Falls rushing through mossy forest.

Whitewater

Pink-streaked clouds over the water, mist rolling through wildflowers.

Wispy Sunset

Silky yellow blossom in close-up.

Yellow Nectar

Looking back

Looking back, two things stuck. One was entrepreneurship, my dad’s whole career, and something I wanted to try for myself. The other was photography, a hobby that stayed with me. This is the earliest thing on the site, and the first place both show up.

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