Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, The prints I offer for sale on photodeluge.com are also priced in terms of size, for a couple of reasons: 1) The lab I use (s-Color in Amsterdam) charges higher prices for larger prints, so if I want to keep a certain profit margin, I have to do likewise; 2) Even if cost were the same, I would still charge more for larger prints, simply because people tend to be willing to pay more for a larger print, other things being equal. Selling prints is a commercial enterprise, not charity, so why not charge what the market can bear? That is how our economic system works. Nathan Mark Rabiner wrote: > What might seem strange to some people is a pet peeve I've got coming from > even some of the greats in photography in their marketing or selling of > their prints. > The pricing in terms of size. > $165 for an 8x10 print > $265 for an 11x14! > So for 2 bucks more paper and processing you pay a hundred bucks! > Why? > Because if you've got $265 to spend they're giving you an opportunity to > spend it! > $370 for a 16x20. > Same reason. > And $465 for a 20x24 > I think this cheapens the work unnecessarily. > I think a print from a photographers work should bear a certain price. > And the photographer should feel their work should be a certain size for > the > most part in most cases. > Other size variations if there are any should be of a similar price to the > main price. > This sounds and is presumptuous but if I was her manager like Ansel Adams > had one I'd have her selling her prints as such: > > $360 for an 8x10 print > $365 for an 11x14 > $375 for a 16x20. > $400 for a 20x24 > > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com