Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/14

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Subject: Pricing (was Re: [Leica] Immodest posting about modest success...)
From: aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)
Date: Fri Oct 14 03:02:54 2005
References: <6.2.1.2.0.20051013190601.0c614c60@imap.duke.edu> <6.2.1.2.0.20051013215557.0ced1eb0@imap.duke.edu> <434F20F8.6060604@eth.net>

Thanks for those links, Jayanand...very interesting to read.

Best,
Aaron

At 11:07 PM 10/13/2005, you wrote:
>Aaron,
>Congrats on selling your prints - the best philosophy of selling prints I 
>know is from Brooks Jensen, editor of Lens Work:
>
>http://www.lenswork.com/lwsarticle1.htm and 
>http://www.lenswork.com/lwsarticle2.htm
>
>http://www.brooksjensenarts.com/pigmentonpaper.htm#commerce
>
>Its another approach. Have a read. It makes sense to me because I dont 
>make my living from photography, it might not to a professional.
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
>Aaron Sandler wrote:
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>Pricing is a mystery to me.  I know a little about photography, but I 
>>ain't no businessman.  Nor do I want to be.
>>
>>No, it wasn't twenty bucks...I don't want to sell them that badly.  A 
>>high volume would kill me, time-wise.  I love to take pictures...I like 
>>to process and print them ok, but not enough to spend my days inside 
>>instead of outside.  I charged a hundred unframed (8x10ish) or one-fifty 
>>framed...framing I do myself so it's cheaper than going to a shop 
>>(archival mats, hinge mounting, uv-filter glass, thin black aluminum 
>>frames, 14x18).  One-fifty seemed like a price that felt like enough $ to 
>>make me happy, and enough to be sure that the buyer really wanted it, 
>>without feeling to me like too much for folks to afford if they did 
>>really want it.
>>
>>I was at an arts festival recently...juried so it wasn't crap.  I saw a 
>>photog with some nice prints...epson 2200 (like mine) and they looked 
>>pretty good...snowy black and white scenes kind of stuff.  He was 
>>charging twenty bucks for a print on letter paper.  I was shocked...I'm 
>>also not sure he was selling any more at that price than he would have at 
>>a higher price.  Sometimes it doesn't seem special if it only costs 
>>twenty bucks.
>>
>>Strange thing this pricing.
>>
>>No shrimp for me, thanks...I'm allergic.
>>
>>Best,
>>Aaron


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