Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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