I'd suggest getting a sample pack from red river paper and trying out some
of theirs. They have good paper and the prices are much better than Epson
papers. Those baryta papers are hard to find at low price tho.
BK
""Only the print contains the artist's meaning and message." "
----- Ansel Adams
J Bryan Krämer North Florida, USA
photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner
blog at: http://www.photoburner.net
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 09:47, davecote007 <dncote@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your feedback. What kind of paper should I use? I know for
> myself, this is what I would like if I bought someone's photograph, but I am
> open to suggestions. And like I said, right now I am trying to learn as much
> about this business as possible, and figure I have several years to get it
> working. If you have paper suggestions, I am all ears. I looked for papers
> on the site, but there was no clear sense of what would make the most sense.
>
> peace,
>
> Dave
>
> --- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, J Bryan Kramer <codeburner@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hard to believe you are making much of a profit using Exhibition Fiber
> plus
> > ink costs. That is expensive paper.
> >
> > BK
> >
> >
> > ""Only the print contains the artist's meaning and message." "
> > ----- Ansel Adams
> >
> > J Bryan Krämer North Florida, USA
> > photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner
> > blog at: http://www.photoburner.net
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 09:25, davecote007 <dncote@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am new to the board as well as selling my photography at art and
> > > craft shows. I live in Virginia Beach and have a full time job as a
> project
> > > manager. But I am growing tired of the job treadmill and am looking to
> move
> > > into this full time. From my reading, I understand that to make this
> viable
> > > will take about 3 years. So I'd rather work out the process and methods
> > > while I still have full time employment before I make the leap to
> selling
> > > photography full time.
> > >
> > > So I have spent the past several weeks reading all the posts from
> this
> > > year and last year and have come up with the following plan:
> > >
> > > 1) 8x10 Mat size, 5x7 photos (photos slightly smaller for
> signature),
> > > about 100 different images, plan right now at pricing them at $20 for
> 1, $35
> > > for 2, and $50 for 3. Will offer framing at $20 per photo. These images
> are
> > > different from the others offered at larger sizes (afraid of
> cannablizing
> > > images offered at larger sizes).
> > >
> > > 2) 11x14 Mat size (8.5x11 photos (slightly smaller for signature),
> > > about 100 different images, plan right now at pricing them at $40 for
> 1, $75
> > > for 2 and $110 for 3. A few selected images will used to offer framed
> > > versions that will be hung on the walls of my booth.
> > >
> > > 3) 16x20 Mat size, 11x14 photos (again, slightly smaller for
> > > signature), about 30 from the images used in number 2 above, plan on
> pricing
> > > them at $60 for 1, $115 for 2, and $165 for 3. A selected few framed
> > > versions of some of the images will be hung on the walls and priced at
> > > $100.00.
> > >
> > > 4) 18x24 Framed images (approximately 13x19 image size, slightly
> > > smaller for signature) with a pricing of $150. These will come from the
> > > images used in number 2 above.
> > >
> > > 5) The other item I will offer will be note cards from images used
> in
> > > number 1 above. I plan of pricing them at $5 each, sets of 6 for $20.
> > >
> > > 6) All color images are printed on Epson Exhibition Fiber paper,
> all of
> > > my HDR images are printed on Sunset Metallic paper, and all my black
> and
> > > whites are printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. All images are
> printed on
> > > my Epson R2880 (hence the limitation in the large sizes, not willing
> yet to
> > > try sending images to a lab, I like to control the printing process).
> All
> > > are mounted on acid free foam core, matted using Cresent Select single
> mats
> > > (white) and bagged. All images have a little 4x6 print on the foam core
> back
> > > which has my name, phone number, web and email address as well as
> > > description of the photograph. My goal is present the best possible
> image to
> > > my future customers so that they will come back to my booth in future
> shows.
> > > My booth setup right now is 10x10.
> > >
> > > My questions are these:
> > >
> > > 1) Do these sizes sound reasonable?
> > > 2) Is my pricing reasonable?
> > > 3) Does having a seperate set of images for the smaller sizes makes
> > > sense, or should I have the same images offered in smaller sizes as
> well?
> > > Most of the images I like are in the larger sized body of work. But I
> know
> > > from personal experience that what I like and what sells is often very
> > > different.
> > >
> > > I know that this is long winded, but just wanted some feedback on
> this
> > > business plan. I really appreciate all the information imparted by all
> of
> > > you on this board, and these plans are a result of all that I have read
> over
> > > the past couple of weeks.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading!
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > >
> > > David Cote
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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