Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
In a message dated 9/26/2007 12:05:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I get $25 each for anything published in Horse Sport magazine. Not sure if its the regular rate, or its ther "your the new guy" rate.:-) Dave I've only sold one print, for $100. But it was big (frame 16x20?, something like that). In a photo show I was in where I sold it (a year ago), I priced most of my prints between $25-50. There were four photographers in the show and I had the lowest prices. It is true that mainly just covered my paper and frames, but I figured I had a better chance to sell that way. I'll probably hug knowledge of that sale to me forever. The one who sold best was selling lots of small ones, framed, I think they were 4X6, or 5x7. Can't remember what she charged. Also photo cards (photos on stationary). Everyone, including me, was displaying larger. But I think her prices were right. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
I get $25 each for anything published in Horse Sport magazine. Not sure if its the reqular rate, or its ther "your the new guy" rate.:-) Dave On 9/26/07, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, never sell prints, just the rights to print af an image file. > Normally I charge 56 USD for publishing purposes (internet OR magazines, > papers etc.) > Regards > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Norm > Baugher > Sendt: 19. september 2007 18:25 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: How much do you sell your prints for? > > > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > Norm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 09/20/2007 > 12:07 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 09/25/2007 > 08:02 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Sorry, never sell prints, just the rights to print af an image file. Normally I charge 56 USD for publishing purposes (internet OR magazines, papers etc.) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Norm Baugher Sendt: 19. september 2007 18:25 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: How much do you sell your prints for? 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. Norm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 09/20/2007 12:07 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 09/25/2007 08:02 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
$25 is a good price for an event photo, however you expect to sell more than one photo from an event. On the other hand for a so called fine art photo a $100 is dirt cheap. Framed and matted $200 is dirt cheap. In the couple of places in Boone that sell fine art photos the prices seem to be between $150 and $350 for a framed and matted 8x10 print. I have seen them with $1000 price tags. Of course, if you are a "name" you can charge what you want. And also your market affects prices, if your customers are more affluent you can charge more. The bottom 50% of the population is not going to pay more than pocket change for a photo just to hang on the wall and look pretty, you can get more for photos of the kids. A point to consider is you can always agree to take less than you are asking, but you can never demand more. I watched a large (20x24) ornately framed photo of John Wayne go out of a local store for $3000. The seller told me she paid $1000 for the framing, I have no idea what she paid for the photo. I doubt the photographer got any money from that transaction. David J Brooks wrote: > I quess i'm the walmart of the business.:-) > > 8x10 is $25.00 > > Dave > > On 9/19/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: >>> 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. >> My standard portfolio print is approximately 8x10 inch image area on >> A3 sized paper with printed annotation and labeling, they run $35-50 >> each unmatted/unframed. Edition prints (hand-written annotation and >> signature) are ~ 11x14 inch image area on A3 sized paper, they run >> $75-120 each unmatted/unframed. >> >> All prints are on either Epson Enhanced Matte or Epson Velvet Fine >> Art papers, that's what determines the price within the range. >> >> My matted&framed Edition prints are $235-265, with archival fold-over >> mattes and modest museum-style 16x20 inch frame. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
I guess I'm bottom feeding, but I sell bagged, signed, single mat prints for $35 for 11x14 and $50 for 16x20 (that's the matted size - 8x10 and 11x14 (roughly) prints in each.) Framed at $75 for 11x14 and $125 for 16x20 - simple black rail framing. All are signed, no limited editions. I've been out of the game for a year or so (starting up again this fall) but these were for local art fairs, clear bagged prints in bins. I went for a large variety of prints and would stock ~250 unique images. On a good day I could move a few dozen prints, plus lots of note cards at $3 a pop. I've sold large (huge) prints in local gallery shows for as much as $1200 - exquisitely framed and matted(which means - not done by me.) My prices are pretty much in line with what I see locally. These are ink jet prints - hand pulled photos command a higher price locally - but probably not enough more to cover the additional cost and time it takes to produce them. The economics of selling prints are a bear. Every print that is sold has to 1) pay for itself in terms of materials, 2) pay the gallery's share or cover the entrance fee to the art fair, 3) pay for the time it took to shoot, adjust, and prep the image, 4) pay for the prints that don't sell, and 5) pay for production waste - the miscut mats, gummed up prints, stuff stolen when your back is turned. And that's not even tagging the cost of photo gear, insurance, and other over head to it. #4 is the toughest to figure out - because on one hand your inventory is an asset, but on the other as it gets older, it eventually becomes a liability. --- Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > Norm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
I quess i'm the walmart of the business.:-) 8x10 is $25.00 Dave On 9/19/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: > > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > > My standard portfolio print is approximately 8x10 inch image area on > A3 sized paper with printed annotation and labeling, they run $35-50 > each unmatted/unframed. Edition prints (hand-written annotation and > signature) are ~ 11x14 inch image area on A3 sized paper, they run > $75-120 each unmatted/unframed. > > All prints are on either Epson Enhanced Matte or Epson Velvet Fine > Art papers, that's what determines the price within the range. > > My matted&framed Edition prints are $235-265, with archival fold-over > mattes and modest museum-style 16x20 inch frame. > > Godfrey > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. My standard portfolio print is approximately 8x10 inch image area on A3 sized paper with printed annotation and labeling, they run $35-50 each unmatted/unframed. Edition prints (hand-written annotation and signature) are ~ 11x14 inch image area on A3 sized paper, they run $75-120 each unmatted/unframed. All prints are on either Epson Enhanced Matte or Epson Velvet Fine Art papers, that's what determines the price within the range. My matted&framed Edition prints are $235-265, with archival fold-over mattes and modest museum-style 16x20 inch frame. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
I've sold 12" X 18" matted with metal frame for as much as $300 to as little as $200. Prints alone for $75. 8" X10" matted with metal frames between $75 & $125. Prints alone for $30. HTH Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Norm Baugher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: How much do you sell your prints for? > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > Norm et -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
Five dollars per print includes ink cost. The paper is about $2.50 a sheet, so I'm guessing the ink is about the same. Paul -- Original message -- From: Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Paul, > > You forgot to count the cost of the printer ink. > I wonder how much that adds to the total cost > (I have no idea how long the cartridges last in R2400). > > On a different but related subject, - do you (or anybody else here on the > list) - coat your prints with the UV-protective coatings? > One of the local professional labs that I am offers this option > - to protect the ink from fading. > Any experience with that? Is yes, what do you use and where do you get > the supplies? > > Thanks, > > Igor > > Wed Sep 19 15:12:38 EDT 2007 > pnstenquist wrote: > > > My cost for matting and framing is only $30. Gallery makes some nice wood > > frames that sell for around $15, and I use precut mats that sell for $10. > > I print my own pigment inkjets on an Epson R2400. So even when using the > > best Epson papers my cost is only about $5 a print. The gallery where I > > sell most often gets as much as $3000 for some very large prints and > > typically more like $500 for a print in the range of 11 x 14. But I have > > found that it's better to go for volume. But most of my sales are in > > conjunction with fee-based shoots, so the print sales are just gravy on > > top of the fee. If a subject buys three prints at $30 per, I pocket an > > extra $75. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
Paul, You forgot to count the cost of the printer ink. I wonder how much that adds to the total cost (I have no idea how long the cartridges last in R2400). On a different but related subject, - do you (or anybody else here on the list) - coat your prints with the UV-protective coatings? One of the local professional labs that I am offers this option - to protect the ink from fading. Any experience with that? Is yes, what do you use and where do you get the supplies? Thanks, Igor Wed Sep 19 15:12:38 EDT 2007 pnstenquist wrote: > My cost for matting and framing is only $30. Gallery makes some nice wood > frames that sell for around $15, and I use precut mats that sell for $10. > I print my own pigment inkjets on an Epson R2400. So even when using the > best Epson papers my cost is only about $5 a print. The gallery where I > sell most often gets as much as $3000 for some very large prints and > typically more like $500 for a print in the range of 11 x 14. But I have > found that it's better to go for volume. But most of my sales are in > conjunction with fee-based shoots, so the print sales are just gravy on > top of the fee. If a subject buys three prints at $30 per, I pocket an > extra $75. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
My cost for matting and framing is only $30. Gallery makes some nice wood frames that sell for around $15, and I use precut mats that sell for $10. I print my own pigment inkjets on an Epson R2400. So even when using the best Epson papers my cost is only about $5 a print. The gallery where I sell most often gets as much as $3000 for some very large prints and typically more like $500 for a print in the range of 11 x 14. But I have found that it's better to go for volume. But most of my sales are in conjunction with fee-based shoots, so the print sales are just gravy on top of the fee. If a subject buys three prints at $30 per, I pocket an extra $75. Paul -- Original message -- From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That's fairly cheap. I sell (for minimal definitions of sell, I'm not > actively > selling prints, but have made sales) 10x15 pigment inkjet prints on 13x19 > paper > for $175, unmatted. As I don't do my own printing above 8.5x11 size, my cost > there is around $80 to get the image printed professionally. I haven't priced > out matted & framed, but I'd probably go in the $250-300 range depending on > framing costs. > > I base my pricing on what photographers I know who are actively selling > charge. > That said, I do live in a much larger art market than you(Toronto, which has > a > very strong market for Photography including a major month-long yearly > Photography festival, Contact), so I suspect my market allows for higher > pricing. > > -Adam > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In gallery shows, I sell matted and framed 11 x 14s for $200. (My cost is > about $30 in materials.) If I do a shoot for a commercial client or editorial > client, I charge an hourly or daily fee. If the subject wants a print, I > usually > sell them an 11 x 14 for $30 or an 8 x 10 for $20. > > Paul > > -- Original message -- > > From: Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > >> Norm > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
That's fairly cheap. I sell (for minimal definitions of sell, I'm not actively selling prints, but have made sales) 10x15 pigment inkjet prints on 13x19 paper for $175, unmatted. As I don't do my own printing above 8.5x11 size, my cost there is around $80 to get the image printed professionally. I haven't priced out matted & framed, but I'd probably go in the $250-300 range depending on framing costs. I base my pricing on what photographers I know who are actively selling charge. That said, I do live in a much larger art market than you(Toronto, which has a very strong market for Photography including a major month-long yearly Photography festival, Contact), so I suspect my market allows for higher pricing. -Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In gallery shows, I sell matted and framed 11 x 14s for $200. (My cost is > about $30 in materials.) If I do a shoot for a commercial client or editorial > client, I charge an hourly or daily fee. If the subject wants a print, I > usually sell them an 11 x 14 for $30 or an 8 x 10 for $20. > Paul > -- Original message -- > From: Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. >> Norm >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
In gallery shows, I sell matted and framed 11 x 14s for $200. (My cost is about $30 in materials.) If I do a shoot for a commercial client or editorial client, I charge an hourly or daily fee. If the subject wants a print, I usually sell them an 11 x 14 for $30 or an 8 x 10 for $20. Paul -- Original message -- From: Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > Norm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
Thanks Scott, that's priceless. Very much appreciated. Norm Scott Loveless wrote: > Norm Baugher wrote: > >> 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. >> Norm >> >> >> > Hey, Norm. Download this > http://enhanced.lenswork.com/goodiesenhanced.zip and read the PDF titled > "Two Articles on the Gallery Business". > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How much do you sell your prints for?
Norm Baugher wrote: > 8'x10 ; 11x14 RC paper. > Norm > > Hey, Norm. Download this http://enhanced.lenswork.com/goodiesenhanced.zip and read the PDF titled "Two Articles on the Gallery Business". -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
How much do you sell your prints for?
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