Oops, I forgot a couple of details. I had been wandering around showing
off a metal print of this photo, which I considered worth showing off:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/42922334624
and someone bought it from me. It does work well in metal, and was
meant as a test print, rather than a final product, so that was cool.
She offered me $100 and it cost me $60 to print, so while it isn't a
great markup percentage, I'm thrilled that my test print paid for
itself. I had a few other people ask about buying it as well.
It seems that metal is a good medium for selling, because it doesn't
require expensive hanging and framing, and photos that work well in
metal are the bright eye catching ones that tend to appeal to the masses.
One of the major photographers in the local fandom community did a
presentation on one of his projects, a series of portraits of authors
and others in the field on a 4x5 camera. I can certainly understand the
appeal of using that camera, but it really does not seem to be the
optimal tool for the job of portraiture, particularly in situations of
limited time, particularly at $5/frame.
Larry Colen wrote on 8/20/18 5:19 PM:
I just got home from Worldcon. I didn't take many photos. I did take a
few in a panel on photographing costumes. I behaved myself and mostly
kept my mouth shut. I also had a friend ask me to get some photos of her
costume, and she's one of those young ladies that I find it very easy to
say yes to.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157700437942465
I was pleasantly surprised by how many people understood the joke on my
badge, which referenced this comic:
https://xkcd.com/327/
At the end of the con they were selling off stuff that they no longer
needed and I picked up a Pixma iX6820 printer for $65. I figure that it
will be handy for when I want to print something that would be
problematic at Costco. I also have a friend that would like some of my
photographs on postcards.
I know pretty much nothing about printing things myself, so would
appreciate suggestions for ink, paper, and blank postcards.
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