Selling prints of your photos pt.2 - scaling up your print sales - is it a real business? 

Love your candid honesty

You cannot get too precious about your work. A woman once said to me she was going to buy one of my paintings because it would go well with the colour of her sofa and the carpet in her living room. I said thank you very much and trousered the money. I am even less precious about my photos.

I can agree on sending prints already framed is a nightmare. Luckily the package was guaranteed but it still didn't cover all of the cost of the frame and I thank my lucky stars, no one got cut opening the package. So just roll it up. Tubes are not completely cheap but its more feasible and cheaper in the long run.

Thank you, at long last someone has spoken with a realistic truth concerning whom buys and cost to produce those prints.

I discovered the channel researching the Epson P900. Have always been a hobby artist but garnered enough interest to pursue creating prints. Got my printer yesterday and coincidentally today you've spoken exactly to my meticulous thoughts on the logistics of just what I'm getting into or how far I wish to move away from the artist and employed towards a print service. Thank you for your consistently well articulated videos and documents.

Very invaluable information. Thank you

very good points in video, I like the last point you made best.

Ohh my, even better than the previous episode. Please do a third video on this topic. Thank you.

Couldn't disagree with you on anything in the that video. Good points, well highlighted. :-)

Thanks Keith, for yet another nice video. I like your honest and straight forward approach. Best regards.

As with your first video on this subject, some great pragmatic points well made! I am not a photographer but produce digital fine art images using software. I use my Canon printer as a ‘proofing’ machine (to see what they look like). If I want to print larger or in quantity I have found a print house I trust to do that for me - and yes it costs, but I don’t want to use all my time printing.

Interesting topic. Most photographers these days show their portfolio digitally to potential clients but if you want to " wow " clients I'd suggest going old school and having a physical printed portfolio too to show them your work. Given how we see less and less printed photos these days, it's amazing the impact and reaction doing this creates. There are literally hundreds of thousands of highly talented photographers around that you will be competing with. You don't even need a huge folio, just A4 or A3 size is fine. People don't see large prints very often ( at best they might print 6 X 4 or 5 X 7 photos at their local pharmacy ) so anything bigger can seem very impressive. It's strange how even a compositionally fairly mediocre image can look quite impressive when printed big lol. Having an understanding of printing is also important to clients who will be reassured that you understand a colour managed process from start to finish. It's all well and good delivering nice images to a client that look good on a computer screen but how will they look when they decide to use those images for a brochure or catalogue?.😉

Excellent, looking forward to more.

Love it. Please do more like this.

Thanks for this video!

Thanks Keith, interesting commentary, makes sense.

Excellent, very practical and informative. When you sell your prints, do you sign them? If so, what type pen do you use and color? And do you sign on the white border or on the print itself, inside the white border? Thanks very much. Your video is honest, straight forward and to the point. A pleasure to watch.

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Excellent common sense advice.

This is exactly how it is selling prints

an excellent continuation from the last episode. Straight to the point. Can you help me about my next printer, I am torn between Epson P900 and Canon 1000 Pro. Which one would you buy, wearing my shoes. I used to have Epson stylus 9880 but I stopped printing 44 inch and maxim I would go is A2 size. I know that Epson has option of rolled paper and Canon doesn't, but it is not a must for me. Let me have your opinion please! Cheers, and stay Safe please

Thank you Keith for this informative and enjoyable video. It is perfect as I am currently working on a business plan for a printing business. I am trying to find a sweet spot between quality and price in terms of paper. Hahnemühle is terrific, however not every buyer needs that high quality. I printed "Canson Infinity Photo Lustre Premium RC 310" today and find it a very capable paper (even if only RC). Keith, do you have another idea which Luster paper I could try? & what do you think about compatible ink / 3rd party ink? Looking forward to your next video content :-)

Hi i just deciding if i will sell borderless prints or with borders, what of these you would recommend?

Hi, which software do you use for your prints? I have a Cannon printer. Thank you