Yesterday, I opened a new photo gallery on my blog, I’ll post photos there that are for sale. I think I’ve finally found a way to sell a small number of my pictures in an inexpensive and comfortable way.
When I see a photo I think of as being exceptional, I’ll post it in the gallery with a few details about it. There is a mail link to Maria ([email protected]), who will handle payment (she is getting a commission) and shipping, She has become a safe shipping whiz.
I have a new arrangement with a very classy printing and design company in Manchester, Vt. when we get an order, we will order a print – they will either be 81/2 x 11″ or 8 1/2″ x 14″ or 18″ in special cases.” The firm is called The Image Loft, and they do the best work I have yet seen, they are a favored choice of artists and professional photographers.
Some of the photos will be printed by my friend George Forss, the famous landscape photographer.
Prices will range from $75 to $130 plus $10 shipping, depending on size and printing work. The photos will all be done on the highest quality rag or archival paper. They will be signed and unframed. I will also be using an online firm called Bay Nation in special cases.
There are currently six photos for sale (The Blue Heron, a limited edition, is sold out). We have learned how to sell these art quality photos as ordered. I used to sell photos matted and framed for $400. That never felt right.
With the high-quality smart phone cameras, photos have to be distinct to be marketable.
Every day, people post messages saying they would buy one of my photos if I sold it, but the truth is, very few people do. I am excited about the new possibilities for me to sell a steady stream of high-quality, low-price photos, I think it can work. These new photos are, as they say, of museum quality.
This way, there is no risk our outlay of money. If people buy one, I’ll have it printed. The “Photos For Sale” button is at the top of my blog.
I thank Cathy Stewart for prodding me to do this and start a small but hopefully continuous revenue stream.
So far, so good, I’ve sold about 80 prints in just a few weeks (50 of those sales were one photo, the Blue Heron, a limited edition. That will buy some meals in New Mexico.)
The gallery is new, this is the first time there is a place where people can go to see the photos for sale.
I love taking photos, I will continue to give almost all of them away for free, I don’t copyright or watermark them. But as I learned with the blog’s voluntary payment system, it is also good to get paid for your work, a long overdue. realization.
I want to be selective about the photos and the gallery will help me and the people who are interested. A new chapter for my work.
Revenue from the photo sales will go to help support my work with the Mansion residents and the refugees and immigrants living in this area. Thanks much. You can view the gallery here.
