Okay, here I am again sorting out the never ending question of how to sell my photos fairly and how much to charge. Next Monday, February 10, George Forss and I will hold our first photo show together at the Round House Cafe – “Looking At Our World” – we’re each offering about a dozen photos for sale. My will all be matted and framed – alpha mats – and the photos are printed on high fiber archival paper. At that, I will just about break even, this is the drama of selling photos, it is not cheap to present them well.
Several people have seen some of the show photos on the blog and called the Round House to purchase them, I appreciate that. One person wants to buy a New York City photo and two want a photo of Simon On The Fence, which I showed on the blog. The Round House agreed to sell them. We will honor those requests, although shipping framed photos with glass is tricky. But I’ve decided to only sell the remaining photos – the Yellow Barn above is one of them – at the Round House Cafe, 1 Washington Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816, or at the reception on February 20 at the Round House, 7-8:30 p.m.
I think it’s only fair to give people who come to the show first crack, and I don’t want there to be no photos available for sale during the show, so I’m not calling them limited editions but will only sell the ones that are physically in the show. Later on, we may offer some of these photos for sale on my blog or Maria’s, or some might be sold at the Open Houses.
If the photos are sold at the show, they will not be available for now.
The truth is, I don’t really want to get too deeply into the photo-selling business (or calendars either), I’ve never quite figured out how to do it, I don’t have time to really deal with it, Maria is very busy with her own work, and they are all available free for downloading or screen-saving or whatever people want to use them for. I do like the way Maria does it, she chooses one or two, offers them for sale at the lowest possible price, and all of those have sold quickly. Just a few, very limited quantities, once in awhile. We’ll see how this photo show goes. George Forss will be at our Open Houses doing individual portraits of people, couples, or families. His prices are very reasonable, and he is excited about coming to the Open Houses. You can see some of the photos he is offering at our show here. I am excited about doing this with him, he is a joy to work with and a gift to the world.