That feeling of having prints in your hand

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Finally got my prints back (usually takes 2 days max, rather than 5!) ready for tomorrows exhibition & saleUsed Snapmad, the guys I usually go to, and the pics are lovely. They're sat in mounts and bags now, and it makes a huge difference to the whole look & feel, like they're not just snaps that some chancer is trying to flog to friends & family.

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Hi Toni

Sounds good and I hope it goes well for you.....................with good footfall and lots of interest & sales :)

I look forward to reading how well it went.

If you have a chance to photograph the setup and display once all rigged out that would be good to see.

PS I do not recall hearing of Snapmad. What type of prints did you get made i.e. C type or Giclee? And did they mount them for you?
 
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Box Brownie said:
Hi Toni

Sounds good and I hope it goes well for you.....................with good footfall and lots of interest & sales :)

I look forward to reading how well it went.

If you have a chance to photograph the setup and display once all rigged out that would be good to see.

PS I do not recall hearing of Snapmad. What type of prints did you get made i.e. C type or Giclee? And did they mount them for you?
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Thanks BB. It was 'quiet' in terms of sales, even though quite a few people stopped and looked, often for 5+min. This was my table:

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Snapmad do Fuji glossy and matt paper - C-type, I don't know - plus canvases. The wall held canvas prints, with more conventional framed prints + the lavender canvas and mono dibond on the table. I also ran a slide show of around 1000 mostly local images on the computer, and some people stayed to watch that for a while.

Sold 2 prints in mounts plus the big canvas on the RHS, so it was far from profitable but not a dead loss. OTOH I did have someone ask if I would do a half day 1 to 1 tuition, so I may give that a try.
 
I see you have a mix of media. I do wonder about sales like this and often thought they would be good at showing off the media rather than direct sale of the size image,media and frame you've chosen.
Did you have flyers to point people at a website so they can select later or don't you find this generate hits/sales?. Do you have a number of printed/mounted images that people can browse through?
 
I never anticipate selling prints when I exhibit, primarily because the stuff I shoot isn’t what you’d hang on your wall. What exhibiting does is give me a modicum of credibility. I subsidise the cost of exhibiting through other sources such as book sales, talks, image sales, the odd paying job, etc.
 
Byker28i said:
I see you have a mix of media. I do wonder about sales like this and often thought they would be good at showing off the media rather than direct sale of the size image,media and frame you've chosen.
Did you have flyers to point people at a website so they can select later or don't you find this generate hits/sales?. Do you have a number of printed/mounted images that people can browse through?
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This is the first time I've done this, and don't feel like I did it at all well this time. I did have contact details up, but don't yet have a website - there were a collection of printed images to look through in addition to those on display, but few were that interested in the images beyond momentary entertainment.

IF I do this again then I will try to theme much more closely, rather than offering a wider variety of types and media.

viewfromthenorth said:
I never anticipate selling prints when I exhibit, primarily because the stuff I shoot isn’t what you’d hang on your wall. What exhibiting does is give me a modicum of credibility. I subsidise the cost of exhibiting through other sources such as book sales, talks, image sales, the odd paying job, etc.
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Thanks - I think I just need to sort out the books and images sales etc side now. ;) Knowing target market is probably everything in this, and I'm not convinced I know what people want. People generally ignored most of the stuff, but did talk about the big canvas with the misty trees that I sold to another exhibitor, so I think pursuing that side of things might be a better approach.
 
ancient_mariner said:
This is the first time I've done this, and don't feel like I did it at all well this time. I did have contact details up, but don't yet have a website - there were a collection of printed images to look through in addition to those on display, but few were that interested in the images beyond momentary entertainment.

IF I do this again then I will try to theme much more closely, rather than offering a wider variety of types and media.



Thanks - I think I just need to sort out the books and images sales etc side now. ;) Knowing target market is probably everything in this, and I'm not convinced I know what people want. People generally ignored most of the stuff, but did talk about the big canvas with the misty trees that I sold to another exhibitor, so I think pursuing that side of things might be a better approach.
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Having a website is crucial. I’ve had mine for over 10 years, and all my sales and contact regarding other stuff comes from this. I’d be invisible without it. In fact just yesterday I had an enquiry about a potential image sale for use in a book. I may be deluded, or over estimate their impact, but I feel having a website and doing exhibitions inform each other in terms of attracting interest and demonstrating a degree of credibility.
 
Looking at the way that other sales are made, that I've experienced, are for local landscapes. A few presented large and framed (the best?) then several printed and presented on card, sealed in cellophane wrappers, in stands for people to browse through. Usually a couple of sizes. If recognisable landscapes I've also seen postcards sell well, plus they are great, cheap location guides/suggestions for photographers ;)

On top of that a website to check out the photographers work is good also, allowing further exposure to your work. If you've lots of photos of a local area, then photobooks can sell well as well, but watch the pricing.
 
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