What to offer in terms of prints

[GR3Z]

I've recently taken some images for a friend of a friend In my home studio, I've charged them for the service and wish to include some prints as part of the package as well as include the disc with all the edited images on.... Im going to use dscl labs for my prints using there profiles..... My question is what size prints shall I offer, all the images are all 300ppi and at the original ratio of 3:2?

 

[Bristolian]

Not sure if this is of any help Graeme, but I offer one 10x8 or A4 print as part of the package - client chooses the size. They also get a disc with a slideshow of the images. I use picturestoexe to create the slideshow as it makes ripping the high res images and printing themselves harder Print sales are an important part of my revenue stream.

Yes, I know you can still rip the images but most people don't know how

 

[Moore Photos]

Similar to Steve, I offer a single 12x8 or A4.

 

[meonshore]

I've recently taken some images for a friend of a friend In my home studio, I've charged them for the service and wish to include some prints as part of the package as well as include the disc with all the edited images on.... Im going to use dscl labs for my prints using there profiles..... My question is what size prints shall I offer, all the images are all 300ppi and at the original ratio of 3:2?

What are they expecting as part of the upfront payment ?

Are you expecting them to spend anything more with you after getting the disk of images and the extra prints ?

Personally I'd only include prints if they were explicitly part of the upfront agreement, or a single 7x5" as a reference print if I wanted to show the quality that could be obtained from the files at a good lab.

 

[GR3Z]

I'm trying to make things easy, I've supplied them with the disc with all the images at 300 ppi so they can get them printed, they are still in the std ratio of 3:2, my concern is they all the frames available theses days don't really use those sizes 9x6 12x8 etc.....

 

[meonshore]

I'm trying to make things easy, I've supplied them with the disc with all the images at 300 ppi so they can get them printed, they are still in the std ratio of 3:2, my concern is they all the frames available theses days don't really use those sizes 9x6 12x8 etc.....

Then they will have to crop them appropriately.

Buying the digital images implies that they have the knowledge, desire, skill to take responsibility for the creation of the final product - whether that is a slideshow, or a large canvas wrap. You could give them some basic instructions along with the disk, but any decent online consumer print service will provide crop marks if they order an 8x6 or 10x8. But you can't predict what they will print or at what ratio/size.

If they are ignorant or incompetent, and unable to do that for themselves, or via someone that will guide them then they should be sourcing the finished product from you either as prints, wraps or framed products.

 

[GR3Z]

Then they will have to crop them appropriately.

Buying the digital images implies that they have the knowledge, desire, skill to take responsibility for the creation of the final product - whether that is a slideshow, or a large canvas wrap. You could give them some basic instructions along with the disk, but any decent online consumer print service will provide crop marks if they order an 8x6 or 10x8. But you can't predict what they will print or at what ratio/size.

If they are ignorant or incompetent, and unable to do that for themselves, or via someone that will guide them then they should be sourcing the finished product from you either as prints, wraps or framed products.

I never thought of it like that, nicely put...I will bare that in mind with future clients, thx