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| Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2015 03:45 |
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Graham Whistler
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https://www.artfinder.com/graham-jr-whistler My daughter Clare has talked me into putting some of my photographs on a Artfinder, a fine art photographers and artist sales site. I am amazed at some of the picture up there and even more so, some are very poor and selling for over £1000! I think the market for photographers is mostly in USA rather than UK. What do our members think? If you are interested see what I am doing on the link above!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2015 05:35 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:https://www.artfinder.com/graham-jr-whistler Graham this is very interesting. My wife has pestered me for ages to sell my Images...especially the IR. One of the obstacles for me has always been the printing and dispatching. I just didn't want to become a shopkeeeper How does the printing and supply of the purchased print happen on this site? Will have read of the website but suffering chest infection at moment and not concentrating very well. I looked at a site sometime ago, where you uploaded your images in high res and THEY organised the printing and delivery from approved print houses. Edit...just read some of their site info. I confess the idea of having to 'do the work to order' is a little unappealing. Having spent many years being at others beck and call, I would prefer to delegate...even at the loss of some income. I was once advised..."you need to make your money while you are sleep" . This sites global market can take orders while you sleep ......but you still have to get up, print, package and despatch. If you are successful ...you are working full time again! If you are not very successful ....why bother? Maybe that's a jaundiced view fuelled by my current malady. Lol But I am interested in others views about the chore of producing and despatching....after marketing is done.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2015 08:55 |
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Graham Whistler
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I have my DVD railway orders to deal with and if we are away my IT friend takes over and runs GWP for me. I have set up with mount bevel cutter and are standardizing on 40x50cm mount with A3 prints using my Epson R3000 printer and Fotospeed Inkflo system and their fine art papers.So printing and mounting to order is no problem. Costing I did not want to go mad like some photographers who charge £1000 (sometimes for very bad pictures) but you must charge enough to cover the 30% that Artfinder takes. Postage is easy I have large mailing envelopes to fit. Recorded insured post is charged and comes in at just under £10 UK.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2015 10:57 |
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Eric
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Graham Whistler wrote:I have my DVD railway orders to deal with and if we are away my IT friend takes over and runs GWP for me. I have set up with mount bevel cutter and are standardizing on 40x50cm mount with A3 prints using my Epson R3000 printer and Fotospeed Inkflo system and their fine art papers.So printing and mounting to order is no problem. What will you do if purchaser comes from US?
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| Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2015 17:54 |
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Graham Whistler
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No problem Artfinder looks after the money and pays you direct into your UK bank account less their 30% commission. You then must ship direct to the client. I have purchased some heavy duty mail envelopes for this at correct size and just get Parcel Force post to send it air insured post. Lets get some orders first then I will tell you more, hold fingers crossed!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 11:25 |
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amazing50
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I've been thinking of finding an outlet that does all the printing etc and just pays me monthly.
____________________ There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept ;~) Mike Grace |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 12:12 |
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Graham Whistler
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You will need to know you can trust them but I see your point! As long as I am publishing my railway DVDs it is no problem and now I'm semi retired it gives me something to do. (My wife said blokes need to have something to do that's why most have a shed!) I think that there is little chance of selling more than one or two a month if more it would need to be a lot to cause problems. At least I have my company still going so it can all go through the books and keep the tax man happy.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 12:38 |
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jk
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There are printing outfits in Europe and USA that can handle all the logistics. I cant remember the companies names though.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 16:01 |
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Eric
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Beginning to see the wisdom regarding printing yourself! I was about to send files, to create a photobook of my IR images, to a UK company specialising in this service. We have already had one book done of our grand European anniversary holiday. It was excellent! It's one thing to release holiday photos ( though some are very good images) to a third party but releasing my special IR high res images could potentially mean an unscrupulous person copying and using them to his advantage. I suppose I am a bit trusting or not that possessive over my images. But handing over ALL your specialist work is plain daft.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 18:05 |
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Graham Whistler
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With a good well profiled PC and a printer like the Epson R3000 and fine art papers and inks from Fotospeed I can do a better job than any lab because as the photographer only I know what my pictures should look like. I also enjoy creating the images.
____________________ Graham Whistler |
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