Hi Folks! > "So quite a few pdml'ers have digital SLR's which makes it much easier to > post your images. So my question is where is all the wonderful images > your all shootings with your new cameras?" > I'm too busy selling my 11x14" prints, framed and matted to 16x20", for $100 a pop! And I don't want the images ripped off, so I'm not posting them anywhere. Also I'd just as soon let the buyers feel like the print on their wall is somewhat "exclusive", even though I let more than one person buy the same photo. But that's gotta be better than seeing the artwork you bought "all over the net". :-) :-) :-)
BTW, I don't think I'm making any money at this price, I'm mostly just trying to not to lose too much. (Until I get really famous I guess. :-) The paper and inks cost about $4, the pre-built frame will cost about $30-$40, the foam board about $1.50, the pre-cut mat board $2.50-$5. And don't forget the spray adhesive, vinyl gloves, glass cleaner, cloths, cutter blades and the eyelets and wire for hanging, not to mention my time and effort in taking the photo as well as doing all this framing work. Shooo! And now I have "invested" (thrown money away) on a Logan mat board cutting rail and a couple of cutters, it's very easy to cut my own mats, so now I can double mat with my own color combinations, and I can start using 12x16" mats to get larger images, with even borders too, in the same 16x20" frames. This is _way_ too much fun!!! (And I don't charge myself $0.75 a cut either!) I'm using a very early C*n*n 10D, with the C*n*n 16-35 L zoom, and an amazing (for $150 anyway) C*n*n 70-300 zoom. (Notice interesting gap between 35 and 70!) Then I whisk the RAW files to my Mac with a Firewire reader, sharpen and crop them a bit in Photoshop, then print them on the Enhanced Matte paper on an Epson 2200. I'm mostly shooting the truly astounding variety of flowers my neighbor lady has growing around our apartment. I understand the Town Hall of Hamden, Connecticut is showing nine of my recent flower pictures, two are hanging in the Mayor's office now and they are going to put all nine in the Library for a few months with a sign in the lobby telling visitors to go look at them. These are a collection I sent to my Mom to help her redecorate the ancestral manor, and when she called a friend of hers (who chairs the Connecticut Council on Fine Arts or something) to come look at them, the woman really liked them and wanted to show them somewhere. Cool, huh? Thanks for listening! - THaller
