----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hamilton" Subject: Size Sells?
> My photos have been on exhibition at a local cafe for a month now. > I've sold one photo, to the mother of my girlfriend. I spoke to the > cafe owner today, and she said that people were commenting that the > photos were too small, and she remarked that people felt as though > they could produce a similar resut on their own. With regards to > that, the owner was indicating their response to the size of the > images, not the artistic or techinical quality of the images. > > My past experience has told me that 8x10 or smaller prints are easier > or more desireable for people to hang on their walls because it does > not dominate the whole wall. > > My prints were mostly 8x10, with 3- 5x7 and one 11x14. > > What is your experience with regard to this? The smallest print size I have sold out of a gallery show was 11x14, matted to 16x20. The problem with small prints is that they lack the cachet value of larger ones. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
