On 13/12/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >- Make a set of JPEGs of the best ones for them. A reasonable size that >they can put on their phones, essentially, something like 1600 pixels on >the long edge works well. > >- Forget delivering raw files to anyone who is not a professional client >AND didn't request them specifically. It's not only a waste of time >because they will almost invariably not know what to do with them, but >it usually turns them off if they ever do find a way to display them >since they're raw and not a finished, rendered photograph. ... You want >to give them YOUR renderings, not what the camera recorded, in a >finished format (JPEG is best these days). > >- Make a set of nice 5x7 or 8x12 prints of the best ones for them. (I >usually make whatever format proportions work for the images and print >them onto high quality 8.5x11 paper with at least 1 to 1.5" borders.) >That's PLENTY for them to use if they want to make a collage ... let >THEM make the collage. > >- Then, if they want something else, get them to define what it is >they're looking for and make that. For instance if they want wallet >sized small prints, have them printed up by a print service for them. Etc. > >Long experience delivering prints and image files to clients says to me: >- ALWAYS curate what you show them FIRST to be your best work, and show >them the FINISHED work, not "work in progress." >- ONLY offer what shows your work off in the best light. > >It almost never makes sense to offer too many things. Keep it simple. A >set of JPEGs and a set of prints is as much as most clients or giftees >will ever look at.
Endorse every single word of the above. Perfectly said. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) | Live Broadcast News ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
