Re: It seems that metal prints sell
I agree their software is clunky but I'v had very good experiences with their customer service people. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: It seems that metal prints sell > > > >Ken Waller wrote on 9/11/18 5:09 PM: >> I've had a number of my images done by Bay Photo put on metal plates and >> I think that medium has a lot going for it. > >There is also the nice detail that they can be more easily cleaned than >many other surfaces. > >> On the wall they float about 1/2" from the wall and have a modern feel >> to them. With the conventional print in a frame you have the added task >> of picking a mat, frame and glass which must add to the image or you >> stand the chance of a potential buyer liking the image but not the >> frame, mat etc. >> >> Plus I think your profit margin can be higher since you're not paying >> for those frames, mats etc. > >Metal prints are not only a lot cheaper than frames and mounting, when >photos are sold in the frames both the photo and the frame need to work >with where the potential customer wants to hang them. When conventional >prints are sold without a frame, then the customer doesn't want to deal >with the cost and bother of getting them framed. > >> >> I normally wait for Bay Photo's special sales on the metal prints for >> added savings. > >The Bay Roes software is impressively bad. Not as bad as Apple >"photos", but it has a tremendous amount of suck. I ended up spacing >out and forgetting to make sure that two of my prints were ordered in >vertical format. I was able to make them work for my party. I saw two >possibilities to fix them. I could drill a new hole in the back plate, >or I could cut the old one off and remount it. As it turns out, on >Monday I was working at Bay (vendor, not employee, installing some >network cable). At one point I took my prints up to the metal prints >section to ask them how hard it would be to remove and remount the >backing, and they just reprinted them for me. > >-- >Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
ann sanfedele wrote on 9/11/18 6:55 AM: and -- which ones? This one was commissioned in 11x14: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/44342980492/in/album-72157700832934925/ Someone saw this on Friday night and wants to buy a copy from me, but I haven't heard back from him: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/43703771664/in/album-72157700832934925/ One person is debating between this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/28590277587/in/album-72157698738637974/ and this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/28590253617/in/album-72157698738637974/ My first 8x24 print of this didn't turn out the way I had hoped, but my boss liked it and bought it off me for what I paid. I then reprinted it 8x24 in this form: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/30524911188/in/album-72157700832934925/ I was showing it off at Worldcon and someone who grew up in Redding (a bit North of where this was taken) bought it off me at the con. I now have a 12x36 version ofit. I wasn't completely pleased with how my 8x24 version of this one turned out, but another friend bought it off me at my party. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/30524896538/in/album-72157700832934925/ As an aside, my 11x14s arrived from Costco yesterday, and I really like the way this one looks on metal: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/44342869282/in/album-72157672927144178/ ann On 9/11/2018 9:44 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: What size are you selling? On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote: In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
Ken Waller wrote on 9/11/18 5:09 PM: I've had a number of my images done by Bay Photo put on metal plates and I think that medium has a lot going for it. There is also the nice detail that they can be more easily cleaned than many other surfaces. On the wall they float about 1/2" from the wall and have a modern feel to them. With the conventional print in a frame you have the added task of picking a mat, frame and glass which must add to the image or you stand the chance of a potential buyer liking the image but not the frame, mat etc. Plus I think your profit margin can be higher since you're not paying for those frames, mats etc. Metal prints are not only a lot cheaper than frames and mounting, when photos are sold in the frames both the photo and the frame need to work with where the potential customer wants to hang them. When conventional prints are sold without a frame, then the customer doesn't want to deal with the cost and bother of getting them framed. I normally wait for Bay Photo's special sales on the metal prints for added savings. The Bay Roes software is impressively bad. Not as bad as Apple "photos", but it has a tremendous amount of suck. I ended up spacing out and forgetting to make sure that two of my prints were ordered in vertical format. I was able to make them work for my party. I saw two possibilities to fix them. I could drill a new hole in the back plate, or I could cut the old one off and remount it. As it turns out, on Monday I was working at Bay (vendor, not employee, installing some network cable). At one point I took my prints up to the metal prints section to ask them how hard it would be to remove and remount the backing, and they just reprinted them for me. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
I've had a number of my images done by Bay Photo put on metal plates and I think that medium has a lot going for it. On the wall they float about 1/2" from the wall and have a modern feel to them. With the conventional print in a frame you have the added task of picking a mat, frame and glass which must add to the image or you stand the chance of a potential buyer liking the image but not the frame, mat etc. Plus I think your profit margin can be higher since you're not paying for those frames, mats etc. I normally wait for Bay Photo's special sales on the metal prints for added savings. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: It seems that metal prints sell Two of my milky way at 8x24 One of the sand pipers (piper club) at 8x24 A photo of Krys and Elsa at 8x12 A photo of Thor's well, probably at.16x24 And someone at a party said he wants my eclipse photo at 8x12 On September 11, 2018 6:44:34 AM PDT, Paul Sorenson wrote: What size are you selling? On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote: In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
Two of my milky way at 8x24 One of the sand pipers (piper club) at 8x24 A photo of Krys and Elsa at 8x12 A photo of Thor's well, probably at.16x24 And someone at a party said he wants my eclipse photo at 8x12 On September 11, 2018 6:44:34 AM PDT, Paul Sorenson wrote: >What size are you selling? >On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote: >> In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at >a >> very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper >> prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. >> >> The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well >with >> eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ >> >> -- >> 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. >-- >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. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
and -- which ones? ann On 9/11/2018 9:44 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: What size are you selling? On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote: In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- 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.
Re: It seems that metal prints sell
What size are you selling? On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote: > In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a > very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper > prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. > > The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with > eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ > > -- > 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. -- 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.
It seems that metal prints sell
In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together. The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
