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02/09/2006 05:15:13 PM · #1 |
for 3 months at a salon in downtown Lansing! I'm so excited. I haven't talked to taterbug about the details yet, but if he's willing, he can show with me. The owner is looking for approximately 30 pieces to display and I don't know if I can afford to put that many together by April 1. She's only looking to take a 10% commission (is this reasonable?) and I get to set my own prices.
Showing will be April-June. The first Sunday of every month there is a Gallery Walk and this salon is part of that. I'm so excited!!! |
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02/09/2006 05:19:13 PM · #2 |
| Congrats and 10% is very reasonable. A lot take 25%. |
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02/09/2006 05:23:34 PM · #3 |
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02/09/2006 05:27:27 PM · #4 |
Ron, many congratulations! This is really cool!
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02/09/2006 05:38:54 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
for 3 months at a salon in downtown Lansing! I'm so excited. I haven't talked to taterbug about the details yet, but if he's willing, he can show with me. The owner is looking for approximately 30 pieces to display and I don't know if I can afford to put that many together by April 1. She's only looking to take a 10% commission (is this reasonable?) and I get to set my own prices.
Showing will be April-June. The first Sunday of every month there is a Gallery Walk and this salon is part of that. I'm so excited!!! |
That is a very reasonable percentage. Galleries take 50%.
Be prepared... showings are not cheap!
As "featured artist" last month in my first showing I spend about $1,000 to frame 23 pieces. You could go a lot cheaper but I wanted mine to be gallery type framing. They are not fancy but I did not cut corners on quality either. I did only two frame sizes - 18 X 24 and 22 X 28.
Be advised you probably will not make any money on it either. I sold two prints for $320 which gets less that 1/3rd the way to profitabilty. LOL!
I recommend you keep your selections theme related and appropriate for the venue.
You probably know this already but preparing a print is a lot different than a web graphic for DPC. All 23 images I selected were already post processed and "ready to go". But I spent 2-4 hours per image removing digital artifacting that show up in large prints, upscaling and printing.
Good luck!
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02/09/2006 08:34:35 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Be prepared... showings are not cheap!
As "featured artist" last month in my first showing I spend about $1,000 to frame 23 pieces. You could go a lot cheaper but I wanted mine to be gallery type framing. They are not fancy but I did not cut corners on quality either. I did only two frame sizes - 18 X 24 and 22 X 28.
Be advised you probably will not make any money on it either. I sold two prints for $320 which gets less that 1/3rd the way to profitabilty. LOL!
I recommend you keep your selections theme related and appropriate for the venue.
You probably know this already but preparing a print is a lot different than a web graphic for DPC. All 23 images I selected were already post processed and "ready to go". But I spent 2-4 hours per image removing digital artifacting that show up in large prints, upscaling and printing.
Good luck! |
That's the part I'm worried about. I'm not showing that large though. I'm figuring mostly 8x10 prints in 11x14 frames mostly with some 5x7 prints in 8x10 frames and maybe one or two larger ones to showcase... Where did you get your larger prints printed? DPCPrints or local? |
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02/09/2006 08:36:21 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Be prepared... showings are not cheap!
As "featured artist" last month in my first showing I spend about $1,000 to frame 23 pieces. You could go a lot cheaper but I wanted mine to be gallery type framing. They are not fancy but I did not cut corners on quality either. I did only two frame sizes - 18 X 24 and 22 X 28.
Be advised you probably will not make any money on it either. I sold two prints for $320 which gets less that 1/3rd the way to profitabilty. LOL!
I recommend you keep your selections theme related and appropriate for the venue.
You probably know this already but preparing a print is a lot different than a web graphic for DPC. All 23 images I selected were already post processed and "ready to go". But I spent 2-4 hours per image removing digital artifacting that show up in large prints, upscaling and printing.
Good luck! |
That's the part I'm worried about. I'm not showing that large though. I'm figuring mostly 8x10 prints in 11x14 frames mostly with some 5x7 prints in 8x10 frames and maybe one or two larger ones to showcase... Where did you get your larger prints printed? DPCPrints or local? |
Congratulations, that's Too Cool! ;)
I have been very pleased with the quality of the prints coming from DPC. And the prices are good too.
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02/09/2006 08:36:40 PM · #8 |
That is too cool, oh wait a minute...
Congrats! 10% is a sweet deal.
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02/09/2006 08:37:44 PM · #9 |
Wheres it gonna be at?
I might have to take a drive up there, being its only 45 minutes from here. |
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02/09/2006 08:57:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by buzzrock:
Wheres it gonna be at?
I might have to take a drive up there, being its only 45 minutes from here. |
2000 Block of E Michigan. A place called Ruby's Salon. Right next to Emil's East Restaurant. Be cool to turn it into a get together... |
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02/09/2006 09:10:14 PM · #11 |
| That sounds like a great deal, Ron. Good luck with it and be sure to take photos once you have your display up. |
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02/09/2006 10:05:04 PM · #12 |
| Congrats Ron!! That's awesome news for you!!! :) |
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02/09/2006 10:24:27 PM · #13 |
| Congrats!!! Good luck - and 10% is a GREAT deal! |
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02/10/2006 01:50:28 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
You probably know this already but preparing a print is a lot different than a web graphic for DPC. All 23 images I selected were already post processed and "ready to go". But I spent 2-4 hours per image removing digital artifacting that show up in large prints, upscaling and printing. |
Where did you get your larger prints printed? DPCPrints or local? |
Neither... I printed them myself on an Epson Pro Stylus 4000 printer on premium luster paper. I have fine art paper but liked the luster better.
However, I did upload the prints to DPCPrints. I wanted to cross check the quality of my work through an independent approval process and I could sell them there as well. You might consider that to, though at your print sizes it probably is not necessary.
I found that approval process curious. I had a very solid idea about the quality of each print I uploaded. Some were approved instantly yet others were never approved after numerous attempts at rework and rescaling, trying different things, etc. All the prints were of similar quality as far as I could tell and printed just fine on my printer. One picture I rejected for quality reasons was approved first time there. :)
The only thing I can figure out is that I uploaded mine for 300dpi for their target print sizes (12 X 18 and 16 X 20) but when submitted they all were for approval up to 20 X 30 which is a smaller dpi but still over 150. You don't get a choice for less for the aspect ratios I sent. They were rejected for poor quality. I had to convert them from RGB .tiff files to .jpg for upload and maybe that made a difference. I pushed the 16 Meg upload print size limit for many so don't know more that I could have done.
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02/10/2006 02:17:10 PM · #15 |
how exciting TooCool!!! :0)
If you want to print from DPC tho remember you do not have to get them approved to buy for yourself.
Good Luck & Congrats! |
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02/10/2006 02:34:50 PM · #16 |
Now that's Too Cool, indeed, Ron!
Congrats! |
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