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 10/03/2008 05:34:07 PM · #1
Hey everyone,

I've been planning on using MPIX for proof portfolio's for senior portraits. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a better, easier, cheaper way to do it.

Thanks,
Ryan
 10/03/2008 05:45:49 PM · #2
Costco, Walmart, Walgreens, or in house.

I actually use exposuremanager for proofs and printing. But I also do alot in house which makes it quicker and easier to spot issues before waiting days to see them.

Matt
 10/03/2008 06:09:59 PM · #3
Is this for pre-sale purposes or part of the sale items?

I haven't done printed proofs (pre-sale) in years. Sales tripled when I stopped doing it that way. Projection sales are the way to go - sell on emotion instead of letting them a)steal the images b)spend a week whittling down to the bare minimum.

I tend to shoot a lot and show a lot of images - there's no realistic way to do the old '8 image' folio like when I was in school - 20+ years ago, before digital...things have changed. You need to keep up too.

As for post-sale 'proof folios' I don't do that either. If they buy the image then thet get a web res version of it. If they want all 40 or 60 images they like (from the 80 to 100 I show them) then I have a product for that - a coffee table book for $300.

10/03/2008 06:25:05 PM · #4
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
Is this for pre-sale purposes or part of the sale items?

I haven't done printed proofs (pre-sale) in years. Sales tripled when I stopped doing it that way. Projection sales are the way to go - sell on emotion instead of letting them a)steal the images b)spend a week whittling down to the bare minimum.

I tend to shoot a lot and show a lot of images - there's no realistic way to do the old '8 image' folio like when I was in school - 20+ years ago, before digital...things have changed. You need to keep up too.

As for post-sale 'proof folios' I don't do that either. If they buy the image then thet get a web res version of it. If they want all 40 or 60 images they like (from the 80 to 100 I show them) then I have a product for that - a coffee table book for $300.


This is a pre-sale thing, I know they are already planning on getting graduation cards, so that is pretty much guaranteed. Thanks for the insight, i definitely see as it can be a deterrent for your sales.

I may look into removing that possibility. Thanks
 10/03/2008 06:27:53 PM · #5
Nations Lab, nice fast easy and lots of choices actually all my prints except for the ones I do at Wallys lol
 10/03/2008 09:11:04 PM · #6
Millers is biggest lab (mpix is the consumer arm). In other pro labs you've got H&H Color, WHCC and Buckeye.
 10/08/2008 07:19:27 PM · #7
I use WHCC for most of my print products. Haven't been disappointed yet.

Becky
 10/08/2008 07:49:36 PM · #8
I ended up goin with MPIX, and it turned out fabulously, all i found was that my prices are too low. I loved how it turned out.

Thanks for the help,
Ryan
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