I have hundreds of photo prints but no mats or frames for them. Not that I intend to frame them ALL, but a few would be nice. Money money money.
So Jack made me a couple over the weekend. We're experimenting. And Jack has a photographer friend who is going to loan us his mat cutter machine, since he hardly ever uses it because he sells all his work online, never even makes the prints. The customers simply by the right to download and do what ever they want with it.
That's what I'd Iike to do (me and a zillion other photographers, I'm sure): Just take the photos and let the customer deal with everything in the real, physical world. The prints, the mats, the frames, the glass.
That is a farfetched fantasy, though. I've been trying to get some of my photos accepted through the Getty Images (stock photos) site on Flickr. You can submit ten a month, and the Getty people will look at your submissions and invite you to sell them on the Getty stock photos site, if they like them. I've submitted twenty thus far, and not even a nibble. I don't really get it, though, because when I see some of the ones that they HAVE accepted, they're hideously mediocre. Not all, of course, but quite a few!
I guess I'll just keep at it, though. Persistence pays off. I do believe that.
Photo framed and matted....$150.00.
Jack framed........Priceless.
P.S. Absolutely don't give up on the Getty thing!
xo
J.
Posted by: Jill | June 01, 2010 at 05:07 PM
Pretty slick photo. No trees, fences or sidewalks either.
Posted by: harlan lewps | June 05, 2010 at 09:52 PM