Just curious but what the most you have ever sold a B&W Landscape print for?

[Jim Fitzgerald]

A few years ago I gave a lecture about carbon printing to a group of Chinese photographers. At the end one of the photographers bought a wonderful 14x17 carbon print that was matted to 20x24 for $1,800. I wish his friends would have bought more. My 8x20 sold for 1,200 the same night. Cash is good and I was a happy camper. No gallery involved so it was even better. I need to see those guys again.

[The Joker]

A few years ago I gave a lecture about carbon printing to a group of Chinese photographers. At the end one of the photographers bought a wonderful 14x17 carbon print that was matted to 20x24 for $1,800. I wish his friends would have bought more. My 8x20 sold for 1,200 the same night. Cash is good and I was a happy camper. No gallery involved so it was even better. I need to see those guys again.

Are you aware your website security certificate is being flagged as dodgy. It may have just expired but I think it will put a lot of people off viewing your site.

[The Joker]

On second check I think it may be becasue you are using https in your signature links and not http. i.e. you don't have a security certificate for your site but are sending people to https and you don't have a security certificate. That flags your site as being potentially dodgy. I'm sure it isn't but changing your signature if LFPF will solve the problem (from LFPF anyway)

[rich815]

I've sold many 11x14 landscapes for $300-800. I don't really actively market myself (just random emails I get from people who see my stuff on Flickr or my website) so I do not sell many, maybe 4-5 a year.

[Taija71A]

On second check I think it may be becasue you are using https in your signature links and not http...

'Good Catch'. Yes...

http://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com . or
www.jimscarbonartphotography.com

... Work just fine for me on Firefox. -Tim.

[StoneNYC]

I only matte I don't frame (usually).

Most I've sold 8x10's for is $120
11x14's for $200
16x20's for $500

I haven't sold any 20x24's or larger pano style shots yet but I hope to print some before the summer is over. We'll see.

[Vaughn]

Well I think thats the crux of the problem for most artists trying to make a living from what they do. Their work is simply not on view and for sale where it is most likely to sell for most of the time. And of course there is the galleries commsion to consider too. Now if I had my own gallery . But that requires being there which is in direct opposition to being out taking photographs and printing. It requires a lot of time spent selling. I guess there is a happy medium somewhere between the two, I just need to find it.

That is what is good about a cooperative gallery, and especially ours. A place to always have work up that is well-visited by locals, tourists and travelers...yet with a limited time (and financial/risk) commitment. Presently we have 26 members and we work two to three 4-hour shifts at the gallery per month, some committee work, and a general meeting 3 or 4 times a year. Even so, members occasionally take leave of absences (6-months to a year) to concentrate on their work or for other personal reasons. We have three photographers; myself using film and wet processes, and two digital printers.

[The Joker]

How does it work with regard to the gallery space, do you rent it or did you all buy it?
Do new member have to buy their way into the coop?

[seezee]

On second check I think it may be becasue you are using https in your signature links and not http. i.e. you don't have a security certificate for your site but are sending people to https and you don't have a security certificate. That flags your site as being potentially dodgy. I'm sure it isn't but changing your signature if LFPF will solve the problem (from LFPF anyway)

OT, but you can get a free SSL certificate via CertBot (a.k.a. LetsEncrypt) now. You'll need server access to install it, or help from your hosting company, but it's not particularly complicated. Main thing to look out for is no mixed content on your site, which can throw up a warning in some browsers & will prevent you getting the nice green padlock in the address bar.

[Vaughn]

I have been the the cooperative since we we started it up 12 years ago. I am also on the membership committee. We review new membership applications and make recommendation at the general meeting, and then the coop as a whole votes in new members (presently 26 members). There is a $300 'buy-in' -- and the dues (or rent) is $60/month, which goes towards our lease. Members work 2 to 3 four-hour shifts a month at the gallery. Best way to get to know your customers/buyers of art! The cooperative collects a 20% commission of sales to cover electricity, maintainance, bags, and all that.

The big difference is that one is not just getting work into a gallery, one is joining a cooperative...a family of sorts.



2-D artists get a 4x8 foot display wall space, 3-D an equivilent in counter space. Every 12 to 18 months, two of us get a show in the front corner of the gallery (as 'featured artists'-- two good size walls and 3-D space. This encourages us to produce new work (and/or larger works that don't fit in the 4x8 spaces). And the gallery shifts around a little every month (people going in and out of the featured artist corner)...keeping things fresh and new for the locals.

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