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I got my pictures hung at a local shop for first 2 weeks of December. Good timing for the holidays. On a good year, maybe sell 300 dollars or so, not a lot, but any sell is a good sell.
I Matte/Frame each piece to hang, but encourage people to buy a matte copy and not the fully framed copy. The profit margin/effort is less if I sell the prints versus fully framed art.
I like to establish a base theme and during the period, switch out pieces so the event stays dynamic, and makes people keep on looking to see what changed.
I try to use 1 or 2 older works, and then the rest all new work. The older work is to trigger recognitation of the work, and then newer stuff to show that the work is always expanding and hopefully improving.
I encourgage any serious photographer to establish some channels to hang your work. First, it forces you print/frame and build an inventory. Start small, and eventually the inventory begins to build. Besides, you might be surprised how different pictures look printed and framed. Some pictures really pop.
Also, I prefer wherever possible to print 13x19. 11x14 is usually the smallest, and larger than 13x19 occassionally, but for me that requires outside printing, and once you frame, the piece is so large, that takes a large wall space, and less people have that ability to consume wall space.
I got my pictures hung at a local shop for first 2 weeks of December. Good timing for the holidays. On a good year, maybe sell 300 dollars or so, not a lot, but any sell is a good sell.
I Matte/Frame each piece to hang, but encourage people to buy a matte copy and not the fully framed copy. The profit margin/effort is less if I sell the prints versus fully framed art.
I like to establish a base theme and during the period, switch out pieces so the event stays dynamic, and makes people keep on looking to see what changed.
I try to use 1 or 2 older works, and then the rest all new work. The older work is to trigger recognitation of the work, and then newer stuff to show that the work is always expanding and hopefully improving.
I encourgage any serious photographer to establish some channels to hang your work. First, it forces you print/frame and build an inventory. Start small, and eventually the inventory begins to build. Besides, you might be surprised how different pictures look printed and framed. Some pictures really pop.
Also, I prefer wherever possible to print 13x19. 11x14 is usually the smallest, and larger than 13x19 occassionally, but for me that requires outside printing, and once you frame, the piece is so large, that takes a large wall space, and less people have that ability to consume wall space.