“Show big to sell big” - Mpix printing comes through
May 16, 2008
I came across that pithy piece of advice the other day - the idea being that as a photographer, if you want to sell large prints as part of your portrait or wedding business, then you should only have large prints on display in your studio.
It’s not directly relevant to me (no studio, no portrait or wedding business), but I got the idea when I opened a flat box today from Mpix.
I’d had a bunch of shots printed at 12″ x 8″, and while that’s far from huge, it was the largest I’d seen most of these images.
Laid on the dining room table (helps that it’s white), they looked great.
And I could see some patterns and connections I’d not seen before between the different photos, even though I’d pored through them in deciding which ones to print up.
Back from Vacation
May 14, 2008
Like every camera-toting tourist who just got home from their holiday, I’m keen to show you my pics.
We travelled to Ireland (Co. Clare, and Dublin), and Italy - back to Le Marche. I packed light(ish) - the Rebel XT, Canon 24-105mm L, Sigma 10-20mm, and the Canon 50mm f.1.8 for the low light stuff.
We were bringing the laptop already, at least partly as a DVD player to keep our daughter amused on the long flights, so I got to do some editing and reviewing while I was there, which was great.
I also packed a LaCie 160GB Little Disc
Anyway, here’s the Flickr set of pics.
Annual Manual Success
May 14, 2008
The Santa Fe Reporter publishes a large glossy Annual Manual around this time of year - giving locals and visitors lots of useful information and insight into Santa Fe. And this year, they used 2 of my photos in the publication.
They (very cleverly) organized a photo contest asking for shots of real life in Santa Fe, and chose the best ones to illustrate the Manual. The runners up (like me) get exposure, and the one top winner gets that and a nice prize, too.
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