Comments on: What are fair prices to sell photos for?

By: Damon

Damon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:01:59 +0000

This information might help: http://photocritic.org/photography-pricing/

You definitely want to factor in covering your expenses (booth, framing, printing, etc.). You can also get an idea as to pricing by checking out what others offer for their work as well.
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By: Ansell A

Ansell A — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:25:59 +0000

£1 would be fair or £10 or £100

It depends on too many factors such as subject matter, size, type of print, are you framing them, are you matting them, what sort of market/show, what sort of customers etc etc etc

I have sold 11×14 matted for prices ranging from £20 to £200
and same size fully framed from 50 to 800.

If this is your first time (obviously is) then pitch the prices fairly low (i.e. cost +50%).
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By: Steven W

Steven W — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:48:59 +0000

That’s a toughie that I’m currently wrestling with a tad myself since some of my pieces may show up in consignment relatively soon. Of course, going as archival as possible for these would be quite useful (a. good for the buyer since fading will not happen for the course of their life, and b. for the artist since there won’t be the whole getting yelled at deal that I don’t like very much).

fhotoace’s got it pretty well nailed, of course. Another aspect of note is to also bear in mind is that you can’t charge more than the market can bear. Pricing art is a bit of a tight-rope act honestly.

By one token, you want to be compensated for the exacting job done printing, spotting and mounting the image, not to mention composing and exposing. Preferably compensated WELL. The last thing you wanna do is sell yourself short since once you put yourself into the catagory of cheap, it’s hard to break that mold.

On the other hand, if ya price your pieces too high, no matter HOW much work went into them, how many hours with scalding hot water to loosen the polaroid emulsions from their paper backing and on to that huge lamp (sorry, going autobiographical here) the piece won’t move and will take up room in your junk room… (again, a tad autobiographical…)

Pricing art is a tad difficult to find the happy medium when you’re just starting off. The size of the images will factor in greatly as well. A 5×7 won’t fetch as much as an 8×10 or 11×14. That being said, a 5×7 would cut down on the cost of printing and mounting board.
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By: Silvia

Silvia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:27:59 +0000

Depends on the quality of your photos. If they are good, you can easily sell them for 15-20$ maybe even more. If not so good, maybe try selling it between 10 and 5 dollars.
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By: fhotoace

fhotoace — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:07:59 +0000

Fair to you or the buyer. Those are two different things

The prices must cover your expenses.

Sit down and list the cost of printing, mounting and in some cases framing. Figure in the cost of the booth at the craft show as well as transportation and accommodations. That is your base cost of doing business. Next you have to figure out how much money you will have to make in excess of those costs in order to at least pay for a new lens or body once in a while and pay for your next excursion into the environment to produce new photos which you can later print and sell.
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