Don Libby
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We (Iron Creek Photography) offer fine art landscape images that are printed on both (archival quality) canvas and/or paper.
Printing: All prints are done using an Epson 9800 printer. (We still have a 4000 that doesn't get used as much as it used to.)
Canvas: For canvas images that are sold locally we not only print and protect (using Glamour II) we also do all of our own stretching. We offer the choice of non stretched to those who order on-line however I prefer to stretch it myself. Not all images are printed on canvas as not all images turn out looking as good.
Paper: This is a little more involved as once the image is printed it's sent to a professional framer where it will be matted and framed using museum quality material and toped off with non-glair UV protective glass.
We show our display our images both on-line as well as locally in a small local cafe & art gallery where we pay for the use of an entire room dedicated to showing our work.
We started offering a line of DVD's that run approximately 25 minutes that have gone over well. The DVD is a less expensive way to see the full run of images (we don't have to print & frame them) we have to offer while making it affordable to the customer. We started the DVD late summer of 2009 and we're currently selling volume II with Volume III in the works. The DVD is being shown in at least 2 hospitals and we've heard that the Susan B Coleman Foundation is interested.
We use ProShow Producer to put the DVD together and Royalty Free for the music. We burn each disk as well as print the label. While it can be labor intensive, I've found that we can save money doing it this way and be able to offer them at what appears to be an attractive price.
We also operate a Blog. We've found the blog helps to tie together everything we do by offering a glimpse into what we offer and where we go to produce the images. We also play around with some videos and a sample of the DVD is offered; this is where YouTube comes in very handy as we use it to host any videos.
I've used the term "we" throughout this as my wife Sandy is my partner; while I enjoy huge in you face landscape images she on the other hand see the smaller details of an image which in the end make for a perfect partnership.
I just opened the new forum and see different threads going on and don't really know where to stick this or even if this belongs here but what the heck.
a side note on canvas: Stretching your own canvas isn't as hard as you might think; also offering canvas prints can offer a larger return on a smaller price point which can be addressed in a totally different thread.
Don
Printing: All prints are done using an Epson 9800 printer. (We still have a 4000 that doesn't get used as much as it used to.)
Canvas: For canvas images that are sold locally we not only print and protect (using Glamour II) we also do all of our own stretching. We offer the choice of non stretched to those who order on-line however I prefer to stretch it myself. Not all images are printed on canvas as not all images turn out looking as good.
Paper: This is a little more involved as once the image is printed it's sent to a professional framer where it will be matted and framed using museum quality material and toped off with non-glair UV protective glass.
We show our display our images both on-line as well as locally in a small local cafe & art gallery where we pay for the use of an entire room dedicated to showing our work.
We started offering a line of DVD's that run approximately 25 minutes that have gone over well. The DVD is a less expensive way to see the full run of images (we don't have to print & frame them) we have to offer while making it affordable to the customer. We started the DVD late summer of 2009 and we're currently selling volume II with Volume III in the works. The DVD is being shown in at least 2 hospitals and we've heard that the Susan B Coleman Foundation is interested.
We use ProShow Producer to put the DVD together and Royalty Free for the music. We burn each disk as well as print the label. While it can be labor intensive, I've found that we can save money doing it this way and be able to offer them at what appears to be an attractive price.
We also operate a Blog. We've found the blog helps to tie together everything we do by offering a glimpse into what we offer and where we go to produce the images. We also play around with some videos and a sample of the DVD is offered; this is where YouTube comes in very handy as we use it to host any videos.
I've used the term "we" throughout this as my wife Sandy is my partner; while I enjoy huge in you face landscape images she on the other hand see the smaller details of an image which in the end make for a perfect partnership.
I just opened the new forum and see different threads going on and don't really know where to stick this or even if this belongs here but what the heck.
a side note on canvas: Stretching your own canvas isn't as hard as you might think; also offering canvas prints can offer a larger return on a smaller price point which can be addressed in a totally different thread.
Don