I can't thank you enough for this information. I don't understand why there are no courses for this subject. Thank you for sharing such a comprehensive and full explanation about this!
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Thank you very much! If you ever do an online course about print sizes, pricing of fine art, how to do series for fine art sales and all about the subject of selling your art and building a brand as a fine art photographer count me in! I'm currently doing all this research and it is hard to find out what's the better way to do it without cheapening my brand and also not over pricing it.
Really helpful information, thanks! Do you increase the price when the edition starts to run out? I think galleries do that. Just wondering if it makes sense to do that when selling directly as the artist.
For me the first REALLY helpful video for how to sell prints. I want to start selling my photographs, I need a website and so on. Hope it will work. Thanks for this video!
Thank you for the tutorial. I am wondering if creating an additional custom formatted print of an image which has been sold as an edition print previously is ok?
Great advice Nick. Thanks. You seem to do quite low-edition runs. Is that simply because of the amount of work you have or you price accordingly? Do you have a suggested amount of limited edition? I get such conflicting advice - some 25, others say just keep below 850! Tricky. On your site, how does a prospect know what number of editions they are buying or if they are sold out? Also, Would it be too cheeky to ask you to make your edition book spreadsheet available along with details on set up? Cheers, Ivan
Thanks you so much for this informative video nick - really helpful guidance into selling limited edition photographic prints- your work is fabulous too 💯👍🏾👌🏾📸 thanks again ☯️
Luis Cristofori I think selling framed versions could present some logistics issues particularly when it comes to shipping. Rolled prints in tubes seems much simpler. The client can then take it to their preferred framing shop and select an appropriate frame. Just my opinion. Cheers.
Thank you so much Nick. Updating my Website right now and wanted to finally offer Prints, but i've been to uncertain how. This was super helpful! Great Video.
Thank you for the great video Nick. I've been selling home-made inkjet prints of mine for some time on and off, but I've been thinking to work with an outside printer like Print Space. Problem is how to handle the signing of the print in this case since I don't reside in London as you do. Perhaps signed authenticity certificates could replace the signature on verso. What do you think!? Is there any other way in your opinion to overcome that problem?
Well at my level I would be more likely to do a self publish but I would also be interested in tips for getting a publishers attention. I think doing some sort of book would be the next logical step in getting my stuff out there @@streetphotographywithnickt1648
Thank you so much Nick! So interesting and honest talk about things that there are not ruled by market and photography work. Wish you could expand these thoughts in the future about printing, relationship with gallery or private and maybe talk about the process of creating a book.
Thank you for this very informational video! Helps me a lot as I just started to sell prints and have sold a hand full till now but im still learning as im doing. Question would you stay away from printing your name or logo within the print?
Thank you Nick for these very useful practical advices. One question I am concerned with permanent ink pens, because in time the color expands and might go also on the other side where the photo is damaging it? Please advice.
Good video, Nick. When you mentioned your sales of the Night Bus series in Miami I was wondering how you went about it, and this is a great explanation.
Thank you, Nick- very helpful. I love the layout and usability of your website. Wondering if you would share the software/service used or if it is custom coded?
Thank you Nick, this is such a clear and honest review on the process of how to manage and prepare your photos so they can be printed and sold. I have a question though. I'm a really beginner in this field. I think my photos are good enough but I get confused with the size of the pictures. How many pixels and pixels/inch should a photo be to print it out in let's say 1060 x 1520 mm?
Hi Joost, most printing systems require a resolution of 300dpi at your output print size. But you can digitally enlarge images very successfully if you need to. Digital files don’t lose saturation when enlarged.
Nick Thankyou for this it was very concise and informative. I’m sure you always sell your full edition but what happens if say I decide to offer an edition of 10 but I only sell 3 ?
Great video straight to the point and logical point a to point b etc. Is there ever a situation where you would sign the image on the front somewhere ? Peace !
Hi. What was the decision making process that led you to selling prints instead of a mounted framed piece? Is it simply cost, or do you find the buyers prefer to buy their own frame? Or something else?
Nick, this is great! Seems so simple! But, I know there is a lot involved. Just curious, how do you feel about numbering, naming and signing on a white border on the front of the print? Or I guess more importantly, how do buyers feel about signing on the front vs. the back? Thank you!!!
Dan, I ask people where they want the prints signed and pretty much everyone says the reverse. Signing on the front restricts where you can put the mat.
This is excellent Nick. I see from your spreadsheet that you specify different amounts paid for the same size...ie one 35x50 at 210 and another at 420. Are these multiple purchases or does your pricing vary from one image to another? Best wishes Aidan
A question, if people are recognizable on the photographs, do you need their permission for selling the prints? (to art & photohtaphy collectors) and have you collaborated with auctions, galleries and other art platforms? (They would take a commission I suppose)
Hey, Nick. As everyone is saying... really useful and informative video - thanks. Couple of questions re signing... front or reverse? Is there a general guideline, or just photographer's own preference? When in your sales/printing 'career' did you start signing? I've just started selling my own prints in the last few months and am not signing them as it feels a bit pretentious for an 'unknown' photographer. But should I be more bold and sign as a matter of course? Thanks again. Philip.
Hi Philip, thanks for watching. I sign on the reverse as standard because signing on the front can restrict the framing and matt cutting options of the buyer. Also a signature, title, date and numbering can be quite a lot of text for the front of the image, especially if its a smaller print size. I only started signing my images when I started doing the limited editions, when collectors and other buyers started making enquiries after the work was seen in the press etc. Simply, limiting the number of prints makes them more valuable and generates income that allows me to make more work. Some photographers sell their work as prints when they need to make a bit of money but unlimited, they tend to sell for $100 or so.
Hi Nick. Very useful information. I´m going to start selling prints and I have a doubt. I see that you have added a white boarder on photoshop. Thats what I´m planning to do, but I´m not sure how many cm / inches should I add. What would you recommend ? Thank you !
Alberto that’s very much an artistic decision, it depends how you want to present your work. I always think that a border can be removed by the buyer but not added so I generally leave an inch and a half.
Thanks Paco, I think some of my projects are more aesthetic than others, I can usually tell from the public response they receive if they would sell or not. I never intended to sell prints from On The Night Bus until people asked for them.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Thanks for the answer Nick. One more question, have you ever tried other kind of papers like those fine art cotton paper?
Thank you for this info! very helpful I have one question. when selling prints do people expect it to be framed or do you specify that is not a framed print? or the framing is something that is not usually done by the photographer that is selling the print?
Unless a frame was specified in the description I'd expect a print to be unframed. You might offer a choice of two or three frames, such as black, white or natural but it would be best to also show how any given print would look in the frame. Bear in mind the considerably increased packaging and shipping costs for a framed print plus the likelihood of damage in transit.
Which ICC do you use for your printing? Also do you sent to the printer cropped photos and break the pixels or not? Also do u print on matte, semi matte or glossy?
Yes image in PS, put the ICC file from the printer in your ColorSync folder and then convert your RGB image to the ICC profile in PS. When you convert the profile you sometimes need to correct the image to keep it the same as it was. So for example reds might become dull so you may need to boost them again in PS etc. Conversion is not just like flicking a switch.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Yeah i know how to do that, my problem is i was at the printers and he said my colors are oversaturated thus we need to put a profile on them and such, hence my question about if theres a specific one that you use, guess it differs from printer to printer
Hello Nick, first of all thank you for sharing this kind of experience with us :-) When selling photos form the "Through a Glass" series how do you deal with the fact that people did not give you any model release form? Also what could people do whenever they realize that one picture of them has been sold for an amount of money? Could they ask you for any form of "copyright refund"? Thanks :-)
I'm curious what your PPI's are for these images. Based on the common belief of 300ppi being minimum (I've seen some printers say they only print at 450ppi) how do these large prints fair?
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 ah ok, thanks Nick! Those huge prints made me wonder as I didn't realise they could be printed so big with good quality from aps-c (just on the assumption these are from a Fuji camera?)
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I can't thank you enough for this information. I don't understand why there are no courses for this subject. Thank you for sharing such a comprehensive and full explanation about this!
You’re really welcome, glad it was helpful. Good luck with your print sales.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Thank you very much! If you ever do an online course about print sizes, pricing of fine art, how to do series for fine art sales and all about the subject of selling your art and building a brand as a fine art photographer count me in! I'm currently doing all this research and it is hard to find out what's the better way to do it without cheapening my brand and also not over pricing it.
Thanks a lot for sharing and many congratulations for your great work!
Thank you for this straight to the point video Nick!
You did answer many of my questions in just few minutes!
Thanks for sharing. It would be very helpful to know more about how you developed a following who buys from you online. Thanks.
Great video! Q; Why not sign photo on frontside?
A very concise and knowledgeable advice. Thank you for sharing your edition book.
Really helpful information, thanks! Do you increase the price when the edition starts to run out? I think galleries do that. Just wondering if it makes sense to do that when selling directly as the artist.
Great video. Thank you
For me the first REALLY helpful video for how to sell prints. I want to start selling my photographs, I need a website and so on. Hope it will work. Thanks for this video!
Excellent! Subscribed!
Thank you for the tutorial. I am wondering if creating an additional custom formatted print of an image which has been sold as an edition print previously is ok?
Great advice Nick. Thanks. You seem to do quite low-edition runs. Is that simply because of the amount of work you have or you price accordingly? Do you have a suggested amount of limited edition? I get such conflicting advice - some 25, others say just keep below 850! Tricky. On your site, how does a prospect know what number of editions they are buying or if they are sold out?
Also, Would it be too cheeky to ask you to make your edition book spreadsheet available along with details on set up?
Cheers, Ivan
Thanks you so much for this informative video nick - really helpful guidance into selling limited edition photographic prints- your work is fabulous too 💯👍🏾👌🏾📸 thanks again ☯️
Nick, great work by the way.
Would you recommend always adding a white frame?
And is that something the printers can do?
Very helpful video!, would you recommend selling pictures framed or just the printed photo?
Luis Cristofori I think selling framed versions could present some logistics issues particularly when it comes to shipping. Rolled prints in tubes seems much simpler. The client can then take it to their preferred framing shop and select an appropriate frame. Just my opinion. Cheers.
Thanks Nick. That is really informative, useful and very clearly stated.
Thank you so much Nick. Updating my Website right now and wanted to finally offer Prints, but i've been to uncertain how. This was super helpful! Great Video.
they recommended you on reddit - nice channel :)
Thank you for the great video Nick. I've been selling home-made inkjet prints of mine for some time on and off, but I've been thinking to work with an outside printer like Print Space. Problem is how to handle the signing of the print in this case since I don't reside in London as you do. Perhaps signed authenticity certificates could replace the signature on verso. What do you think!? Is there any other way in your opinion to overcome that problem?
Thank you again for some useful content. Enjoyed watching very much. Any chance you will be doing one with some pointers on Books?
Thanks Randall, do you mean on selfpublishing and working with publishers?
Well at my level I would be more likely to do a self publish but I would also be interested in tips for getting a publishers attention. I think doing some sort of book would be the next logical step in getting my stuff out there
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648
Thank you so much Nick! So interesting and honest talk about things that there are not ruled by market and photography work. Wish you could expand these thoughts in the future about printing, relationship with gallery or private and maybe talk about the process of creating a book.
Thank you for this very informational video! Helps me a lot as I just started to sell prints and have sold a hand full till now but im still learning as im doing. Question would you stay away from printing your name or logo within the print?
Nick Heavenly information for a street photographer...ty
Very useful advice Nick thank you, take care
Thank you Nick for these very useful practical advices. One question I am concerned with permanent ink pens, because in time the color expands and might go also on the other side where the photo is damaging it? Please advice.
Good video, Nick. When you mentioned your sales of the Night Bus series in Miami I was wondering how you went about it, and this is a great explanation.
I wasn’t sure how much interest there would be for this subject, so thanks for your comment :-)
This was ridiculously helpful. Been meaning to upgrade my website to offer prints but always hit a wall with uncertainty.
Thanks Justin, glad it was useful, start with just a few, like 5, and then build it up.
very helpful, thanks!
Thanks Nick! Is the date you put on the print the date you took the photo or date it's printed?
Thank you, Nick- very helpful. I love the layout and usability of your website. Wondering if you would share the software/service used or if it is custom coded?
Thanks Tod, its a Wordpress site, self hosted using the Photome theme and WooComerce for the print sales.
Hope that helps.
Thank you Nick, this is such a clear and honest review on the process of how to manage and prepare your photos so they can be printed and sold. I have a question though. I'm a really beginner in this field. I think my photos are good enough but I get confused with the size of the pictures. How many pixels and pixels/inch should a photo be to print it out in let's say 1060 x 1520 mm?
Hi Joost, most printing systems require a resolution of 300dpi at your output print size. But you can digitally enlarge images very successfully if you need to. Digital files don’t lose saturation when enlarged.
Nick Thankyou for this it was very concise and informative. I’m sure you always sell your full edition but what happens if say I decide to offer an edition of 10 but I only sell 3 ?
Great video straight to the point and logical point a to point b etc. Is there ever a situation where you would sign the image on the front somewhere ? Peace !
I always ask the customer or collector where they would like it signed, its entirely up to them but they always say on the reverse.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 great advice thanks appreciated , subscribed :)
Hi. What was the decision making process that led you to selling prints instead of a mounted framed piece? Is it simply cost, or do you find the buyers prefer to buy their own frame? Or something else?
Nick, this is great! Seems so simple! But, I know there is a lot involved. Just curious, how do you feel about numbering, naming and signing on a white border on the front of the print? Or I guess more importantly, how do buyers feel about signing on the front vs. the back? Thank you!!!
Dan, I ask people where they want the prints signed and pretty much everyone says the reverse. Signing on the front restricts where you can put the mat.
This is excellent Nick. I see from your spreadsheet that you specify different amounts paid for the same size...ie one 35x50 at 210 and another at 420. Are these multiple purchases or does your pricing vary from one image to another? Best wishes Aidan
Hi Aiden, the images are the same price but sometimes I negotiate a discount for multiple purchases, as you suspected.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Cheers Nick....all the best...
A question, if people are recognizable on the photographs, do you need their permission for selling the prints? (to art & photohtaphy collectors) and have you collaborated with auctions, galleries and other art platforms? (They would take a commission I suppose)
I would like to see a answer for this question please. Thx
However just found this
www.blpawards.org/competition/photo-rights
Hey, Nick. As everyone is saying... really useful and informative video - thanks. Couple of questions re signing... front or reverse? Is there a general guideline, or just photographer's own preference? When in your sales/printing 'career' did you start signing? I've just started selling my own prints in the last few months and am not signing them as it feels a bit pretentious for an 'unknown' photographer. But should I be more bold and sign as a matter of course? Thanks again. Philip.
Hi Philip, thanks for watching. I sign on the reverse as standard because signing on the front can restrict the framing and matt cutting options of the buyer. Also a signature, title, date and numbering can be quite a lot of text for the front of the image, especially if its a smaller print size.
I only started signing my images when I started doing the limited editions, when collectors and other buyers started making enquiries after the work was seen in the press etc.
Simply, limiting the number of prints makes them more valuable and generates income that allows me to make more work.
Some photographers sell their work as prints when they need to make a bit of money but unlimited, they tend to sell for $100 or so.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Brill. Cheers.
Hi Nick. Very useful information. I´m going to start selling prints and I have a doubt. I see that you have added a white boarder on photoshop. Thats what I´m planning to do, but I´m not sure how many cm / inches should I add. What would you recommend ? Thank you !
Alberto that’s very much an artistic decision, it depends how you want to present your work. I always think that a border can be removed by the buyer but not added so I generally leave an inch and a half.
Street Photography with Nick Turpin that makes sense ! Thanks
Great video Nick, how you decide which images to sell? because they make a statement or because they'll look great in a wall?
Thanks Paco, I think some of my projects are more aesthetic than others, I can usually tell from the public response they receive if they would sell or not. I never intended to sell prints from On The Night Bus until people asked for them.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Thanks for the answer Nick. One more question, have you ever tried other kind of papers like those fine art cotton paper?
I haven’t, I don’t think my work is ‘arty’ enough for that and I don’t think you get good enough blacks with them and therefore not enough contrast.
Thank you for this info! very helpful I have one question. when selling prints do people expect it to be framed or do you specify that is not a framed print? or the framing is something that is not usually done by the photographer that is selling the print?
Unless a frame was specified in the description I'd expect a print to be unframed. You might offer a choice of two or three frames, such as black, white or natural but it would be best to also show how any given print would look in the frame. Bear in mind the considerably increased packaging and shipping costs for a framed print plus the likelihood of damage in transit.
Wow! Who knew that you could sell 'street' photos for up to £2,400 ? Incredible!
Hi Nick, What about the model release is this not required to sell with identifiable people in them?
Not for artistic use like books and exhibitions, only for commercial use.
Just viewed your video, Nick. Good tips. I'm doing lots of research for selling direct. Thank you.
Thanks Dennis, email me if you have any questions nick@nickturpin.com.
Which ICC do you use for your printing? Also do you sent to the printer cropped photos and break the pixels or not? Also do u print on matte, semi matte or glossy?
Hi, I get the ICC profile from the printer and convert the mage file on my system. I print on matt paper and never crop the pictures.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Mage u mean image on ps? Do you shoot only with the 5d? I thought u shot x100f for some reason
Yes image in PS, put the ICC file from the printer in your ColorSync folder and then convert your RGB image to the ICC profile in PS. When you convert the profile you sometimes need to correct the image to keep it the same as it was. So for example reds might become dull so you may need to boost them again in PS etc. Conversion is not just like flicking a switch.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Yeah i know how to do that, my problem is i was at the printers and he said my colors are oversaturated thus we need to put a profile on them and such, hence my question about if theres a specific one that you use, guess it differs from printer to printer
Hello Nick, first of all thank you for sharing this kind of experience with us :-)
When selling photos form the "Through a Glass" series how do you deal with the fact that people did not give you any model release form? Also what could people do whenever they realize that one picture of them has been sold for an amount of money? Could they ask you for any form of "copyright refund"? Thanks :-)
Hi Stefano this is artistic use and tested in court, have a look here > en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia
I'm curious what your PPI's are for these images. Based on the common belief of 300ppi being minimum (I've seen some printers say they only print at 450ppi) how do these large prints fair?
Hi Gareth, my files are all 300dpi which seems to be pretty much industry standard for this sort of printing in my experience..
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 ah ok, thanks Nick! Those huge prints made me wonder as I didn't realise they could be printed so big with good quality from aps-c (just on the assumption these are from a Fuji camera?)
Great tips! Can't even sell my zine!
Tremendous
So basically he only recommended his own site to sell from in a nutshell
Should’ve choose a darker background. My eyes on fire
No offense but they're bloody expensive.