CanonChrissy

Hi, glad you have joined us. Welcome

À lovely choice. Well done geoff

Well done, it's a lovley image. Good luck and keep us informed. I am a lover of windturbines. They are a lot prettier than electricity pylons and I love watching them.

Hope all ends well and glad the tests were better than expected. Good luck.

Good luck and happiness in your new home

Hello Sam. Wlcome. We have people of all levels/abilities here and noimage is a bad image, if the person who took it likes it. Technically, many images are wrong but thats why photographers are artists. We break the rules.

Im too lazy to get up, waiting for sunrise to get later!

Hi Caz, Im sorry I didn't say hi earlier. just spotted your introduction. Im from Sundderland, so not too far away. We also have Blackpeal from WHitburn, just outside of Sunderland. Saw your furnace blasting image, great, ndustrial shot

Good luck Jeremy, having worked many years with people on benefit, I understand how great you must feel.

It wasn't for ME! HAHA

ooo viagra, whats the address, lol

Like I say, lets keep the thread nice, sarcasm free and that way, its a win win!

This thread seems to be moving away from the original topic and may get a little personal. Keep it nice everyone.

Without meaning to brag, my images look awesome with the right frame (what artist wouldn't say that?). My daughter comissioned me to do a bespoke image for her bathroom, which she said I could also sell as a limited editionprint, as long as she had number 1. It's a pair of red, frilly, spotted panties, on a red washing line with white pegs, black background. In a black frame with white mount against white tiles its the centrepiece of the room and receives amazing comments .The same print, in a plain glass clip frame (to protect it more than toframe it), has little impact. It's hard getting started but I have sold a few prints so far to friends and colleagues, as well as donating some as raffle prizes to charities (as a publicity thing mainly) and we have to start somewhere!

Thanks all for the advice. Jeremy, I have never made a website, have no one to help me, have no idea how to and did the best I could from the time I had. However, I havent even had 1 enquiry so its pointless spending time and money on it. Im gonna use my spare cash to build stock and start selling at fairs and markets rather than pay someone to improve my site.. I have realised asking for advice is great and results in some positive ideas however for everything 1 person suggests, someone else says the opposite. Some say don't frame, some say do. Some say keep prices down others say dont. Think I will have to take a suck it and see approach and yes, framed prints look much better and as such, I am building a stock from sale and used frames. I work full time so my 'venture' has to fit in and it's gonna be a long, hard slog.

Brill, better than you initially thought, so onwards and upwards.

Welcome from North East England

Haha. nice start to the day reading this. Glad to hear u r ok Fuji.

I have found this..... http://www.greatart.co.uk/Honsell-Print-Rack.html?force_sid=ns5qnehl7kpf3bmb9kmcfl52j7

Sorry no thats notquite what I need but thanks for the link. Much appreciate the interest in my thread.

Fuji, I cant find this kind of rack anywhere online

Thanks Fuji for the well wishes and your knowledge from experience. Not sure yet when 1st one will be, but september I hope.

I see what you are saying saying Colin and this had crossed my mind. If I have one of each image framed, this will show the buyer how it looks framed, then they can buy just the print and purchase their own frame later. Im guessing you mean using the mounts that go inside of the frame? I hadn't thought of that. I was originally only going to offer the prints but they look much more stunning framed. I bought some clip frames for £1.89 each and this holds the image safely and securely and looks a little more professional for dispaly purposes. I could use this idea along side the mounts. Thanks

I have recently launched my website and started taking steps to sell some of my wall art. I am in the process of building up a decent stock in prep for craft fairs to try to sell my images that way. I have no idea how much stock to have to take along, and was wondering if anyone has done similar in the past and can advise me. I have an idea which of my images are the more popular, by which have sold best so far, so will take more of those to sell (I do limited edition prints), however I still want to maintain a decent selection. How many framed prints do you think I may need for my 1st craft fair? I am keeping my priced quite low, to atract sales. Thanks for reading this.

Like the spectators at the tour de france (but that wasn't as dangerous obvioulsy as the plane), but one actually got hit and caused a competitor to come off his bike. People have no common sense at all at times.