Digital file sales?

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I've been asked by a parent if she can buy my sports electronically via email as opposed to prints.

I'd like to offer this service but I am struggling with pricing.

I have been suggested the following price structure by Mike Weeks

Watermarked facebook image (600px x 400px) = £3
Un-watermarked facebook image (600px x 400px) = £5
Medium JPEG (1200px x 800px) = £20
Full size image = £40

Few things.
- Are these prices fair?
- How large can the medium size image print at (assuming it's 300dpi)
- How do I export a full size image using Lightroom?

Thanks for any help on this :thumbs:
 
redmonkee said:
Medium JPEG (1200px x 800px) = £20
Full size image = £40

Few things.
- Are these prices fair?
- How large can the medium size image print at (assuming it's 300dpi)
- How do I export a full size image using Lightroom?

Thanks for any help on this :thumbs:
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That's what I charge for any electronic images I sell at those sizes.

A 1200 x800 pixel image would print acceptably well at 1:1 so easily A4 or a bit larger. It wouldn't be a top quality print, but many would find it acceptable unless you get your nose down on the print when it will lack resolution and fine detail.

I don't use Lightroom but I'd have thought it would be relatively simple to save the image to a location of your choice?
 
We have a similar price structure, although our medium size is 2400x1600. One thing to consider is if you use different cameras with different output resolutions. If you do it's a good idea to specify the top size, rather than say full size, since otherwise you end up selling different products for the same price. Our top option for digital images is 3600x2400, which is the standard output from our lowest resolution camera.

As for lightroom, you go to export, and just don't tick the "resize" option and you will get the same pixel dimensions as in the original file.

EDIT: Photoshop assumed 300dpi printing when it tells you the print size in inches, but you don't actually need that unless you're going to look at it really closely. 150dpi prints are probably indistinguishable to a casual inspection, which is what most event clients will be interested in.
 
To me that seems very expensive. I tend to buy all our photographs in digital form these days - particularly my children's school photos.

I think there is a general feeling amongst photographers that anyone wanting a digital image is going to print it a million times and as such their losing potential income. However for myself and a few other parents I know this simply isn't the case.

I tend to print the image once and store the digital file just in case something happens to the print (I'd rather rely on myself to store our memories than try to track down a photographer in ten years time for a replacement print).

In that situation £20 or even £40 would be far too much for me..
 
That is considerably better value than the price that the photographer that took pics of our baby wants.

£75 for a hi res file.

She shoots on a D3, and the max that she says will print on that digi file is A4!!

Lets see, the cost of a canvas is £495, so it's no surprise really ....
 
I'm really not having a go at anyone on here so please don't be offended by my next comment ... but dam

No wonder people aren't paying for photography anymore, £75 for a digital file that can only print to A4. By the time you add up a years worth of prints, birthdays, christmas, school, you could have bought a DSLR and gone on a portrait course.

I appreciate quality photography and I do spend a fair bit of cash each year on just this type of thing but from a consumer point of view I can see why more people are settling for their own shots and prints..

Before I get beaten about the head by every professional togger in here please understand that I'm simply looking at this from the customers point of view. I'm sure your work is excellent and a lot of effort goes into it but that's not what Joe public will see.


PS. Redmonkee sorry for going off topic. From the general feel of responses your rates are right on the button.
 
I'd shoot your baby for £60 and give you the files to print yourself lol

Meeten said:
That is considerably better value than the price that the photographer that took pics of our baby wants.

£75 for a hi res file.

She shoots on a D3, and the max that she says will print on that digi file is A4!!

Lets see, the cost of a canvas is £495, so it's no surprise really ....
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POAH said:
I'd shoot your baby for £60 and give you the files to print yourself lol
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thanks for the kind offer :nono: i do it even cheaper myself.

if i am able to get he digi file uncompressed, then i would consider it.
you can be rest assured that the £75 is safely in my pocket at the moment.

the pics taken are good, there's no denying that. plenty of others have paid the £35 for the mounted 6x4 of their precious one, so there is a demand.

going back on topic, if your market thinks it fair, and you are getting order, then it must be about right.
 
My Facebook images are 420x280px and 24kb in size.

£2 for small watermark in the corner and £3 without.

Full size image + facebook image is £20
 
As part of a sitting i let them go for £25 each ( full size)
For kiddies sports day or similar i let them go for £10 each (full size) as messing about with loads of 6"x4" prints is a pain in the backside ( email not disc)
 
How would you normally sell your images and at what price? What do you stand to lose (print sales) and gain (no hassle) by selling electronically and what's it worth to you? Are the images of any interest to anyone else?
 
I was not actually offering TBH pain in the arse shooting my own kids never mind somsone elses :lol:


Meeten said:
thanks for the kind offer :nono: i do it even cheaper myself.

if i am able to get he digi file uncompressed, then i would consider it.
you can be rest assured that the £75 is safely in my pocket at the moment.

the pics taken are good, there's no denying that. plenty of others have paid the £35 for the mounted 6x4 of their precious one, so there is a demand.

going back on topic, if your market thinks it fair, and you are getting order, then it must be about right.
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Following my thread a little while ago I've now swung to the supply of images camp.

I offer 3 res options

£5each - 640pix on long edge
£35 each - 1024pix on long edge
£85 each - full pixel count
 
V8burble said:
Following my thread a little while ago I've now swung to the supply of images camp.

I offer 3 res options

£5each - 640pix on long edge
£35 each - 1024pix on long edge
£85 each - full pixel count
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Wonder if you could help me.

I have just sold my firs Digital image.

The customer has purchased a 600x400px Un-watermarked Facebook image. Trouble is I do not know what dpi to set it as. Should it be 300dpi or 150dpi?

i don't want to provide an image that will print bigger than 6x4" as this could affect my sales of my 7x7" prints.
 
redmonkee said:
Wonder if you could help me.

I have just sold my firs Digital image.

The customer has purchased a 600x400px Un-watermarked Facebook image. Trouble is I do not know what dpi to set it as. Should it be 300dpi or 150dpi?

i don't want to provide an image that will print bigger than 6x4" as this could affect my sales of my 7x7" prints.
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dpi will only affect printing, not on screen display. It doesn't matter how much you set it for as a face book image
 
I thought 72dpi was sufficient for on screen applications, and at that you won't have a problem with people printing.
 
Really interesting thread and I'm watching with interest as I'm thinking of providing the sports photo's this way to provide an income for the club (hopefully).
 
Generally 150-200dpi is considered high quality and 300dpi highest for most printers.

People will always try and print bigger than you recommend... I state that my 1024 x ??? pixel image will print 6x4" at 170dpi and that print quality will suffer if printed larger. At least then the size 6x4" is quoted so they at least 'should' then consider either a higher res file or larger print.
 
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