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Walking Boot said:
Anyone know anything about selling prints online? Is it just smugmug and that's it? Anyone ever use them as a storefront?

Here's the situation: recently a photographer in my family passed away, and left a ton of digital prints behind, many of which are quite good. Another family member has fielded a lot of requests for prints as mementos, but knows nothing about digital photography and online stuff.

So we're looking for a website we can upload the pictures to, and just send people the link where they can order prints the size and style they want with minimal oversight on our end. Just prints, not t-shirts or coffee mugs or anything, and nice ones that'll last a while, not just cheap "office color printer" outputs.

One additional concern was that he'd like to include the photographer's name on each print, however, when you 'gallery wrap' a canvas print the visible part is shrunk, so, is there a site that would allow certain photos to be printed only on gallery wraps, and another version of the photo for regular prints, so we can align the name differently in each one?

Or, I guess, the question is, what's the best "set it and forget it" site for selling prints online, that also allows control over what kind of products each photo can be printed on?

Family member doesn't really care about what percentage of the price goes to the site. Just wants to have things managed while they are busy with more important things.
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I use Zenfolio and it was very easy to set up and it's easy maintain. You would have to create different versions of the same photo if you want the photographer's name to appear in different places based on whether it's a print or a canvas wrap, but I would highly recommend you NOT put anything on the image. You can add a photographer notation that will print on the back of the paper. That's preferred. Even better (but more labor-intensive), would be to have all orders ship through you and you'd stamp or sign them (again, on the back) and then send them to the customer yourself. You can look into how John Maloof and others curated the Vivian Maier work (although that's all film, so it's a bit different). But if these are serious art prints, you don't want anything on the image. I understand the urge to ensure the photographer gets credit, but that's more of a method you use for digital images shared on the web than one for physical prints.

ETA: With Zenfolio, you completely control access, price, and product availability. Zenfolio does get its cut, but it's a fair one by industry standards.

ETA II: Also note that licensing photos for digital use is a completely different animal. When you sell a print, you're not giving that person any right to use the image digitally. If you DO opt to make these images available for people who want to use them digitally, you need to set that up separately (Zenfolio can do this as well). But just be warned this is much more complicated than simply selling prints.

 
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Anyone have an Olympus OM-D series? Pretty close to pulling the trigger, selling my Nikon and lenses to covert

 
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GREAT SHOT!! :thumbup:

Was really mad at myself last October... Was up in Ontario at my cousin's cabin.. Walked out on the dock and crystal clear skies showed the milky way so clearly.. and here I was with no tripod :kicksrock:   Won't let that happen EVER again..

 
I need to review some of the recent shots here.

I have had the NIK plugins for a while, and they are awesome!!!!! 

I have recently been rebitten by the photography bug, and have been out a bit while waiting for football season

Here re a couple of Osprey that I took at a nest near by.

Shot with a Canon 60D, Canon 300F4 and a 1.4 Tcon

Osprey in nest

In Flight

Protectors

 
I think I've worked out the kinks from my flickr page.

Here's some some shots from the recent trip to Alaska.  If you've never been, and want to go, I'd be glad to share details of where we went and the costs entailed.

These were shots from Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park. These were shot about 50 yards from the subject.  On a safe observation deck.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23444820@N00/28698002050/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23444820@N00/28907517961/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23444820@N00/28951545376/in/datetaken/

This was within the same park, but along the trail to the falls.  This was about 30 yards from the subjects, and nothing between me and her.  We were a bit anxious, but we followed the instructions of the park rangers and she moved along without giving us a scare.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23444820@N00/28878778842/in/datetaken/

This was along the Alaska State Highway, about 30 miles south of Denali National Park.  She just sat their chewing away and wasn't phased by my presence.  This was shot about 50 yards from the subject.  My first time using the Tamron 150-600mm lens.  I ended up returning the lens after the trip.  I was sort of happy with the lens, but not thirlled.  I think I'm going to either save for the Canon 100-400mm,. or begin researching the Fujitsu mirror less equipment. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23444820@N00/28878701212/in/datetaken/lightbox/

 
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BoltBacker said:
Wow, what a great photo. Did you use a monopod/tripod with the 150-600mm? Did you return it do to weight(since you are considering switching to mirrorless)?
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Thank you!  I did use a tripod.  I wouldn't have typically, but she wasn't moving and I had the time to be patient.

I'm not handy with really long lenses like the 150-600, so I don't know if this is typical, but I didn't think I was getting sharp quality images with the Tamron shooting anything beyond the 450mm mark.  For the price, - it's really not a bad lens.  But the other thing was, in the past when I've  used my wife's Tamron lens, the quality of the construction just felt cheap.  And the Tamron lens she shoots with (18-270mm all purpose), is not consistently sharp. 

The reason I'm considering the mirror-less is because of the weight.  Lugging this equipment through the mountains this past trip really put my shoulders to the test.

Plus I've chatted with a couple of mirror-less users that tell me they're getting equal to better quality images using the high end Fujitsu equipment than with their Canon 5D Mark 3 full frame body and L lenses.  I'm skeptical, but I'm interested in renting, or borrowing, some of it to check it out.

 
On The Rocks said:
Thank you!  I did use a tripod.  I wouldn't have typically, but she wasn't moving and I had the time to be patient.

I'm not handy with really long lenses like the 150-600, so I don't know if this is typical, but I didn't think I was getting sharp quality images with the Tamron shooting anything beyond the 450mm mark.  For the price, - it's really not a bad lens.  But the other thing was, in the past when I've  used my wife's Tamron lens, the quality of the construction just felt cheap.  And the Tamron lens she shoots with (18-270mm all purpose), is not consistently sharp. 

The reason I'm considering the mirror-less is because of the weight.  Lugging this equipment through the mountains this past trip really put my shoulders to the test.

Plus I've chatted with a couple of mirror-less users that tell me they're getting equal to better quality images using the high end Fujitsu equipment than with their Canon 5D Mark 3 full frame body and L lenses.  I'm skeptical, but I'm interested in renting, or borrowing, some of it to check it out.
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Yeah, I think it is pretty typical to need a tripod/monopod/beanbag(if shooting on the ground) if you are using most tele lenses. The necessity of carrying tripods is one of the reasons I've leaned away from dSLR equipment as well, along with the fact the equipment is pretty heavy. I generally take a lot of my photos off the beaten path so I don't mind carrying a carbon-fiber monopod as a walking stick but I would almost rather simply carry a mirror-less(APS-C sensor) with a pancake wide lens and one of the high end point-and-shoots mega zooms that work ok with just a monopod if you are hiking during the day(as most people do) and have plenty of light. I find that combination is usually lighter(and sometimes cheaper) than a dSLR/Wide Lens/Tele Lens/Tripod.

IMO both Sony and Samsung offer great bang for the buck in mirror-less. Canon actually has a mirror-less that you can find at pretty good values from time to time, but be sure to upgrade the firmware. You need an adapter to use your EF/EFS lenses. Those Sony's came out so often with so many new models the secondary market is pretty soft and sometimes you can find screaming deals on them if you don't mind buying used. 

I wouldn't judge Tamron too harshly based on the their 18-270mm, really all those mega zooms struggle when being compared to even inexpensive primes in terms of sharpness. Tamron and Sigma make some pretty nice lenses.

 
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