How to Display and Sell Amateur Photographs : Deciding How to Present Photographs
So once you get your show or a place to show
your work, the next step is to think about your presentation. And it is extremely important
that your presentation be taken extremely seriously. I think that framing artwork, photographs
in a traditional way is really one of the best ways for people to just look at your
work and take it seriously and, potentially, even buy it. Sometimes, the more expensive
a frame your work is in, the more you can charge for it. I know that really doesn't
make that much sense, but, in a way it does. So what I'm trying to say is, I've seen amazing
photographs that were framed poorly, end up looking poorly. And I've seen photographs
that weren't so amazing, but they were framed amazing so they really looked amazing. So,
I know that, financially, framing can be quite expensive, it can be up to a thousand, two
thousand dollars to frame a show. One way, is that if you present your work to a couple
different framers and get different bids. This way you can very conservatively look
at what it's going to cost you at this frame shop versus that frame shop.
And people, you
know, it's a time consuming process but, if it's done right, you can save yourself some
money. And, if you bring one framer twenty prints to frame, you could say, "Well, will
you give me a deal if I bring you this much work?" And most of them probably will..
