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I see your smallest print listed for $42.56. When you are logged in you don' t see the markup.
Your image looks blurry and out of focus. It won't be printed here.

as said, when your logged in - you'll see your price. if you click on see more details, the stuff in red is the amount you don't pay. ideally this should be reversed because it confuses everyone.


as jessica said - this won't print, its far too noisy and blurry


they are all that way. i don't know what those blue spots are. but don't shoot at night at all with this camera and if you do, use the lowest iso and use a tripod, and don't enlarge. this site has a strict printing policy and these will be rejected.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

As stated the prices are correct I am seeing the $42.56 on your smallest print size. Also as stated and before you upload anymore the images you have uploaded are blurry and they won't print. I realize you didn't request advice on the images so just wanted to give you the FYI now so later on you won't come back asking why won't they print such and such images.

Edit: I appears Mike was responding as I was typing.

The first several images are blurry on purpose. I slow the shutter down so that my breathing causes slight movement of the camera. As my profile said, many of my images reflect this style. Is this something I need to explain to FAA staff?

why would you make something that looks like it should be sharp - blurry? you'll have to convince both the buyer and the print staff, they still won't print it. they won't listen to it now, it would have to sell first. the images are out of focus and noisy, some have spots.


this one is more or less in focus, but its so noisy, it won't print.


this one is insanely noisy.

what i can tell you is this. if you get their mail (and comcast and aol seem to destroy incoming mail). they will give you 3 days to fix it. if you can explain to them it's supposed to look like that, they might let it go, but i kind of doubt it. it often takes up to 24 hours to respond. you'll lose the sale, despite what it says in the bio. i'm not the final word at all, and in fact i'm not on the team, but with experience i know what should or should not print.

in general though, most buyers can take a blurry picture.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I have not had any problems selling these images through galleries and museum shows. If FAA won't accept them I'll use others that are more in line with their "standards." I have been a pro for almost 30 years, but I admit I don't know a lot of the digital language. So, I don't know what you mean by "noisy."
The boat shot is in sharp focus, so I don't understand what you mean by "more or less in focus." Also, what spots are you talking about? Not trying to be a jerk. Just trying to understand a new medium.

noisy is the gritty background in the sky. while some like the look of film grain, in today's age it's called noise. because this site foots the bill if its returned, they are very picky. but you can ask customer service to look at it. i'm just trying to save you some time uploading if they don't like it. for me the boat wasn't as sharp as it could be, but if it's film maybe that's the issue. if you look at the net, you'll see its not in focus.

on the railing shot, i see blue balls. some call them orbs, dust spots, almost like snow, but blue. like someone sprayed paint on it. it's kind of odd. i would expect to see them if you used a flash but they are usually whitish not light blue. if you click the box on the image it will show it to you at a 100%.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Hi Chuck. Welcome.

Useful perspectives from people with lots of experience having their photos printed by FAA. I would certainly be prepared for potential questions about printing issues when you get a sale.

But, in spite of the excellent advice from Jeffrey, Jessica, and Mike about printing, I have to say from a personal taste perspective that when I viewed The Bajans, I "got it". I assumed it was meant to be that way as soon as I opened it up and saw it. It has motion to what otherwise would be a static scene. Life is happening, even at a standstill.

Not sure that's what you were trying to get across, but that's what I got from it.

I didn't find some of the other out of focus images as appealing, but it still seemed to me that they were intentionally that way, with the exception of Porch Gazing. Like Mike said, I don't get the blue spots.

I guess it just reinforces what we observe all the time - different strokes.

Sorry - it looks like this has gone off topic from the OP.