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Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

Size Variations

I'm aware that it's not too good of an idea to create too many color variations of a single image, but what about two size variations of the same image?

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Valerie Reeves

9 Years Ago

I am guessing you must mean square and rectangular, since FAA offers prints in a variety of sizes.

Yes, every now and then if I find that an image works well in both formats I will present both. But, like with color variations, it REALLY has to be strong in both. I don't ever do it just for the sake of variety.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

you want many sizes. but if its as valerie says - the crop - i would make it only if it looked good for that image. keep in mind that square is limited to 48x48"


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Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

This is the one in question;
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Let me know what you think....I'm up in the air about it.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

there's only one crop you can do, and its that. i can't see up close for quality, but sell it at every size. and try to find the other letters.


---Mike Savad
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Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

Mike, I also have a taller version which I posted a few days ago.
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I will be adding more letters as I spot them.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i think too many variations of the same thing will be confusing since not much extra was done here. i would want a tight space since these may spell things out. and you want a standard size because as you find them you want consistency in shape and sizes. or else it will look like a ransom note.


---Mike Savad
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Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

Gotcha. Although I can't decide which one looks better, at the moment, I'll do my best to keep them as consistent as I can.

 

Gregory Scott

9 Years Ago

I do have some meaningful variations:
I often stitch together very wide landscapes, sometimes around 15:1::width:height.
These don't display or sell very well on FAA. Therefore I sometimes crop/cut these into a polyptych, in this case it would be 5 panels of 3:1::width:height.
Those panels can sell in groups, or individually, as the customer prefers.

On the other hand, I've never sold a set of these, either, that I recall. But at least they look good in the FAA screens and thumbnails, and I consider that they may have a better chance to sell that way. I Isolate these according to gallery folders: one for wide panos, one for panos cut into sections.

Generally, I just use one cropping for other images however. You only get so many seconds before a customer moves along. It is probably better to eliminate redundancy.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i'd go with the first one. the other one is too selective color like, and you'll have to keep the theme up, which cuts into production time.

---Mike Savad
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Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

The one I posted, today, Mike.....correct?

 

Valerie Reeves

9 Years Ago

Will you be doing a series of letters? If so, that is another consideration. They should all be the same crop format.

 

Floyd Snyder

9 Years Ago

Two of the most successful selling artist on FAA have several different variations of most of their images. 6, 8, or 10 would be way to many, but 2, 3, or 4 would be just fine.

If you go see what other people are selling outside of FAA you will see that that is pretty standard operating procedure.

One of the major publishers I have a dealership for are now doing color, B&W and sepia tone of all of their best selling images. The color still sell better but the B&W and sepia are selling just fine.

I have several old truck images that I did in B&W, Sepia and Color and have sold several Color and Sepia, only one B&W that I remember.

The I have a street scene in Color B&W and Sepia. I have sold the B&W but not the Color or Sepia.

No one knows what will sell and what will not.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

the browner of the two. the main issue with letters are - size and crop. you would have to have the full alphabet to know how tight or loose the crop is. i made an alphabet, all the letters are the same size. they may jump around too much if you do them as you find them. and it will drive people nuts when they can't find the other letter to their name.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Heather Lee

9 Years Ago

Valerie, I honestly had not thought of that. I was at a park, the other day, & happened to see this hook that looked like the letter 'j'. I thought it'd be something creative to get a shot of & post/sell it. It'd be neat if I'm able to find all 26 letters. People could probably buy them, right now, as an interesting monogram.

 

Valerie Reeves

9 Years Ago

There is a company that offers the whole "found" alphabet in black and white photos. You order whatever word or name you want and it comes matted and framed, one piece, with each letter in its own 4x6 vertical window.

 

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