Not quite -- you're off by an order of magnitude, and I have very low overhead since I work from my basement. And do my own programming (inhouse and the website), bookkeeping, and whatever graphic design is needed. I'm a computer guy/engineer and don't really know much about art - other than growing up with a darkroom in my parents home. We have also done three books -- the latest will be released this month: Bodine's Industry, to join Bodine's Chesapeake Bay Country and Bodine's City in this series of photography books published by Schiffer Books. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tony Sleep <TonySleep@...> wrote: > > On 18/02/2013 14:53, orbancc wrote: > > > > Then the equipment went through a revolution -- printers, scanners, hard > > drives, computers, software -- all became cheaper and better and that > > transformed the problem. I dropped the price to $50 for a 16x20, and over > > the last 12 years I have printed and sold more than 30,000 prints in 5 > > sizes from 8x10 ($20), 11x14 ($30), 16x20 ($50), 20x24 ($75) and 24x30 > > ($100). Plus I offer archival for quite a bit more -- some people need the > > better quality distinction, but only about 2%. > > That suggests you've maybe grossed ~$150,000 in 12 years. Less (say) 40% > for overheads and costs (printers, ink, paper, space, energy, computers, > s/w etc), that leaves $90k - a net average income of ~$7,500/year. For how > many hours work, and other time spent and direct costs incurred in the > photography? > > Finding a price point at which people will buy but you earn nothing is > quite easy... > > -- > Regards > > Tony Sleep > http://tonysleep.co.uk >
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Re: Photography That Doesn't Suck
2013-02-18 by orbancc