Digital BW, The Print

Very interesting, indeed. Does Jennifer still maintain the rights to 
the photographs?

Also, do you do your own photography and priting outside the business?

If so, then what kind of printer and paper are you using for your 
personal stuff?

 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Orban" 
<ro@...> wrote:
>
> Hi -
> 
> Our website is www.AAubreyBodine.com.  We sell note cards, matted 
> note cards, and "reprints" of any of the A. Aubrey Bodine 
photographs 
> in our collection on EEM, EUS and Primere Art Canvas.  There are 
4000 
> iamges posted on the website and another 8000 scanned but not 
posted 
> yet.  We have about 120 retail locations carrying our cards and 
> reprints.  We do about 1/3 of our sales direct via the website or 
> phone.  That's what I meant by retail sales.
> 
> Although since our note card business has exploded - doing 1500 per 
> week these days - I'm anticipating getting an HP Indigo 1050 
digital 
> press to take that printing back inhouse - mainly to control the 
> schedule.  We've had about 35,000 note cards outsourced to a local 
> print shop that has a Indigo Platinum (early generation 1050).  So 
> I'm planning to do short run printing for other photographers - 
note 
> cards and calendars - where "short run" means 250 note cards - 
either 
> 250 copies of one image or two copies of 125 images.  Seems to me 
> this business model has escaped the notice of the entire print shop 
> world.  Most print shops still think "offset press" and haven't 
> adapted to digital offset yet.  Why in the world do they still 
price 
> based on number of copies?  It's digital for heavens sake, every 
page 
> can be different - at 4000 pages per hour.  They just don't get it.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin" 
> <vinket@> wrote:
> >
> > What, specifically, are you doing for the retail business? Is 
this 
> > original photography, or are you just printing for them?
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard 
> Orban" 
> > <ro@> wrote:
> > > ... snip ...
>   I'm printing for the retail 
> > > market - i.e. 8x10 for $20, 11x14 for $30, up to 24x30 for 
$100 - 
> > all 
> > > B&W, using ImagePrint gray profiles, and gold tone (50,50), 
rose 
> > tone 
> > > (75,100), or blue tone (20,20) - Aubrey Bodine's favorite 
toning 
> > > other than sepia which he used for Salon exhibition prints. 
> ... snip ...
> > > Anybody see our 1/4 page ad in B&W Magazine this month?
>