Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re:OT: Photo sites that handle print sales etc.
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Fri May 2 09:42:09 2008
References: <200805011926.APT64672@rg5.comporium.net> <C4408423.1A5AE%heninger@adobe.com>

It's not very fast, that's for sure. Maybe it's the LUG members all
signing  up at one time...

ab

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> wrote:
> I actually know the Smugmug guys quite well.
>
>  They are a good bunch, and are really open to doing the right thing for
>  photographers.
>
>  Their UX needs a bit of love, but its a great service, especially for what
>  you are looking for.  I'm pushing on them to have an option to let the
>  photographer actually fulfill print sales personally instead of a machine
>  print froma  service.
>
>  The canvas, framing an other options I've seen (they have samples in their
>  offices) are really quite impressive and they won't offer anything unless 
> it
>  meets their strict standards of quality (i.e. They changed to thicker 
> canvas
>  prints because you could see the mounts thru the canvas on the first 
> batch).
>
>
>
>
>  On 5/1/08 12:26 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> wrote:
>
>  > At 03:09 PM 5/1/2008, you wrote:
>  >> Mark, this is for "event" photography where I may have viewers from
>  >> 50 States, Canada and beyond. Most people, if they wish to make a
>  >> purchase, would only want 4x6s. So smugmug or something like it is
>  >> perfect for it. Anycase, I just signed up with them. Lets see how it 
> works.
>  >
>  > The same with me.  The printing on SmugMug would be for parents who
>  > want photos of their kids at ballet or soccer - that kind of
>  > thing.  Although I did order one of the large, most expensive, canvas
>  > prints just to see what kind of job they did.  I thought it turned
>  > out great and would not hesitate to recommend it for anybody who
>  > doesn't need or want to do custom printing.
>  >
>  > Tina
>  >
>  > Tina Manley
>  > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
>  > http://www.tinamanley.com
>  >
>  >
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Re:OT: Photo sites that handle print sales etc.)
Message from heninger at adobe.com (Wade Heninger) ([Leica] Re:OT: Photo sites that handle print sales etc.)