Saint Patrick's - Poster

Trying something new now – rather than just posting photos to my pro site for printing and framing, I thought, why not try shooting them to be printed as posters? So, I have a few examples out there now and want to see if it catches on at all. I am not looking to get rich with this latest scheme – just hoping to cover the cost of the SmugMug website that is hosting the images.

Feedback

So far, I have had a lot of positive feed back on this photo on both my Flickr account and my raylarose.com account.  (The only version for sale is on the raylarose.com site – the one on Flickr is for just looking at!)  But if you can leave feedback here or there, I’d really appreciate it.

To check it out, I am thinking of printing this as a 30″ poster and framing it to replace my  Ansel Adams shot of the Snake River and Grand Teton’s over my fireplace.

Yeah, good for the ego!  Also will server as my reminder to why I want the D700 or 700s.  If the phantom thing ever hits the street.

Finding the Target

My first step,though, is getting the word out that this shot can be purchased.  Not only out, but out to the right people.  I need to find my target – those with ties to New York City and the Cathedral there.  Not sure how I want to tackle that yet, but is something I need to figure out.  Anything you can give in way of advise is greatly appreciated.

Getting the Shot

I covered this in a previous post.  This is that same photo, brought into Black and White and some contrast adjusted to bring out the lights and darks just right.  Really, just played with the curves until it was damned sexy.  Then I reset the canvas and added a little text to the bottom.  That was all!

Well, gotta go look at my bank account and cry now… no closer to my 700!