Years ago, in another life, I was your garden variety portrait and wedding photographer. Probably less than garden-variety as I shot with OLD medium format equipment (Mamiyaflex and C33 TLRs that were given to me when I was 18 by a cousin's wife, whose KC professional-photographer-father had suddenly passed away with a massive heart attack.) Anyway, I got burned out on dealing with the people/stress and turned away from photography as a whole for many years. My desire was rekindled in the digital age by my storm-chasing son-in-law and a couple of years ago I got my K200D. That has now been passed on to another son-in-law who is discovering photography and I'm shooting with a K-x. All of this is my way of saying that I felt a little unprepared when out-of-the-blue I was asked to do a family's outdoor portraits. The occasion of everyone getting together was the impending deployment of the youngest son to Afghanistan. We did the session last night and it went well, although it was a very humid high 90's and I felt like a wet rag when it was over.
Which brings me to my question: I am unprepared for the business side of digital. I planned to put small low-res photos as proofs up on Flickr (just because it would be easy for all concerned). My question is: what size/resolution is recommended for "low-res"? Alternative methods of work (to Flickr or any part) are also welcome and appreciated. It is doubtful that I will be doing this much, as I really don't enjoy it terribly, but I realize the importance of charging or word will get around and everyone will be pounding at your door for the free loaves and fishes. : ) Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom! Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
