Need advice: Selling photos to Little League parents.

[Lonewolf]

"Can we buy your photographs?" That's the quesiton I was asked while photographing a friends son during a Little League ball game.

Having never done this before I'm looking for a way to get the images to the parents. I've thought about putting together a CD of the best shots and making that available. This keeps me out of the "printing business" which I have no interest in. The parents could take the CD to their favorite processor and print whateve meets their needs. They also have the option of e-mailing the files to their friends and family or using them as screen savers.

I use PhotoShop Elements 4 to post process. Which "size" should I use to save my files? Would I do well to save as "No Restriction" or perhaps "8 x 10".

I've also been told it's possible to have a web site where I upload my photo files and the potential customer makes a selection and the site then takes care of the payment, printing, and shipping.

Thanks for the advice - Wayne.

[dan000206]

Ya lots of great sites out there but i would use wal-mart supposed to have good quality prints and you can upload them chosose what kind of prints you want and pick them up in sameday. I belive you can share too but have never tried that feature. Also lots of prints sites that ship photos price per print is cheaper but you have to pay shipping and handling, and most give out free 4x6 prints, you also have the choice to ship to another address, have never tried this either so i don't know how it works but i assume you pay. As for the size most these allow large files to be uploaded I belive wal-mart has a 6mb limit per file and you do not have to resize your photo. Most these photo print sites will show you a scaled down preview but the keep the orginal size image for printing.