do you project your images?

I have been thinking about using projection to display my images to the clients. anyone else to it? pros vs cons? what projector do you use/ recommend? I do all of my presenting in the clients home. not sure if that makes a difference or not.

thanks

What are the pictures of, Grand Canyon? Why project? On to what, blank wall in their house? How big do they need to see pictures?

I was thinking about showing them the different sizes on the wall where they were going to hang them

A projection session is how significant sales are produced. This is best done in the studio rather than the clients home. While projecting on the wall that will hold the photograph sounds good, the reality is somewhat different. You need to move the projector for each possible location, lighting is generally too bright for best impact, and the clients home is full of distractions such as kids and phone calls. I do have one friend who swears by in home projection sessions; most of the professionals in my area prefer studio projection sessions.

My projector is an Epson Powerite 1775W LCD projector which I also use for workshops and seminars. In the studio we have an older Canon projector. The software you use to drive the projection session is also important. The members of our local PPA guild mostly fall into two categories. Established, high income photographers who use ProSelect and the balance who mostly use Lightroom. A few start their projection sessions with a short ProShow Gold presentation to set the mood.

Oh, well now that makes sense. like large art prints or landscapes? I guess you don't worry about white balance and stuff like that right?

I project in homes as an adjunct to showing the images on my laptop or on the clients' home theaters. Actually, I used a hand-held pica projector for the specific purpose of giving an impression of how the pictures will look in full size in different locations of the house.

After having seen the images in a color-corrected form on screen, a poorer image in the location is not a big deal--it's the direct indication of the size that's then important. I can walk through the house and flick images on the walls as I talk and make suggestions.

RDKirk wrote in post #15089201
I project in homes as an adjunct to showing the images on my laptop or on the clients' home theaters. Actually, I used a hand-held pica projector for the specific purpose of giving an impression of how the pictures will look in full size in different locations of the house.

After having seen the images in a color-corrected form on screen, a poorer image in the location is not a big deal--it's the direct indication of the size that's then important. I can walk through the house and flick images on the walls as I talk and make suggestions.

What has your success been with that? Have you noticed an increase in large print sales?

Yes.

We "project" our images on a 50" Samsung tv, used only for this purpose in our sales room. We also use Preevu software. Without having a method for showing clients what their portraits will look like in THEIR rooms, in sizes that make us profitable we would be still selling 8x10s for $75...

MadisonPhotography wrote in post #15558265
We "project" our images on a 50" Samsung tv, used only for this purpose in our sales room.

Can you tell me how you set this up?

I was looking at buying some 40" screens to use for showing pics at events.
I tested some on y own 55" full Hd set running through the HDMI and the computer to TV setting on the set but it looked shocking. Like only 25% of the pixels were there.

I thought this might have been the TV's res is too low or something but from what you say, apparently not.

I'd appreciate some info as to what is required to make this work as 40" screens I think would be a lot better than the 24's I'm using now.

Of course..

We do it a couple different ways. At our events we "project" to three Mac computers using a Linksys router from our main IMac..I don't believe it makes a difference if its Mac or PC. We have proprietary software for the search capabilities..we shoot horse events and all horses are grouped by the number they wear.

In our studio we use Preevu to sort and select images, only full resolution images, jpegs, are projected. We use a Mac laptop that contains the Preevu software, run it through Apple TV and then into the LED tv. What is key here is the Preevu (or ProSelect) software. Allows us to project an image or group of images that are actually on the clients wall...we have them send us a jpeg image, even a phone image is okay. Preevu allows us to build a group, add frames and have the clients see it on their walls.

We don't sell anything under 16x20 for wall portraits..it becomes very obvious to a client that an 8x10 is not a wall sized portrait. All of our portraits are "unveiled" at a separate session and all are framed. We do give the client the option of purchasing an 8x10 unframed but only if they have purchased the same image as a wall portrait.

Here's what happened:

We invested about $2,000 in a sales room furnishings and the tv. Our portrait sales have gone from $400-500 per session to upwards of $2,500. People can't visualize anything larger than an 8x10 and have been trained that that is a large sized image. Our process educates them as to what they "need" vs. "want".