Really enjoy reading everyones coments, you are so kind with the help and advice given.
So from the start a big THANK YOU to the advice and help and time, given to those of us, who are lets say "less experienced".....
To start I am a "self" trained framer, though have been doing this for approximately 12 years, mainly for family and friends, and have gained quite a lot of experience along the way, and guess I am now at a point where I would like to take it to the next step, and venture into the "big bad world" of framing, though I am not naive enough to realise, there are still lots of things I need to learn, and find this along with other things to be part of the appeal.
Anyway, on to the questions
1. I am in the process of setting up a website, which is no problem, but am struggling photographing examples of my work, as all the photo's I take with my digital camera, have what are best descibed as curved sides.
Is there a way round this......?????
2. I know this has been asked before on many occasions, but hoped someone could give me a "rule of thumb" guidance on pricing.
As mentioned the majority of my work has been for family and friends (And for some reason I seem to attract a lot of shadowbox framing), and to be honest have really only charged for materials.
I understand there are various ideas on this subject, and that particular circumstances can determine how things are charged.i.e. hourly rates, material costs etc........
Obviously I don't want to price myself out of the market from the outset, but also, don't want to undersell myself either.........
Anyway, hope I can attract some help/advice on both points.......
Once again many thanks to everyone that share their thoughts and opinions on this board, and I hope to keep everyone updated over the coming months as to how things are going.
Oh, and no doubt I will have another question or two to ask as well......
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Best Regards To Everyone
Jeremy[/i]