SO i shot a wedding for this couple. In the package, i included a low res. CD of all the images.

I made the low res. pictures to 45dpi and so the size is about 300x500.

NOW! the bride wants to make 4x6 prints with these low res. pictures....

will they turn out oK?? thankks

Okay maybe to her, but even then, they'll look pretty *$&%ty. Was the point of your disc for low-rez proofs so she could see and not print, or so she could make small prints only?

they wont look great, but they'll probably not care.....unfortunately

OH okok...thanks! well the point of the low res was for emails and web stuff...hmmm basically for our standards it is bad but for the average citizen, it will be OK?

will you be able to see the pixels?

It'll definitely look awful. I normally print at 300ppi, though 240 is also fine. At 300 x 500, you're looking at 83 ppi when it's printed at 4 x 6.

Did you give her a release stating she's allowed to print? If not, she cannot legally do so.

jamshonger wrote:
OH okok...thanks! well the point of the low res was for emails and web stuff...hmmm basically for our standards it is bad but for the average citizen, it will be OK?

will you be able to see the pixels?

It will look pretty bad Definitely identifiably so. Are you asking because you don't want her to make the prints? Ask her to buy a higher rez disc..!

hahaha icic thanks for eveyrone's input....hmmm i ask because...she was going to email them to her friends/family so they can make 4x6 prints....

so i guess i will have to tell her...the 4x6 prints will look crappy...hmmmm thanks again!

maybe she should buy a stack of 4x6's from you and mail those... or a stack of proof books....

They will not look very good and the friends and family will ask who the photographer was and remark that he did a really bad job. No one will ever go into detail about the size of files and how they were for web use only. They will just say the photos look bad and associate your name with them.
A CD that has files too small to print is not good for you or the client. A watermark on a good quality image would be better to prevent printing if that is the goal.

jefferies1 wrote:
They will not look very good and the friends and family will ask who the photographer was and remark that he did a really bad job. No one will ever go into detail about the size of files and how they were for web use only. They will just say the photos look bad and associate your name with them.


Great point that was overlooked and needs to be re-emphasized.

hmmmm true true....yeah so i told her that if printed in 4x6, the pictures are going to look fuzzy and pixelated.

yes but you are missing the point man... you can tell a dog not to bite..... they will bite you unless you explain in magical dog language that they can't bite . and offer another solution or reward that gets them what they want.

With these people you should offer a high res CD for $$$ explaining that you want your work to show the best it can.

If they say they do not want to pay extra for that then if you are just a new phoographer go over the moon for these people and offer to set up the files on a service like instaproofs (free) and give them a password. then if the friends and relatives want to make prints ... you can control where and how they are printed and give the other friends and family (AKA future clients) a look at some of your other work and a link to your website.

If you simply just say they will look like crap.. well the bride in my experience will say (and not necessarily to you) great I got crappy photos from this photographer and he/she didn't do anything to make me happy. I wouldn't hire that person again.
Can you afford to do this where you are just new?
think about it.

BTW your stuff is great for someone so new.
Keep it up. you got a gold mine there.

Jeff Babineau wrote:
BTW your stuff is great for someone so new.
Keep it up. you got a gold mine there.




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