Welcome to the Stone's Throwe website.

Stone's Throwe LLC is a stock photography outlet for several commercial photographers based in or around West Des Moines, Iowa, that began as Reynolds Photography in the late '60's and has specialized in sales of unframed photographic prints since the mid-'70's.

Print and image sales went "internet" in February of 2005, and Reynolds Photography was joined by Iowa photographers Jen McKibben, Toni Kirschbaum, Dave Warner, Richard Hildreth, and Whitney Warner.

All the 'member' photographers work out of our homes, with studios or offices there, so we don't have a single studio where you can browse our combined work.

Our passion is photography, and we hope you enjoy our images here, on line, as much as we enjoy creating them.

We sell quality prints, digital images, and provide commercial photography services in the Des Moines, Iowa, metro area.

This page has a summary of products, rates, off-line ordering information, and charges for services we provide.

Photography.

Digital or film photography and graphic work is charged at $260.00 per hour per photographer or graphic artist.

An average portrait sitting runs about $260, plus prints. There is a minimum 3 hr charge for location work outside the Des Moines metro area.

Yes, wholesale prices for prints, posters, and cards are available to retailers and for bulk orders.

Limited Edition or Special Edition Prints.

Images shown on the Limited Edition Page are available only as prints or for single use publication at the prices specified on that page [usually $100 to $400 per print].

Special Edition or Limited Edition prints are titled by the photographer and may not carry Stone's Throwe file names or numbers.

Payments and Off- Line Orders.

Order any image, CD, or print, off-line, by phone, at [515]-267-1436.

We accept MasterCard, Visa, and American Express credit cards by phone and accept business and personal checks by mail.

Orders are shipped or processed on receipt of payment. Some prints may require 3 or more days to process before mailing. Orders requiring shipping are sent US Mail, FedEx, or UPS at no additional charge.

Digital files are forwarded electronically or shipped by mail on CD/DVD. Largest file that can be forwarded electronically by email is approx. 9 meg. FTP file transfers can be arranged for larger files.

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If you are a commercial photographer interested in listing images on this website, note that while we do not solicit images from others, we can accept images from 'non-member' photographers. Click here for submission guidelines : Submission Guidelines

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Print and Image Sales.

Most of the images displayed on the website are available as unframed, unsigned, matte surface prints in just about any size, for a reasonable fee.

All images are printed on high quality Moab, Epson matte, or Kodak luster surface papers, and any price shown includes shipping and taxes.

Generally the image is centered on the standard sized paper with a minimum border of about 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inches. Due to an image's shape some prints will have larger borders and some borders may be up to 3" or so on two sides. Some images may have larger borders due to technical limitations of the image file or ratios of the image's shape or size. The bigger the print size, the larger the cost.

The image below shows the general layout of a typical 11x14 print.

Larger sized prints have similar image to paper size ratios.

Signed, unframed prints of most images are available in the larger formats [like 13x19", 16x20", or larger] as limited edition prints, with prices ranging from $60 to $300 per print.

Some images are available only as limited edition prints, and most non-portrait images are available on either 4x5" or 5x7" [horizontal or vertical] greeting cards, with a blank inside. Custom ordered cards in either size are available with custom imprints inside.

Digital Images.

Many of the images shown on this website are also available as a digital file. A typical digital file costs between $100.00 and $250.00, plus tax.

Rates on digital images are royalty free, but, not all images shown are available for sale as digital files.

There are special rates available for one time media [i.e. magazine, newspaper] use of images. Call [515] 267-1436 or email for those rates.

Images may also be purchased for the exclusive use of the purchaser. Charges for exclusive rights to an image vary by image and photographer. Images purchased for exclusive rights become the property of the purchaser and no further sales of that image will be made by Stone's Throwe LLC and that image will be deleted from our files after the customer confirms delivery of the file. We can keep a copy of an exclusive use purchase as a back up, if the customer requests it.

Most files are immediately available as .jpg files. Other common computer formats are available on custom order or request [tif, psd, pfd, etc.]

Decoding file or catalog numbers.

Files are named in the following format: xxx-name-season-location-date-modifier-seriesnumber.filetype.

The reason the files are named this way is so, at a glance, you, the customer, may get a general idea of what the subject is, when and where the photo was taken, all without having to open the metadata file. This also minimizes the photographer's written entries at the time the image is submitted to us.

The file numbers for the files listed are coded or cataloged generally as .jpg files. As an example "016 red flower winter chicago_ill 29feb87 cut1 -30brite 2569.jpg" decodes as follows -

'016' is the photographer's identifier or code - this is an optional entry and may or may not be included in the file name . It can be 3 digit number or letters.

'red_flower' is the subject of the image, this entry is usually singular and is a very simple description of the subject

'winter' is the season, this entry is/was needed, in the past, to keep the newer images compatible with an older file system from pre-metadata times. Season names used were winter, spring, summer, & fall. Note: newer images [ those added or modified after 15 Apr 05] probably have no season entry or only an abbreviated season entry.

'chicago_ill' is the location the photo was taken. The underline connects a city and a state or a multi-word location. States usually have three letter identifiers and if no state is listed, the photo was taken in Iowa. 'co' indicates county. A photo taken in an Iowa county would read ' dallas_co' while one taken in Cook County, Illinois might read 'cook_co_ill', or for King County, Washington State, 'king_co_wst'. Washington, DC is usually 'wdc', New York and New Jersey are similar to n_y, n_j or ny_, nj_. "nlg" or "nolog" indicate no location information was given.

'29feb87' is the date the photo or image was taken, if known, some dates may show as "ndg" [no date given] or be a season followed only by a year identifier.

'cut 1 -30brite' is code to differentiate a cropped or color modified file from the original. It is usually separated from the rest of the file name by a dash.

'2569' is the series number for the image, this may be a number, letter, or a combination of letters and numbers.

.jpg is the file type, and may or may not be included in the file name. Images are usually filed, sorted, or cataloged as .jpg's. Most images are also available in common formats such as .tif and psd, either in rgb or cmyk. Just ask. We're here to sell pictures.

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All photographs shown, and website content, are copyright (c) 2007 by Stone's Throwe, LLC, West Des Moines, Iowa, or the photographer.
All rights are reserved on each photograph by the photographer.

For sales orders, or for questions on your order, contact us at phone 515-267-1436 or by email at sales@stonesthrowe.com.

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