[Songman45]

For Portraits, lustre similar to the old "E" surface Kodak paper is popular. We used it for our samples not under glass just becuase of the reflectance. Popular sizes remain as they have been for years, the ones ready made frames are available for. 5X7, 8X10, 11X14 and 16X20. Some people still like the oddball sizes and use mattes to bring them up to standard size. I hate it that the 35mm one hour lab made 4X6 a standard size. 4X5's are proportional to 8X10s when cropped and well they are economical when printing since they fit so well on 8X10 paper. I'd still offer 4X5's and if ppl challange that they aren't as "big" I'd enlighten them about the crop. Upon insistance I'd print them and loose the trimmed paper. I'd save the canvas finish for larger wall prints 16X20, 20X24 and 30X40.

We started using high gloss paper for sports. Its high contrast and has been well accepted for that. We print some odd sizes other than 4X5 5X7 8X10 11X14 11X17 and 13X19. Unless it is a really special shot, I reccommend customers stick with traditional sizes; custom framing can be costly.

Your art prints will almost always be accepted on high gloss finishes. At least my experience in art photo compititions leads me to that opinion.

Best of luck in your sales endeavors.