October 13th, 2005:

Now that I’m really starting to figure out what costs are involved and how much overhead I need to make in order to at least begin to recoup costs I’ve been able to reduce the prices on the prints I’m offering. In some cases, it’s a drastic change, in others, it’s not as much. Either way, I hope it makes my art that much more affordable and that much more available to you all.

This does mean that those of you who bought prints in the last orders paid a bit more than the current prices. You all now have credit at Jim Reverend Photography. Email me and let me know what you’d like with your credit and I’ll get it in the next order. If there’s any substantial balance due I’ll email you with a method to send the difference.

If this doesn’t work out as planned then I’ll raise the prices again next week.

Also, though I have yet to get a report of a damaged print, the state that the packaging is left in causes me great concern. However, I’m trying to keep costs down so another shipping method is not really an option. Therefore, I have altered my packaging a bit, instead. I will be ordering card board inserts to keep the packaging rigid. It’ll make the envelopes a lot more difficult to bend. Additionally, I will be marking the outside of the packaging to indicate that photographs are inside which will hopefully cause the USPS to take pity on me. Together, hopefully, these measures will keep them in a better state. If not, then FedEx Ground seems to be the next best option. However, the print prices will go up by $5 or more if I have to do that, so let’s hope I don’t.

Now… go pimp me out.

(I think I’m going to start a site for “photography” only and get it out of here. Makes it easier to have a place to send people. What do you think?)

As I said before, I’m changing the way that I sell prints a little bit. Instead of having a large array of images to choose from, I’m reducing what’s available to special packages, a few older images, and recent work. This allows me to plan ahead, reduce the exposure to some images, and order prints in bulk. The older images will cycle as I see fit, though on a fairly regular basis. The newer images will be replaced as well, once every week or two. Every couple of weeks, as I add new images to the sale list, I’ll mention them in an update like this one.

Remember, these will only be on sale for a few weeks. So, if you want one, “order now”:http://revjim.net/pages/photosforsale/. In the future, they may be sold in a special package or as a limited edition, but not like this or at these prices.

“Buy or Dontate here!”:http://revjim.net/page/photosforsale/

black with soft trim (redux)

(Enlarge)

This is the same image as “black with soft trim”:http://flickr.com/photos/revjim/51766395/. Only, in this case, I’m showing just a little more of her face and I think that adds a lot.

Your comments and suggestions are appreciated, as always.