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I will be placing an order for printing and shipment of my three Exhibit images on Monday. I get a heavy discount when I purchase in quantity, so, for those who are interested, I'm offering a Signed, Titled, and Numbered Special Edition 11×14″ print of any one of the final three selections for $20. These images are large enough to hang above a fire place or on a medium sized wall. They will also look great in an office cubicle to show your co-workers that your style is just a cut above the rest. Art from living artists like myself also makes a great gift for people who are hard to buy for. [...]

Thank you all very much for your help in making my final image selections for my upcoming exhibit and the KERA ArtMug submission. In case you were wondering, of the "12 images I asked you to choose from":http://djamesphoto.com/photos/200609_exhibit_sel, here is how they ranked in order of popularity amongst all those who informed me of their [...]

I'd like to either buy or build a flash diffuser before this weekend comes. They really come in handy for doing quick portraits, especially of large groups of people.
Gary Fong's "LightSphere":http://store.garyfonginc.com/liiido.html is wildly popular these days, and the results are quite nice. Of course, I think you can only get them online, which won't work [...]

Jess and I are headed to New Braunfels for a camping trip with 18 other people for the long weekend. Our tent will be pimped out with a queen sized air mattress, electricity, a fan, and a radio. Yes, this is still considered camping.
It's not the usual group that we hang out with and I'm [...]

Aside from any inferred reasons, I never did explain *why* I decided to go out of business.

I've told you that "I quit":http://revjim.net/2006/08/25/out-of-business/ and mentioned some of the good things that will come from doing so. I've listed in detail all of "the dreams that are going away with it":http://revjim.net/2006/08/28/whats-really-lost/. I even gave a small display of my "recovered joy":http://revjim.net/2006/08/29/the-good-side-of-a-bad-thing/ that comes from no longer spending so much time and energy on the potentially money making aspects of Photography, and just doing what I love.

So now the hard part. [...]

Thanks to the five of you that "helped me select images":http://revjim.net/2006/08/09/image-selection-for-exhibit-and-kera-art-mug/ for an upcoming "Photography Exhibit":http://revjim.net/2006/08/08/upcoming-exhibit-sat-sept-16th-7pm/, I've managed to narrow it down to "12 images":http://djamesphoto.com/photos/200609_exhibit_sel/. I'm only allowed to show 3 pieces however, so I need to narrow it down a bit more. [...]

Now that "I've quit":http://revjim.net/2006/08/25/out-of-business/ being a professional photographer, despite the fact that many of my personal dreams have "been crushed":http://revjim.net/2006/08/28/whats-really-lost/ because of it, the new freedom that comes with this breath of fresh air has led me to lining up a lot more ideas that I really, really like.

Last Sunday I had a great Maternity session with some beautiful results [...]

While Photography was the nature of the business I was trying to get into, releasing the shutter while pointing the camera at a particular subject amounted to less than 10% of what was really required to get the job done. The remaining ingredients can be found in almost any business venture, with different ratios of each depending on the nature of the business.

So, why did I choose photography as a business to be in and, if I intend to continue to pursue photography as an art form, what have I really given up by not ? For me, this business was the promise of a new future for me and my family.

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Push came to shove last night. I tossed and turned all night weighing my options. I almost didn't go to work today. Then I sucked it up, took a deep breath and made a decision. I'm not happy about it. It leaves me with lots of feelings of uncertainty, failure, disappointment, and disillusionment. But, the alternative was worse, believe it or not. [...]

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No, I don't have 1,350 unread items in my daily folder. I've read all of those already. [...]