2 January 2011 by pat.

Last order of December! I managed to sell the order I placed in mid-December, even though I only had booked 3 sales on it. So now, with 3 sales again, I’m repeating the exercise. Do you want a calendar for 2011 of the Birds of Leslieville? I’ll have a few extras!

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15 December 2010 by pat.

I’ve just received what will probably be my last order of calendars before Christmas.

If you want one and didn’t order one, you’re in luck: I ordered some extras, just in case there were any last-minute requests! Just click over to my e-store and order one — since there won’t be time for shipping, we’ll have to arrange to meet up so you get it on time.

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21 October 2010 by pat.

I took a lot of pictures this past spring of birds in my back yard.

I’ve now collated a number of them, and am selling them as a calendar.

I’ve placed an initial order for 5 calendars. The shipping cost is high ($25 for five calendars) so I want to work out a way using paypal that you can order through me, then I’ll put in a bulk order and have them delivered to my home in Leslieville, and we can arrange pick up or delivery. Are you interested?

The calendars are $24.99 +hst (sorry, gotta do the tax thing). If so, drop me a line.

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19 August 2010 by pat.

Two pictures I took while in Nova Scotia visiting my sister are now up for sale over on FinerWorks. Both are of sailboats in the fog, and prints on canvas.

Foggy Harbour, Three Boats

Foggy Harbour, Two Boats

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9 July 2010 by pat.

You never know what will prompt someone to make a visit to your website.

I am, I’ll admit, fairly opinionated, and leave my opinions in a number of places, like comments on articles in The Toronto Star, or on Antonia Zerbisias’ blog, Broadsides.

At most sites where comments are accepted, there’s frequently the choice of attaching a URL to one’s name, so I usually attach my website to my name. (If I’m not willing to stand behind my comments, I’d have to ask myself why, and reconsider the comment.)

One person with whom I have sparred on a number of occasions followed the link. Last night, he bought two prints of the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove (#2).

So I will continue to put my name to my comments, state my opinions (civilly, usually), and take what customers that may bring me.

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8 July 2010 by pat.

I guess I should say websites, because I updated both my webspace on FinerWorks and my own website.

Today I completed image adjustments to some photos I had taken of windows and doors and uploaded them to FinerWorks for sale.

So I can track number of views on different subjects, I’ve split the images for sale across three galleries:

• Still life,
• Peggy’s Cove,
• and Windows and Doors.

In the future, I’ll be adding more galleries, and also some merchandise, like ceramic tiles, mugs, and calendars.

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9 May 2010 by pat.

My image of the golden pear will be appearing in an iPad app in the near future. I’ve sold its non-exclusive use to Grocio.com.I should take advantage of the crummy weather today and update my website.

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25 April 2010 by pat.

I’m exploring all the professional groups associated with photography through Linked In, and found a group for members of the North American Nature Photography Association, which led me to the association’s website.There’s some truly inspirational nature photography on their 2010 Member Showcase.

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10 May 2009 by pat.

More work than I expected!

Each skin for a different player/phone has a different template. Each template has a space for the skin and for the desktop artwork, and so requires placing and scaling of two images. And then each template must be uploaded separately!

I have done 16 skins (for iPod touches and iPhones: 4 different variations):

• Blue Lagoon, Iceland: show what a worldly traveller you are
• Stoney Creek Vineyard: for the oenophile in you
• Golden Pear: one of my first still lifes
• Venetian Still Life #2: Masks, music, romance.More to come!

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8 May 2009 by pat.

Tonight, I’ll be working with various images and templates to arrange to sell some of my photos as skins to be applied to iPhones and music players (iPods and Zunes) at Stickstickbangbang.Have just downloaded the 14 different templates I need for the different devices.If nobody knows ya, how can you sell? Promotion is most of the biz.

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21 February 2009 by pat.

I sold a print of Golden Pear shortly before Christmas; I’ve been asked if some of my images can be considered for use in a calendar. If one (or more) is chosen, I’ll let you know about the calendar and where it is available for sale (I’d get a photo credit, no money).

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9 October 2007 by pat.

Since 2004 I’ve been getting my images printed at Finer Works in the USA.They now have a program that enables me to sell images through their site — so click on over to Finer Works to get one of my prints. I’m offering a selection of 13 — and I’ll be adding to the collection over time. Currently for sale are a number of still lifes, seascapes, and one photograph of shutters I took in Provence two years ago.

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21 November 2006 by pat.

Here’s one.I borrowed a couple of violins from co-workers, and pulled together some still life images using them, some masks I got in Venice, some sheet music I printed off the web, and other bits and pieces of things I’ve got around home.I still need to finish going through my Peggy’s Cove pictures and choosing the best of those, and making a CD for retailers, but sometimes you’ve just gotta take pictures…

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20 November 2006 by pat.

New camera. 10+ Megapixel Rebel. Same lenses, but over 10 megapixels instead of just over six.Took over 50 photos this weekend, mostly of musical instruments and Venetian masks and glass. Still have to sort through them and figure out which I like and which I don’t. These images will be part of my new library/livingroom series of stil lifes (as opposed to the food images, which were kitchen/diningroom).Meantimes, here’s my new headshot. I photographed into a mirror, and then flipped the image. It’s not as easy as I thought it would be:First, check for your image to be reflected in the camera lens. Then, look at the aperture. I think. Difficult figuring that one out. Seems that it might be the midpoint that must be focussed on: i.e., the mirror. Must play around with this some more.

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2 November 2006 by pat.

So first, let’s look at the original photograph of the David Austin “Abraham Darby” rose:

As you can see, the open blossom is quite pinkish, and the two closed blossoms are yellower: more of a peach colour.

Black’s Photography offers the ability to upload a picture to their website (.jpg and maybe some other formats: it barfed on .tiff, which is my favorite format, due to being lossless). They offer a number of ways to use the picture: as a photo, on a mug, or a mouse pad, or a tee-shirt… or woven on a Jacquard loom. That sounded interesting to me, and I also like the idea that computer punch cards were based on the punch cards used by jacquard looms, and now the jacquard looms are creating digital images… round and round we go…

So I copied the picture up. And checked it out on the blanket/tapestry, and thought it looked pretty good! 3 weeks until delivery. I kept my fingers crossed, hoping it would arrive before the technical update session, when I was talking about digital photography for gardeners.

Alas, no such luck. The tech. update happened on Saturday; I got a call on Tuesday or Wednesday (I forget which: it was the last week of a software update), and wasn’t able to pick it up until Friday.

I think it turned out quite well, although the open rose isn’t quite as pink, and the buds aren’t quite as peachy. The color range is limited, after all: these are woven yarns.

It looks better from afar than from 12″ away: gets almost a high-pass-filter kind of look when examined up close.

I think the next time I do this (and I most likely will) I’ll choose something with more flowers, in bright contrasting colors, and smaller. A rose is truly overwhelming when it’s about 36 inches across. It would be better to reproduce an image at close to a 1:1 scale, instead of doing a huge macro like this.

I also positioned the large rose really close to the top edge of the blanket: it would be a good idea to leave some background to frame the image, I’d say about a 6″ margin all the way around.

Live and learn!

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