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One of the fun things about photography this time of year is that I hear from people in different parts of the country who are interested in giving a print as a gift. It is a nice tangible sign that my photographs speak to others and that someone is reading the blog!

I don’t push sales heavily through this web site, but I thought I’d mention that if anyone else is interested in having a print before, oh, say December 24… now would be a good time to ask!

(San Francisco Bay Area folks can cut things a bit closer, but still… )

– Dan
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For some time I have been trying to figure out a good way to display some of my favorite photographs separately from the flow of daily postings. I’m trying a new approach on the Portfolios page, where I will assemble small groupings of related photographs. I have started with two:

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Paul Butzi (Musings on Photography) describes one sort of art buyer:

But there’s one category I know about that no one else seems to think of: people who buy artworks because they want to be artists/photographers/painters by proxy. They want to be the sort of person who’s out on the beach at dawn, seeing how wonderful God’s creation looks as the sea breeze starts to stir and the fog starts to burn off over the ocean but lingers in the trees. The problem is that they’ve discovered that at dawn, on the beach, when the sea breeze starts to stir and the fog starts to burn off, it’s often cold and wet and dark and fairly nasty- any sensible person would be in bed, fast asleep, and not out in the cold and wet and dark witnessing God’s creation.

While not at all sensible, I think I like to be the sort who is on the beach at dawn… ;-)

By the way, visit the original article by clicking the title link above, and enjoy the beautiful monochrome photo that Paul Butzi has included with his post.
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