I received 3 products from Zazzle today and the envelope please… – Three Mugs, each with a different picture Terrible results. One was greenish, the other two magena-ish. (no such word but there should be). [I looked at the cups again the next day. They look even worse. I've removed the b&w mugs from the zazzle store] – Dark T-Shirt with B&W Image Perfect. No color shifts. Very beautiful. – Notecards (two different sets). Perfect. [more]
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Jan 052010
I’ve had a good couple of months financially, and have hit the point where I can afford the upgrading from the 40D to the 7D, but not quite enough money for the 5D II. Main purposes for upgrading, in this order are a) higher usable ISOs and b) more pixels. Given that I’m hardly shooting much these days, should I just hang in there until I can afford the 5d II ? That’s my inclination. [more]
Jan 042010
I ended up removing my Zazzle posters. Customers found it confusing in terms of what to buy. For example they want to know whether what I’m offering in my store are posters or not. And whether the Zazzle posters are any good. The odd thing is that my prints do not use a chemical process, they are inkjets and the posters at Zazzle are using photographic chemicals. At least on some media. Anyway, I wasn’t [more]
Before I get to zazzleland… a friend asked me if I want to see the new George Clooney pic (up in the air?). Is it any good? Anyone seen it? The movie I’m really looking forward to is Sherlock Holmes. I am a big fan of both R. Downey Jr. and Mr. Holmes. And the clips – well it looks like a great adventure film and funny to boot. I’m just beginning to remember what [more]
Dec 142009
PART TWO Oh, and buried behind a pile of drying prints is an unopened Zazzle calendar which I forgot all about. I’m going to take a look at it now. They always do a good packaging job. The calendar (the small one) is okay, but it does exhibit a fair amount of magenta metamerism that I find with Print on Demand services. It’s pretty easy to notice since one bulb is daylight temp. and another [more]
The book about John Lennon and his fans - written by Judith Furedi with most photography (including the cover) by yours truly, will be featured at a lunch at the main Bloomingdales store on Saturday, Dec 6th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. I’ll be there to take publicity pictures, and if your in the neighborhood feel free to drop by. I’m not sure where exactly in the store it will be but I’ll find [more]
Sep 252009
(or more stuff you don’t want to know about) but maybe should that has to do with running a website that sells stuff. That’s a mouthfull as far as titles go. In the proverbial nutshell: I disappeared in the mystic G. engine for my major phrase for about two weeks and couldn’t for the life of me figure out why. For those of you who aren’t in business, this means that people who were looking [more]
I decided to do this as a page, rather than a post, so here’s the link to the code that I use for my homemade Paypal Shopping Cart for photos. If you find your eyes glazing over while you read it – then hit the back button quickly. If you are a web designer, then I don’t think it’s all that complex. If you’re not – then it will look like a lot of work [more]
My Experiences with Print on Demand Photo Books June 2008 (This is important. I did this comparison in for a few months in 2008. I haven’t repeated these tests. So if anyone has more recent information, feel free to email or comment.) As far as I know, there are currently 3 printers being used for print on demand Photo books: Xerox iGen (toner-based); HP Indigo (4 color inks, though it is possible to upgrade this [more]
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