Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All: From the Unabridged Random House Dictionary: "chuffed: Adj. Brit. Dial. Proud, Elated, Swollen with pride." ---------------------- Indeed, I am feeling just a wee bit chuffed. By this weekend, I will deliver twelve, of what I hope will be many, of my framed wildlife prints to the British Columbia Wildlife Park, for sale in their Gift Shop. The Park receives over a half million visitors each year, and their souvenir sales are substantial. It is not easy to get accepted, but, as of today, I am a member of the fraternity. :-) The park is run by a non-profit society and is entirely supported by admissions, gift shop sales and the proceeds from a small cafeteria. For a photographer of BC wildlife, it is the perfect spot to be! For those interested: http://www.bczoo.org/ If you're ever in the Kamloops, BC, area - it's worth a visit. These same, limited edition, tastefully matted and framed, wildlife photos are offered here, signed & numbered by yours truly, for just $59. If you consider the cost of getting anything framed, these days, your first question has to be "how does he do it?" Well, it's simple, I found a source of very attractive, yet inexpensive, frames which look very much like the basic black metal frames that most of us are so fond of for our own shots. I then went out and bought a mat cutter and mat board and learned how to do the whole thing myself! (I'd checked with a dozen or more framers and none of them would do the framing for as little as I sell my framed prints! And that's in lots of a dozen at a time!) By the way, my supply of these frames is starting to run low, and I am, it seems, unable to replace them. When they are gone, I will have to move to genuine, metal frames. They are a bit nicer, it's true... but this will result in my prices increasing by nearly $30, just to cover the cost of the frames! With the Wildlife Park selling them, it won't be long before the price goes up! You can see them all, at: www.telyt.com Visa & Mastercard accepted though PayPal. BTW: If you have the need, publication rights to most of these photos can now be purchased at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 - but the genuine article cost considerably less! Thanks for reading. --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt