Posted on July 12, 2001

• I think I should clarify something about the posters that are now available. They are not the same prints as I have been showing in the Picklejar. The files I gave to my printer (shown in the Picklejar) were 8000 x 6000 and 10800 x 8100 TIFs. The files I gave to Zazzle were 4000 x 3000 and they were JPGs (albeit with very low compression).

  I’m still working on offering the higher quality, frameable prints. I’ll be able to focus more time on that after I’m situated in my new home. I hope to have them available before Fall.

  I’m not trying to put down the Zazzle prints. They look great, are inexpensive, and they’ve worked out a way to get them safely to your door. If you are looking for the best quality I have, though, I recommend you wait until later this year. Hopefully they can tell me which images are most popular, so I don’t have to buy a bunch of prints that nobody wants.

  I should have mentioned this last night. I apologize for any confusion!

Posted on July 11, 2001

• Hi folks. A couple of things to accounce. I won’t have a new upload for at least the next few days. I’ve had to take some personal time this past week and I haven’t been able to get any real work done. I have the next couple of days to work on artwork so I’ll try and get some stuff done before I have to start packing this weekend. I have to be out of my apartment by the 19th. I’ll be spending most of next week packing up and moving.

  I finally closed on my new house today. I’m off to pick up the keys momentarily. We’re so psyched to be moving! The only bad thing from all of this is that I will have to give up my cable modem. Apparently Cox doesn’t run cable out to where I live. I may have to investigate some sort of satillite option.

  My other announcement is that I finally have posters available for sale. I’ve put nine images up on Zazzle.com and if people like them I’ll add more.

  Zazzle seems to have been doing this for a while and it looks like they have figured out how to ship prints without damaging them. Please leave comments if you have any, or feel free to send them to me.

Posted on July 3, 2001

• Added “Ferrous” to the gallery today. Also, those of you looking for fireworks pictures should click here.

Posted on June 30, 2001

• I’m still playing around with Vue d’Esprit 4. My latest render is now up on the new images page. I call it “Cherry Garden” and I hope you like it. I’ve provided a “focussed” version in the PickleJar. If you have comments please send them my way.
• I never knew so much was involved in buying a house. Thank you to all the homeowners who sent me their advice! My loan agent informs me that we should close on the house sometime next week and we’ll start moving after immediately after that. I can’t wait to be out of this apartment!

Posted on June 27, 2001

• Last week I purchased a copy of Vue d’Esprit 4. For those of you not familiar with it, I used Vue d’Esprit 2 to create “Tropic of Capricorn“.

  The software arrived yesterday and I got to spend a few hours exploring the new features. It’s a great program and I always recommend it to everyone who asks me “what software should I use?”.

  Anyway, I made a few test renders. Jessie really liked one of them and she told me I should post it. OK. It’s called “Saguaro 2001” and you’ll find it on the new images page. The old “Saguaro” image is viewable in the 1998 gallery. I hope you like it!