We joined Squidoo last year to promote our photography on products at Cafe Press.  Then Cafe Press changed its business model this spring.  The owners of CP now determine the prices on all products listed in their Directory, not the shopkeepers.  It’s just not possible to maintain a profitable stock photography business with the current arrangement.

In March of this year we began the tedious and time consuming job of duplicating all our photographs used on CP products to products at Zazzle.  Come and visit KPhotos. Our second shop has less photographic value but is a money maker Irish Names.

ImageKind was acquired by Cafe Press last year.  Some of our time was required to re-arrange our work for sale there.

Stilt Sandpiper birds at ImageKind

We are off now to photograph on Siesta Key, Florida.  Today is the first warm day after a week of cold and wind.

In the blacksmith shop we looked through the open door where the smithy was working.  Our photograph caught sparks flying off the hammer as a glowing iron rod was beaten.  The hot furnace can be seen in the background.

The most unusual work we encountered in Veracruz was a man who chiseled salsa bowls out of rock.  He proudly lifted a finished bowl. We photographed it through his barred window.

In the cities people walking the streets all became photo ops. We photographed a meat market,  shoe store, churches and more. It was surprising to see a Nintendo store. And homes with barred windows close to the sidewalk gave glimpses of daily life. All are available on ImageKind as posters, prints or framed  prints.

We are busily adapting our photographs to the new product format.  So far we have the following flip mino camcorder designs available: Big Ben, exit graffiti, Irish shamrocks, kitty cat, and several abstract fractals. 

As of October 26 we have a section of 25+ flip mino camcorders.  Take a look .                   

We had a nice sale last week at ImageKind. Eight pictures in all bought by an unknown buyer. The picture above is one of the two pictures purchased. The buyer took 4 each of 2 water pictures. The images were made in San Diego harbor. An artist friend suggested the images are so peaceful and soothing they will probably be hung in a spa. The order was originally made for framed and matted prints, but two days later changed to only the prints, no frames or mats. With frames it would have cost 5x more than only prints. Shipping would have cost more too due to the weight of wood frames. We are doing well at ImageKind with 804 fans, too. Unfortunately, although I made the first cut for their last contest, I did not win it.. But, you can’t have everything, can you?

Here’s a sample of the new travel mug.