Pixie Dust Pictures

First, the good news ... I'm about to start offering my prints through a local store in Pensacola, Florida. Rob's Camera at 6895 A North 9th Avenue features a mini-art gallery in the front, and my prints are soon to occupy a space there, if all goes as planned. They should be up in the store and available in the next week or so. Rob's will be an authorized outlet to sell my prints directly. If any of you happen to live in the area, drop by! Rob's is a great camera store, and his gallery features images from several very good photographers -- soon to include my own! Rob will offer similar prints to those offered on the site, including metallic paper, and at the same super high quality. Rob will be able to print and offer any image you see in my regular online albums at the Pixie Dust Pictures site. When I post a new image, I'll also send it to Rob's.

Now for the not-quite-so-good news ... In order to do this, I have to raise my prices on the site. I have to make it so that buying from Rob's makes sense, and my costs (and his) simply make it mandatory. In fact, if you buy from Rob's, you'll actually save a bit compared to the site, so it is a good deal. I'm raising my prices to what amounts to the "going rate." Really, the prints have been underpriced on the site for a while now, and I think they're worth the additional cost. I'll still offer discount codes on Twitter from time to time. Follow me if you want to get the news when that happens.

And here's one more bit of good news -- I'm giving those who read this blog and those who follow me on Twitter a chance to beat the price increase. I'm not 100 percent certain when the prices will increase, but it will probably be about five days to seven days from now (Wednesday, July 14, 2010). In the interim, now's your chance to buy prints at the current (too) low prices. I hope all my followers, who have been so loyal during my early days, will see this as a reward for sticking around for so long. I didn't just want to raise prices without giving a heads-up for you guys first.

Today's photo is one of my top ten favorites. It's very striking if I do say so myself. I stood in the rain for about 20 minutes (with a baseball cap to keep the camera and lens dry) to catch the monorail at just the right spot next to the Imagination pavilion at Epcot, with the upside-down waterfall in the shot, and that dramatic sky. It's a nine-exposure HDR image, with an additional tone-mapped shot for the monorail in motion. I hope you like it!

Scott