Opening a new photo sales venue has taken longer than expected. I was sure the new year was the right time, but challenges kept coming up. Finally I decided instead of feeling behind, I would just change the launch date to the first of February! There, now I'm ahead of schedule.
So many things have had to happen. Mailing envelopes, backing board inserts, clear archival sleeves and of course beautiful archival papers to print on! All from different sources of course, but thank goodness for the Internet! All ordered and over the last several weeks things have come in.
Many thanks go out to Brendon Burchard's latest book "High Performance Habits". Even for a tiny one woman show like mine, his advice has kept me on target, clear and inspired! I'm on my second read through by the way, this time with a highlighter!
My portfolio is up and I'm still working on the layout over at Zenfolio, link coming or you can just go there and search for me. I'm pretty sure this will be my initial landing page for my domain name, then the images will link to purchasing in the new Etsy shop. Still a few details to work out there.
I'll continue to use Fine Art America for products and large prints.
Meanwhile, I'm shooting new work and staying in practice. I had an idea to shoot a short series of trees. They're so interesting and contrast well against the fog or bright sun at this time of year.
Follow me on Instagram for those @jenigrayphoto. Here's a teaser for you.
And here's the collection that was accepted on Displate. They print metal posters, so these should look really interesting on metal!
A winter blog post would not be complete if I didn't tell you that these long dark days are sometimes challenging for me. I am not inspired all the time! But eating good, exercising and meditating are my greatest tools through these times. I hope you're taking good care of yourself as well.
More updates in a week or so.
