M. Gordon Novelty
New York City, 2004

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Yesterday, on the morning of Christmas Eve, I was making test prints of this photo while also getting ready to go down and see Zoe's mom, Gerry. The night before I received this email:

This is on your blogsite and I’m just praying that you have the full resolution picture still in storage somewhere. My friend’s name is Gordon and we live only a block from that sign. I was going to take a picture of that sign and have it blown up for his wall, but they took it down before I got around to taking the picture and was devastated. I was hoping to give it to him for Christmas (but his birthday is new year’s day…so could also be good).

Anyway, if you have it…..it would be a VERY BIG DEAL to me!

The photo is part of my trip report of the journey my sister I made to Washington, DC, and New York City in 2004: Gordy and Madelane's Great Pilgrimage. (Another project that isn't quite finished. I must finish it up soon.) This request has been a catalyst for a number of things. Now that I have a printer I've been planning on setting up ordering pages in order to sell prints of my photos. There are a whole lot of things that have to be decided before I do it. This request has started me down that road. Things like pricing, shipping, and print sizes. It's kind of like when I had the first offer to buy one of my camera straps. I had vague plans for selling them but getting an order certainly focussed my mind. The pint is done, pricing and shipping is settled, but he hasn't used PayPal before. I made a quick order page for but haven't heard back. I assume Christmas has gotten in the way. It's not a great concern if the money doesn't materialize. It's jump started me down a road I've been wanting to go.

Madelane and I were walking back from Madison Square Park, on Broadway, when I saw this splash of blue among the stone and brick buildings. And it had my name on it! How could I not take the picture? I took this picture with an Olympus XA2 on Fuji Superia 400. It was late in the afternon and overcast so the exposure was a little long and the image a little soft but it still looks nice printed 11" x 9/3" on 13" x 19" paper, which is what was requested. I like it better smaller, but that's OK. If he ends up not buying it I will frame it for myself. After the holidays pass I'm going to make a small print of it for my grandson Mike. His middle name is Gordon.

I hope to get ordering information up in the next few days but if someone is interested in a photo of mine I'm going to be charging $30 for an 8" long print on 8.5" x 11" paper, $40 for an 11" long print on 13" x 19" paper, and $50 for a 14" long print on 13" x10" long paper. Square prints will be a little different. I still need to figure that out. Shipping is $5 US Postal Service Priority Mail. I will look into costs for shipping outside the US. You can email me if interested.