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<p>First, I'd like to commend you on your measured, friendly, tactful, fair, and even-keeled presentation of what must, of course, be a huge bother for you, still. You didn't swear, you kept your composure, and kept your dignity, which is more than what mister and misses vendor have apparently done so far.<br>

I agree with Jack a few posts above. In fact something I've seen done if you really have your heart in it-- ( and this is along the lines of trashing the photos)-- get ready--<br>

Send the whole shebang back to her-- seriously- the book, all the photos, the plastic, so on, and tell her in a dry put polite fasion--<br>

Since she decided to rip you off, and there's no going back to redo it, you thought that instead of ripping you off 80%, why not do it fully, and rip you off 100%-- so here's the book back and everything you sent me.<br>

And Jack goes on to say- redo the pictures, take a trip, do the whole think again-- but you have to do this in a Zen kind of way-- totally clean yourself from the photos, and redo it in a way that you'll want to cherish. Do it willingly, not out of anger or spite, not out of regret. Do it like a second honeymoon or wedding (the restaging, reshoot). If you can't do it exactly this way, then don't take this approach. Get a kid from a Niagara area university to shoot you. Or see below.<br>

Here, you can optionally tell her that you're forced to reshoot and restage, and that expect her for refund the 250$ plus a reasonable expense for your forced travel. She can either send you 350-450 bucks or so, or expect to see you in court. You can optionally sue for replacement photo and opportunity cost to get your reshoot by someone else paid for.<br>

I think the 350-450 will be a steal for her. </p>

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<p>too much writing. gmail address looks amateurish (i'm just saying-- devil's advicate..).<br>

why have blog, web, email, but no phone? If someone's on your site, then they are just a click away from your blog or email, right? stick to ONE address- the website, and a phone number. this way- less reading, and more room for maybe larger or more sample pics.<br>

and the pink thing is bothering me, although you probably did it to appeal to women. so why the aqua background? does it match any colors in your main photo, from a design perspective? what about black or white. or hell, the while background pink, with all-white lettering?<br>

just throwing it out there, brainstorming style. good luck!</p>

<p>i take it as a busy background, but the story says, "couple takes needed break in the middle of hubub to regroup, rest, and reconnect".</p>

<p>1. many real magazines are going under- and you want to go old school?<br>

2. you talk about a magazine, but dont say the most important thing-- who is your audience-- your customer?<br>

3. if your recruiting photographers and their photos, they will be concerned about contributing to something that succeeds, rather than fails. what is your revenue source? ads from photo gear manufacturers?<br>

4. dont existing photo mags have a lot of photo content, surrounded by a lot of great supporting articles, reviews, and ads for photo gear? why is yours better than that? dont they have more of a draw-- more of a reason to be purchased, not just for "galleries"?<br>

5. or will you be selling this for $20 a copy, to be used as a high-end coffee-table quarterly magazine?<br>

you need to give more sizzle here, dude, not just talk about what you need.</p>

 

<p>@<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5040146">Michael Grant</a><br>

"72 dpi is the highest resolution a PC can utilize"<br>

This I've never heard before...</p>

Regarding the market, if the citizens of California have anything to do with it, it will probably be overturned legislatively via an amendment, so if there is a market, it may not be long lived.

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