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When you order 1 you simply reply to the confirmation email with the print name and number of the print you'd like free (this was easier than changing my website).  You must reply with your free selection within 4 hours so we can ship the prints together.

I have been given the advice that because I'm not a well known artist that I should price my prints at $19.95 to increase sales.  Advice I didn't agree with because of the print archival quality, the fact that they are my original hand signed prints and the fact that they are NOT mass produced.  I print and sign each print individually at the time it is ordered.   

Considering the fact that displaying my prints in a pair or a group seems to be preferred I decided that offering 2 for the price of 1 could well be a tipping point for new customers.  Yes, this does bring the price per print down to the $19.95 level that I'm not fond of but it does make building a group of my prints for display more affordable and that's, well, a good thing.

We'll see and then I'll decide how long to run this sale.

All of the prints are 100% art gallery archival quality.  They will not yellow, fade or disintegrate for over 100 years if displayed properly.  There are more than 350 original DOUGLAS Art Prints® in the online catalog to select from.

DOUGLAS Art Prints®  |  DOUGLAS Photography, Inc. 

There's an art, and a lot of love to making a good looking pizza. There is a lot to a photo of a pizza that's home made, no food stylist, no Vaseline, a real pizza.  Vaseline is just one of the things used to make food look picture perfect.  This pizza was made by a woman in a small pizza shop in Lakewood, Ohio, the real pizza, no Vaseline.

This was another of my commercial photography clients.  A small suburban pizza shop that wanted to advertise.  We all know the pizza you get from one of the national chains never looks like the one you saw in their ad.   For a small shop it can be better not to compete with the big chains.  Be special, home made, made with care and probably by the owner.  There is something special about seeing a photo of a pizza in an ad that not only looks home made but looks like what you get.  There's something special about not being one of the national chains where the kids slap together pizzas as fast as they can.  If your pizza is good that starts buzz, free advertising.  Your customers will be eager to tell their friends about this pizza shop they found.

That's the story behind my newest print "pizza".  In my search through my images I saw this one.  Back when I was stuck on stark black and white I tried this as a print but it, well, sucked in B&W.  I invested some time but this time using color.  I hit an "Oh wow!" moment and here it is.

You can see an even larger view if this print.  CLICK HERE.

After years of pure neglect I invested many, many hours this past holiday weekend giving DOUGLAS Art Prints® some much needed attention.  Beyond announcing a half dozen new prints in the past week or so I worked on hundreds of pages on the DOUGLASArtPrints.com website updating them to be more friendly.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® went from pretty much a hobby that I truly neglected to my realization that this has become an opportunity especially now that I have about 350 prints available.  A genuine examination of the DOUGLASArtPrints.com website exposed some serious misjudgments.  

For example, every button on every page said "order print".  That really forced a commitment from my guests.  Buy that print now.  I really missed with this!  I especially know that with art one might like a piece but would rather see what else there is before making a commitment.  A guest might like 2 or 3 pieces but wants to select just one and I was demanding a decision before my guests even saw the full catalog.  The supremely stupid part of this is that by clicking on "order print" it was added to a shopping cart.  A guest could have as many prints as they wished added to the shopping cart, pick the one or one's they wanted and delete ones they decide not to order.  A guest would never know that from the "order print" button now would they?  Hundreds of pages on the website now have buttons that read "Add to Cart".

In another piece of ignorance I didn't list the dimensions, the details or even the price of the actual print on any of the catalog or larger view pages.  This was all information my guests would see in the ordering process but again my guests wouldn't know that unless they clicked on "Order Print" button.  Well duh!  If I knew how many hundreds of prints I didn't sell because guests would not click on "Order Print" without even knowing what it costs I would, well you can imagine.  It wouldn't be pretty.    I know it would be more convenient to list the details and price of each print on the pages for that print.  The website design makes it a major task to change anything if needed.  What I did do was to add to every page that the prices and the details are available when you add a print to the shopping cart.  It may not be the best but at least now my guests know where the information is and they know they don't have to "Order Print" to find it.

Changing 2 words and adding one line of text.  Both keys to making DOUGLASArtPrints.com much more guest friendly.  Doing it on hundreds of pages and investing my time on virtually the entire 4th of July weekend was something I was happy to do.  OK, I wasn't happy about it but I am extremely serious now about turning DOUGLAS Art Prints® from a hobby into an opportunity.

I hope you will visit my DOUGLAS Art Prints® page on Facebook and tell your friends! You can also follow news and new prints announcements on the blog DOUGLAS Art Prints® News.

DOUGLAS Art Prints®  •  DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

440-899-9300 or 800-226-1083

A re-release of 2 powerful prints I originally announced in March of 2007.  Land of the Free Because of the Brave 1 and 2.  Print No.1 is an American soldier fighting for the freedom of the people of Iraq.  Print No. 2 is the same image with the text "The United States of America Land of the Free Because of the Brave" lightly printed over the image.

I thought that this 4th of July when our young men and women are fighting for the freedom of others in Iraq and Afghanistan and we are fighting to protect our rights here at home that I should re-release these 2 powerful prints.  In a little over 200 years this nation has become the most successful, the most powerful and the most giving nation ever on this planet because we're free.  

Click to see a larger view of: Land of the Free Because of the Brave

Click to see a larger view of: Land of the Free Because of the Brave 2

All of my prints are 100% gallery archival quality.  They will not yellow, fade or disintegrate for over 100 years if displayed properly.  The prints are all produced at the time of the order and I hand sign each one before it ships.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® - DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

440-899-9300 or 800-226-1083

July 3, 2010 - Cleveland, Ohio - "ah..." says it all.  At the end of a tough week, a tough month or when you've reached your goal is what I thought of when I titled this newest print.  Maybe the champaign, the martini or the brandy with a cup of coffee.  They all work.

This print originated as one of several photos I did for a commercial photography client.  This one a 4 star restaurant.  With my propensity for black and white this image has just enough color to enhance and be a focal point in the image.  I also liked the formality.  Personally I find this image somehow calming.

For an even larger view of this print...CLICK HERE.

Although this print, as do all of my prints, originated from a photograph what you can't see in even the largest view of this print is the artistic detail this print has giving it the look of a painting.  I wish I could provide larger images for you to fully appreciate the work but, as we all know, they would end up being stolen and printed.

All of my prints are 100% gallery archival quality.  They will not yellow, fade or disintegrate for over 100 years if displayed properly.  The prints are all produced at the time of the order and I hand sign each one before it ships.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® - DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

440-899-9300 or 800-226-1083

Reaching over 350 contemporary art original prints I decided to break the DOUGLAS Art Prints® catalog into 2.  The most logical split was breaking the nude prints into their own catalog.  Aware that many prefer not to even see nudes this change allow one to focus on the many other prints and to view my nude prints only by choice.

I have added several new prints in the last week and have several more new prints that I hope to get in the catalog before the end of this 4th of July weekend when I have to go back to focusing on my commercial photography.

I hope my visitors like this change of seeing nude prints only by choice.  

All of my prints are 100% gallery archival quality.  They will not yellow, fade or disintegrate for over 100 years if displayed properly.  The prints are all produced at the time of the order and I hand sign each one before it ships.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® • DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

440-899-9300 or 800-226-1083

July 2, 2010 - Cleveland, Ohio - "oberlin college" is another of my newest DOUGLAS Art Prints®.  This is an aerial view from a series of photographs I did for the college.  The print itself is not just the photograph.  It is enhanced with an artistic quality giving it the feel of an art work.

Again, investing time away from my commercial photography in my other passion, contemporary art, I reviewed the aerial photos I did of Oberlin College and found the colors of the roofs as well as the surrounding sports facilities points of interest for an art print. Obviously my favored black and white would not work for this print.  An aerial view of anything is always of visual interest.  With the center piece of this aerial being downtown Oberlin, Ohio as well as Oberlin College I thought it worth the investment of time and effort to make it a new print.

For an even larger view of this print...CLICK HERE.

This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and by Douglas.

There are more than 350 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® - DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

July 2, 2010 - Cleveland, Ohio - This new contemporary art print, "the village" brings to over 350 the total number of DOUGLAS Art Prints® now available from the catalog.  Back to my using color this is a scene from an 1800's European village.

This print originated again from one of my commercial photography assignments.  This client is a store specializing in Christmas all year.  Taking some time away from my commercial photography during this 4th of July holiday I turned my creativity to searching for possible additions to my art prints.  After investing some time manipulating the original photograph I was pleased and added it to my collection.

For a guy that has a propensity for stark black and white "the village" is but one of the several new color prints announced or will be announced soon.

For a larger view of this print... CLICK HERE.

This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and by Douglas.

There are more than 350 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from.

DOUGLAS Art Prints® - DOUGLAS Photography, Inc.

July 1, 2010 - Cleveland, Ohio - In a return to my favored black and white I am pleased to announce another new contemporary art print, "practice". I love the concentration of this young man as he practices.

I didn't shoot this photograph with a new DOUGLAS Art Print® in mind either.  Having some time during this 4th of July holiday week I went through some of my files and found this shot from a series of family photos I had done.  With the parents permission it became my newest DOUGLAS Art Print®.

You can see an even larger view of this print... CLICK HERE.

June 29, 2010 - Cleveland, Ohio - "nap time" is my newest contemporary art print.  This is a switch for me to using color and a switch for me to use animals, in this case a dog, as my subject.

My model's name is Scarlet and she lives with my sister and her family in Solon, Ohio.  If your going to photograph Scarlet chances are it will be napping.

I didn't shoot this with a new contemporary art print in mind at the time.  In fact I shot this months ago and only recently began to look at it as a possible new print.  I really attempted to produce a black and white in my usual and much preferred style but found it had to be in color.  This for me was a challenge but it ended up being a great creative experience.

You can see an even larger view if this print.  CLICK HERE.