Important Changes for Sport Dog Photography

Hi everyone-

Hope this email doesn’t find you going too crazy from this long cold February. A lot has been going on behind the scenes here, even though not much has been happing in the field, lately.

First off, if you haven’t heard, I have officially incorporated Sport Dog Photography LLC. It was a long time coming, but needed to happen. It really doesn’t affect too many people, but just less confusing than running everything through my old company.

Also, over the past couple years, I have been using a 3rd party website to sell images online. While it is convenient, and has quite a few options, it is not cheap. Between paying for the service, and the fees they charge, I came to realize it was costing me almost 50% of sales. I have also found some great partner labs that I now work with directly. They provide outstanding quality and great customer service. I also get much better pricing through them, which in turn allows me to adjust some of my pricing options. This brings me to the part that may benefit many of you. I will be closing down the 3rd party website by the middle of May. This means that all of the albums that I have made available over the past 3 years will be going away permanently. The benefit? I will be offering ALL images from events over the past 3 years at a substantial discount through the middle of May. Sure, it will mean a hit to me, but I wanted everyone to have a chance to grab any images that you may have previously put off purchasing. There are no codes or coupons. All prices are already cut. Many by as much as 50%.

Looking forward, I will be transitioning to new software built into my main website to display and sell images. This will allow me greater freedom to take care of the processing myself, and ensure higher quality, and a better customer experience. That being said, most of the old albums will no longer be available after May 20, 2015. Sure, I still have all those images locked away on hard drives, but there are over 12,000 images on the old site, and I just can’t get all those transferred over efficiently. I will probably post a couple of the more recent events, and will be putting all new events on the new platform.

I cannot thank all of you enough for the support of this venture over the past 3 years. I purchased the domain “www.sportdogphoto.com” on March 10, 2012. Since then, I have had the great pleasure of meeting so many of you, and getting to know your pets. I look forward to many more years of being able to serve you in various capacities.

Here are some links to help you get started. RGS Events HRC Events NSTRA Events ALPA Events UAD Events BDC Events There are a few more albums on there, including any private albums that you may have. All private albums will also be taken offline. Again, I do still have all of the images on file, they will just not be readily available after May.

Also, I just want to let you know that I am already booking events for this spring and summer. I only have a limited number of weekend dates available, so if you have an event coming up that you would like me to shoot, please contact me soon. I am looking forward to some new shooting experiences this year, and hopefully I can add a few more. If you would like to book a portrait shoot or private hunt shoot, I also have dates available for those as well. Just contact me and we can discuss the details.

Again, thank you to all of you for the huge support.

Dave