Happy New Year, and New Ideas for 2020!

Published: Sat, 01/04/20

Happy new year !

It’s always exciting to stand on the precipice of a new year, and this one has the significance of being a brand new decade. As much as we like to look back on the past year, reflecting on the past ten years can be an even more introspective activity.

At any rate, whether you spend your time looking back or forwards, it’s cool to think about where you’ve come and ponder ideas about where you’re headed.

New Ideas for 2020 and Beyond!

You've been following me for longer than a year, so you have a pretty good idea of what I'm all about. You now just how dedicated I am to my craft and to the process of helping you improve yours.

With that in mind, I would like to offer you a unique experience to partner with me as I explore new creative avenues in my photography this year. My goal is to create some new outlets that will allow you to connect more deeply with my work in different ways, and offer my most dedicated followers like you something extra. Something special.

So, I'm excited to launch my brand new Patreon Page, and I'd like to invite you to be one of the first people to check it out.

If you haven't heard of Patreon before, it's a site that allows creators to build a community with their followers, and it allows people to offer direct support to the artists and educators they feel enrich their lives. In that way, it lets creators build a deeper relatinship with thier most dedicated fans and reward them with exclusive benefits that reflect this kind of personal support.

Going forward, I plan to create special content that's exclusive to my Patreon members that's seperate from my blog. These could be PDF files, audio or video clips, interviews that answer question you send me, "behind the scenes," etc... I'll also give special rewards to recognize and express my gratitude to members who support me in different tiers.

Special Exclusive Publications

In addition, I'm excited to start creating some special limited edition photography journals and magazines that will feature my work in new, more intrinsic ways. These will be filled with brand new and favorite imagery, and photo essays that take you behind, and even beyond the imagery and offer you even greater insight into my creative process.

If you choose to become one of my patrons, I'll send you these special exclusive publications throughout the year. These will be yours and only yours as one of my Patreon members, and no one else will be able to purchase or order them.

I feel this platform offers a wonderful two-way street, because if on a fundamental level, this kind of direct patronage allows me to produce and deliver better, more targeted content to you, which will help you learn and be inspired in new ways.

In other words, it allows me to keep doing what I do in the best way possible, and it can even lead to greater things for both of us.

In addition to the special content I described above, I could set specific earnings-based and community-based goals that would offer you an even better learning experience, like getting rid of ads on my blog, specially published books, a monthly chat or webcast with members, increasing the style, quality, location of my video lessons, or making it possible to do in-person workshops with you guys in some cool location.

It also allows you better direct access to your exclusive content, and it gives you an easy way to connect directly with me, through the Patreon direct messaging system. This can often be an easier, more efficient way to reach me than via email.

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Of course, this is all completely voluntary, and you can donate, invest, whatever you want to call it, in whatever amount or time frame you wish, or not.

In addition, there's never an obligation to subscribe to my blog or any of my free content, but if you would like to support my efforts in a way that extends beyond purchasing the occasional eBook, then Patreon gives you an outlet to do so. It's completely voluntary.

If you are curious about this new outlet, or if you would like to offer me your support, you can read more here. I even have a special offer for brand new members - If you sign up in the next two weeks, I'll send you an exclusive eBook filled with some of my favorite images from 2019 and the stories behind them.

Either way , I just want to wish you happy new year and thank you for your support as one of my most dedicated readers.

Sincerely,

Dan Bailey

dan@danbaileyphoto.com