CONTRIBUTOR UPDATE 
We are so close to printing it's like Christmas.  
 
Things are right on track to set this in motion by Next Friday.  I've been doing pre-work with the printer and intend on having files to them by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week so that I can have a soft proof by Thursday and initiate the funding transfer for Friday and thus have them begin printing the same day.  They claim 4 days later the job will ship.  Shipping options are 5 days or.... for another chunk of money 2 days.  I'm planning on 5 which would have copies to me ahead of March 26th.  I personally am shooting a Burlesque Festival and will have opportunity to sell a bunch.  I also need to ship large amounts to some contributors doing events in Vegas and Austin.  I will also prep all the other shipments as well and get them out by March 29/30
 
 
Discounts on Pre-Orders
 
For most of you on this list, the $2 pre order discount is going to end... I think I set it up to expire on the store March 13th.  So if you have any notion any of your fans or friends have not yet ordered their copy... This is a good time for them to do so.  When the run is in you can all get additional copies at $6 each so if you have events or situations where you can turn around and sell them you could make some money.  If you are doing larger events, get me the info and I'll send you copies on consignment, so if you think you could use 20 and were to buy them but then the event comes and you blow through them in an hour.... and you think "WOW, I could have sold a hundred...." I don't want you to miss out on that, I'd rather send you 100, sell what you can, make what you can and send me back unsold and the wholesale amount on what you did sell.
 
POSTERS
 
For those of you with studios or those who do have booths at events where you will be promoting the magazine I am offering photo-posters tailored to your business.  It would have a look in tune with the magazine / issue but then prominently show your name and your page(s) in it....  Contact me if this is something you can take advantage of.
 
Business Cards redux...
 
I mentioned possibly offering Pinup Syndicate Members the option to get Retro Lovely branded business cards with a notion they would assist you in networking with businesses and locations or getting you press passes at events.  Thinking on this further another idea has gained some traction and I'd like input on it.  What if instead I were to offer / provide I.D. Badges?  Like a photo ID that had your image and info, and showed you as a Retro Lovely Contributing Photographer?  It would have a webpage link that would also list you / show your snapshot and could provide the sort of extra credibility that would assist you should you endeavor to try to network with that local classic looking diner / movie house / garage / antique store / B&B with regards to using their place as a setting for a shoot.
 
 
ADVERTISING RATES
 
Are going to go up.  But anyone who did advertise in issue #1 can always have current rates, whatever size they want.  I didn't spell this out originally but if you gave me a referral and it became an advertiser, and you got the 20% commission on that and that party takes space again, or more space.... you will earn 20% on that account each time they run something, not just this first time. If some of you have people you think should advertise but haven't, let me know and I'll extend the current rates to them into issue#2.
 
ISSUE # 2
 
Staging for issue #2 will begin by April 1st. I plan on setting up a page to try to better organize the process. More on that later.
 
LAYOUTS PLANNING
 
This process of getting issue #1 together has prompted me to think of things as a photographer.  Like as I worked on some pages... I found myself wishing the format of our cameras was more 4x5 like in cropping... some images were so gorgeous I wanted them to fill the page... but to fill side to side meant cropping off the top and bottom....and some images that just wouldn't work... so they either had to be fit in with a border, or in some cases I crafted backgrounds with some element out of a shot... and it had me think - as you do new shoots... maybe you're working someplace like a diner, and they have these cool retro counters... in addition to shooting the model... take 10 seconds and shoot that counter head on, or the stainless steel panels... or the tile floor... or a close up of the shag rug or satin drapes...  grab me a few layout component shots and we'll be fast fast friends....
 
OK ENOUGH, WE ARE SO CLOSE AND THIS IS LOOKING SO GOOD AND ALREADY DOING SO WELL I SIMPLY HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPS!
 
Michael
MAD ABOUT MASUIMI!

 
It is with great excitement that we announce the addition of contemporary pinup legend Masuimi Max to the roster of talent who are coming together to bring you Retro Lovely.  Issue one will be magnificently presented by a cover of Masuimi captured by the one and only Mitzi, a formidable talent in her own right.  We don't stop there. Inside, we share more of their work and interview them in a multi-page feature.
Visit www.retrolovely.com for more info and visit the store to pre-order today. You can choose to purchase a copy from any one of the models featured in the issue, get a $2 discount, AND know that the artist you buy from earns an additional commission. You're in a sense a patron of the arts! Click the link below to forward this to your friends and associates.

Michael Bann
Retro Lovely Magazine
For more information on advertising or wholesale inquiries please contact michaelbann@retrolovely.com

Issue #1 goes to press at the end of February 2010 and will be available by the beginning of April.

Want a sneak peak at some of the amazing imagery in issue #1? Contact michaelbann@retrolovely.com
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