I have a show of my Cambodia shots coming up in the middle of this month. It's not a big deal. It's not at a gallery. It's not a coffee shop. It's at my gym. And while there are good (some even great) photographers who have been showcased there, it's still just a gym.

That said, hundreds if not thousands of eyeballs will see my photographs. And based on that, I decided that my little 8 x 12 prints framed 15 dollar Aaron Brothers jobbie were not going to do the trick. So I decided that I would print them a little larger, 16 x 24 for all but one (which is 20 x 30) and have them framed professionally with simple yet elegant black wood frames.

But the thing is, this process is anything but cheap. It costs 40 bucks just to print the damn photo and it costs another 140 to pay for the frame, the glass, the mat and the labor to put all together. This isn't a huge show. I'm only displaying 10 images, but do the math and you can quickly see that this is a very costly endeavor.

Now I didn't have to pay sales tax (it could have cost even more), but I have to go down to the Oakland city offices, get a business license ($30) and register for a sales tax number which means if I sell anything, I have to collect sales tax and remit it to the city. No big deal, I doubt I'll sell anything anyway, but you never know.

The photographs looked fantastic printed so large and I'm really looking forward to seeing them framed and even more to see the reactions of the folks at Ironworks Gym in Berkeley. If you're in the area, fell free to stop by starting January 15th.