If you haven’t noticed, there is a shiny new “donate” button at the bottom of every blog post, it is five or six days old It is important. It proves the blog readers with a new way of contributing to the blog. It was designed at the request of many of you who wish to support the blog, but don’t have the resources or the desire to do so regularly.

I didn’t quite figure out how to offer it until now. As always, no money or financial information is stored on my site, it is very secure, and you can contribute via Paypal or major credit cards.

Please check out the donate page, it is important, especially this year when we are doing so many new and different things. The blog is expensive to maintain, and I work every day on my words and photos. I’ve given away more than 40,000 free photographs, I don’t watermark or copyright my work. Cameras and lenses are expensive. If you like or use the photos, they will always be free, but give a thought to contributing in exchange for them, even once in awhile.

My blog gets millions of visits a year, but very few people contribute to it, so there’s room to grow, and I want to keep my photography and blog moving forward. So if you use and like it, think about supporting my work. It matters, on so many levels. We all need to be paid for our work.

Now you can help by making a one-time donation in any amount you wish. The voluntary payment program remains in place as is for those good people who can and wish to make regular subscription payments. The blog is also and will always  be free to those who can’t afford to contribute, your donations and payments help make that possible.

Thanks for considering this, every donation helps. If you prefer, you can also contribute  by sending a check to Bedlam Farm, c/o P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. And thank you.