Purchasing our Prints

About the Artist

Bill is a Sedona-based fine arts photographer specializing in creating richly detailed images of the American Southwest wilderness. He loves capturing the patterns and symmetries in sandstone and sharing the results with others.

He is the creator/author of the website thewave.info, with over 3,200,000 visits from 223 countries. The website contains over 4,000 images, travel directions, maps, weather data, ephemeris data, and shooting tips. The website also contains depth-of-field tools and articles on shooting at night, using drones, and photographing hot air balloons.

Bill has traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad and has backpacked in the northwest and Alaska. He is a graduate of Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School and is comfortable hiking both on and off-trail and at night. This comfort level allows him to photograph subjects in difficult-to-reach places and at night.

Bill is largely self-taught in art and photography but has had valuable training in composition from Joseph Lange, Mollie Isaacs, and Mary Lindhjem and in Photoshop from Tom Till and Jon Fuller. Bill is a juried artist at the Sedona Arts Center and at the Sedona Artists Market. He has also exhibited at the Great Neck, Sedona, Prescott, and Cottonwood Libraries and received First Place awards in the Sedona Arts Center 2015 and 2017 Juried Shows. In 2015, Bill and his wife Elaine had a solo exhibit at the Village of Oak Creek Library. Bill has been published in Shutterbug magazine, the Utah Adventure Journal, and in SPAN, the Journal of the Natural Arch and Bridge Society.  Bill also has five images in Laurent Martres' well-known book "Photographing the Southwest Vol. 2 - Arizona (3rd Edition)", including one on the back cover.

Bill is a Fellow of The Casualty Actuarial Society and a New York Academy of Sciences Life Member. His computer science, mathematics, and statistics background has served him well in dealing with the more technical aspects of photography.


About our Prints

Unless otherwise specified, all of the images on this website were created by Bill Belvin.

You can purchase our prints directly from us or from the website pixels.com.

Direct Sale

Images in our "Favorites" albums are available for purchase online. Other images may be available via special order. To order a print online, click the Add to Cart icon in the Favorites album. Add to Cart appears on both the thumbnail and image pages. Payment is made via PayPal.

We currently offer two types of prints: paper and paper face-mounted to acrylic. Prints are unnumbered.

We offer paper prints for those who prefer the traditional look of an image mounted in a picture frame. Sizes in widths (shortest dimension) up to 24 inches are available. Prints are provided with a one-inch border on all sides to facilitate matting and framing. Prints are shipped in a tube. We print on Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper (260), part of Epson's professional line of papers. This paper delivers highly saturated prints by offering maximum ink coverage and a high D-Max for true photographic reproductions. Epson rates this paper for 83 years before the print will show noticeable fading or color shift, provided the print is mounted under glass and indoors. Actual print life may vary depending on light intensity and humidity. UV protective glass may extend this period. Other papers are available upon request.

We also offer acrylic prints for a more modern look. Like aluminum, acrylic prints are in high demand due to their modern minimalist look and high gloss finish. Acrylic prints have a 3D quality that other print technologies cannot match. Our prints are made by face mounting a giclée or metallic print to 1/8 inch cast acrylic using an ultra-clear adhesive and then backing both with an inflexible Sintra mounting board. Acrylic prints are difficult to produce due to the need to work in a dust-free room when face-mounting the print. Acrylic prints are high gloss and should be hung in an area that does not receive direct sunlight. Only clean acrylic prints with an acrylic cleaner or water and mild detergent. Do not use cleaners containing ammonia or chlorine, such as Windex or other glass cleaners.

Acrylic prints are lightweight and easily mounted. A 16x24 inch acrylic print weighs 3.5 pounds. Mounting can be done with a single nail into a stud or by molly and screw into drywall. 3M command strips can be used for pieces up to 12x18.

Shipping

We ship to US locations only from Sedona, Arizona. Our prices include free shipping to the lower 48 states. If you are in Alaska or Hawaii, please call us for a discounted shipping quote. Prints need 24 hours to completely dry before mounting, so it may take us up to two weeks to ship after receiving your order.

Return Policy

If you're unhappy with your purchase for any reason, you can return it to us within 15 days of receipt. We'll issue a full refund for the entire purchase price as soon as it arrives. We do not reimburse outgoing or return shipping charges unless the return is due to a defect in quality.

 

Contact Us

Small sample paper prints can be provided upon request. We can provide 1/4 inch or non-reflective acrylic at additional cost. If you have special needs or questions, please get in touch with us at +1 516 642-6777 or via email at wbelvin1@gmail.com for availability and a price quote.

Pixels.com

Pixels is the world's largest art marketplace and print-on-demand technology company. Pixels.com also goes under the name Fine Art America.

All images in our Favorites folders are available on pixels.com. Click the button to the upper right on any Favorites gallery to access the Pixels website.

Pixels can provide wall art on various media and styles and can provide sizes larger than we can make. In addition to luster, other available papers include archival matte, glossy, semi-matte, rag, Somerset Velvet, watercolor paper, and metallic paper. Prints are available matted and framed or on canvas, metal, and wood. Greeting cards are available, as are Jigsaw puzzles, totes, mugs, t-shirts, and phone cases. Pixel satisfaction policy is straightforward: returns are accepted within 30 days of the order date, no questions asked. Outgoing and return shipping is not reimbursed. Shipping is not free.