New Way to Raise Cash: A Picture With Gingrich for $50 March 27, 2012, 2:13 pm Newt Gingrich, who has encouraged donations of as little as $2.50, has turned to an unusual tactic for his financially troubled campaign: charging $50 for a photograph with him. On Monday evening after an appearance in Delaware, people posing were asked to fill out a form with credit card information and directed to a Web site to download the images, according to news accounts. The campaign clarified on Tuesday that Mr. Gingrich would not charge supporters who handed their cameras or phones to a friend - a practice Mr. Gingrich and all other candidates encourage to spread their images through social media. But now, after some rallies, the Gingrich campaign is offering a more formal portrait with the candidate for a $50 donation, said R.C. Hammond, a campaign spokesman. "We also have an online store where supporters can make a donation to receive a hat, a shirt or even a bandana for your dog,"" Mr. Hammond said in a statement Monday night. He said 50 people had paid for a personal picture in Delaware. The effort to eke out small donations comes after Mr. Gingrich has failed in state after state since Super Tuesday to score a victory, the normal stimulus to contributions. The campaign reported for the first time recently that it is in the red - its cash on hand is less than its debt. And it is not the first time the Gingrich campaign has solicited donations for a grip-and-grin with the candidate. After winning the Georgia primary on March 6, Mr. Gingrich and his wife, Callista, posed for $250. The price break since then can be seen as a measure of Mr. Gingrich's diminishing fortunes. On Tuesday he hinted that cuts in staff salaries and other austerity measures might be coming next. "We have our challenges,"" said Mr. Hammond, who volunteered one personal cost-cutting measure he had taken: cancelling his online subscription to The Wall Street Journal.