This is roughly equivalent to a dialup connection of 28.8. Grammar and readable language is crucial to building a sense of credibility. If the page offers a directory of images, thumbnails of each one, with the size of each file noted, gives the user the option of clicking to see the full-size. If you can design your pages so that the first page is mostly text, with a link to a second image-intensive page, a trick is to load the images for the second page at the bottom of the first page, only with a pixel size of 1x1. They will not be visible on the first page if done right, but will be cached in the browser's memory.
Users can read the text while the images are downloading.
When they do go to the next page, the images are already cached and load like lightning. This is a fine balancing act. Best advice is to read and educate yourself as much as possible about image manipulation and what tools your editing software has to help you reduce the file size of the image. If your site isn't completely ready, don't mount it. People will almost never go back.