My foray into framed work is going well. Many positive remarks from the browsers. Fewer sales, of course. But enough encouraging remarks to continue. Now I'm wondering about how to photograph it for jury. Do you include the whole package, frame, mat
Read more…First, this topic was originally posted in the blog area, however am moving it to the jury part of the forum to hopefully get a healthy, fun (and who knows what else :-) ) discussion going on about both Zapplication, their upcoming conference in Atla
Read more…Hi guys!
I do cartoony art on several media - mostly felting and painting. Are there shows that you know of that would allow me to show my work as a cohesive whole rather than splitting it into two separate categories, build two solid presentations t
Read more…I usually snap a picture at my shows of my latest booth display.The photo below is from Virginia Beach last weekend. It is the original photo (made smaller for faster uploading). I usually crop these and play with the color and lighting before I uplo
Read more…Which is your jury image?
#1 is the original picture the jeweler took and has been submitting. It was taken with flash on the camera on a distracting background.
#2 is the new picture the jeweler took at my guidance. For the record, I did suggest a da
As per the suggestions I received, this is my new set-up & booth shot.
For the past two weeks we've been putting together a new wall setup, picked up a new canopy so I could return the borrowed one. This is what We've come up with. This will be inclu
Looking for a quick (or lengthy) consensus on which looks more natural and would make a better booth image.
Larry Berman
412-401-8100
Read more…I'm going to be doing free jury image evaluations at the ZAPP conference in Atlanta September 18 - 20. For the past two conferences, I've given presentations (with Bruce Baker) but this year I was told that they want to do different programming, so I
Read more…Don't you just hate when that happens.
In June 2009 I shot a booth picture for a mixed media artist at Three Rivers. Not having a tripod, I shot with my point and shoot camera resting on the arm of a directors chair and was able to straighten and crop
I posted about the artist who needed three booth images and the NAIA conference booth discussion was brought up. I'm one hundred percent for NAIA but having a discussion with about 25 or so directors won't change the hoops the artists think that they
Read more…I know that having outstanding shots of your work and booth are key, however, what weight is given to the description of your work for both your images and the description of materials and technique? I pretty much use the same verbiage for all of my
Read more…Hi everyone,
I have a diffulcult to describe and hard-to photograph medium; (Textural Mixed Media/acrylic paintings featuring the use of real oxidized rust and metallic patinas.)
My acceptance rate into the shows I want to be in is about 50/50. I
Read more…Three Booths I had an artist at my house today setting up their display for me to photograph. They needed three different booth pictures. One for the regular shows that they apply to, one for Howard Alan's "B" shows (they want a different booth pict
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I come to you today with a shot of my 'booth' as it was set up in our driveway. My ultimate goal, at current, is to be accepted into the Ferndale art fair that occurs in September. My object in posting is to see where I might stand with wh
Read more…As an artist and a show director I know the importance of a good booth photo. Each year I-the show director, am amazed at the wide range of booth photos that people jury with. Many frankly are dreadful.
Since booth photos are such a point of concer
Read more…Most art shows don't compare the submitted jury images against what's in the booth when the artists are set up at the show. In the past, a few art shows did this by having a volunteer carry a book of 35mm slides to compare to what was in the artist's
Read more…What is up with shows this year? In my apps for this Summer, 3 have extended their app deadlines and notification dates come and go with no news. 3 Rivers has extended the notification DL 3 times. It started at 3/10 and is now 3/31.
I am getting v
Read more…After struggling for a while with my booth photo, I decided to shoot them again. It would be great to have second opinions or any advice is welcome. I'm posting three that I think are my best results(I'm no Pro, Neither is my camera) so let me know w
Read more…Ok, so this has been a really strange season -- I was accepted to shows I never dreamed I should even apply for and been declined where I've been often enough I have repeat customers. I'm trying to do fru-fru to my photos, applications, stepping out
Read more…HOW TO CHOOSE A NAME FOR A PHOTOGRAPH TO IMPRESS A JURY ? EXAMPLES WOULD HELP.
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