I do pieces that move, open or change. In single photographs,they look like nothing special. I can't convey what they do in a single jury image, but not sure how to get the idea across.
1- I did one photo with spliced images to show a ring converts
Read more…Last year I got my acceptance for AOFTA at Virginia Beach so I was monitoring my emails this past weekend. I looked on their website and it appears they are set up to take payments. I put an email inquiry in today. There is no phone number on the
Read more…Photographing an eight foot quilt and a portrait of Pittsburgh quilt artist Patty Kennedy-Zafred.
Here's a picture of Patty standing in front of her 6x8 foot quilt. How many artists create large enough artwork for them to be photographed in front of
Just a reminder that taking booth pictures with smart phones or tablets won't give you the best results for jurying. And it's even worse for photographing your artwork. There's no way to support the device (like in using a tripod) and from my experie
Read more…Lately when I get my list of shows from Zapp and others, I am increasingly seeing a notation "jewelry category closed" when the deadline for applying hasn't even arrived yet. This really confuses and frustrates me because I can think of only two pos
Read more…I am interested in applying for the Queeny Park Art Fair this Fall in St. Louis MO. I have read varying reviews about how well several artists have done. My main worry is that the booths are 8x10 feet, and as everyone knows most art fairs do 10x
Read more…Though it's not for everyone, might the well to do artist be able to use this technology to create the perfect jury image:
http://www.wired.com/design/2013/03/luxion-keyshot/?viewall=true
It's hyper realistic CGI that's indistinguishable from photograp
New Body of Work
Actually I'm amazed. My wife has been telling me I shouldn't apply to shows until I have new pictures. I even had a show director tell me not to apply anymore until I had new work.
I posted on the Facebook forum that I was applying
Introduction
Part 1 covered the overview of the workshop and general information on setting up color spaces and checking your monitor to ensure your images were as close to calibration as possible. If the tonality and color space you were working w
Read more…I am in the middle of trying to pick a cohesive group of jewelry pics, 5 in all, for upcoming jurying. I was thinking of having Larry Berman look at them, but then thought I'd just do it through this forum and get input from lots of people. I was h
Read more…I see on Zapp that I have been waitlisted for the Virginia Beach Boardwalk show. But I have gotten no email yet. I've also put in a call to see if I can find out my position on the waitlist but have not gotten a response.
Has anyone gotten an emai
Read more…I have seen "photos of work in progress" showing up on more applications recently. Some ask for photos of your work area. I would really need to clean mine up first!!
Do you have someone take a photo of you working or just unfinished work?
I would
What do you say? Do you say anything? I have pretty much stopped applying to anything non-refundable, unless I have late deadline back-ups available.
There are a fair number of shows I would toss a jury fee to, were it not that they are non-refund
Read more…I am a potter and work in both stoneware and porcelain. I carve images of foliage and animals through layers of colored slip onto stoneware, and I apply slip ( like decorating a cake) in foliage designs onto porcelain. This makes two distinct "lin
Read more…Introduction
This is the third and final segment of the St. Louis Art Fair Image workshop and mock jury. The first post covered the basics of setting up the monitor and camera, and the second post covered the jury slides. This last section covers t
Read more…I need to get a few applications in and wanted some advice. I have placed 9 images and 1 booth shot on the following link. (I just came across Chris and Larry's site and I will be donating since it is very useful)
http://www.juryimages.com/jury/index
Read more…Introduction
After editing this and re-editing, I finally decided to re-do it as a three-parter to keep it readable. Even my eyeballs glazed over trying to read it ;-) The first part is about image prep, followed by the jury image, and finally the
Read more…We are preparing an application to a festival that requires actual hard copy photographs. We tried to print these on our ink jet and the results were poor. Where is the best place for us to take our digital photos to have hard copy prints made. We ar
Read more…As we all have to plan out a schedule six months in advance, I find that to have an efficient schedule, I have to apply to shows scheduled on the same weekend in hopes that one will pan out and make my travel most efficient and cost effective. My qu
Read more…A must read story of artist empowerment.
The show known as John Michael Kohler, Midsummer Festival of the arts: http://www.jmkac.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=57
has been telling people that they have to submit 4 new ima
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