I will be having my newest booth design professionally photographed next week and am looking for any final suggestions that will be easy to implement. I've attached a collage of my last four booths, so you can see the progression, and a blocked out version of my new booth. Specifically, I am wondering about the prominent empty work table. At a show, this is full of business cards, a clipboard, pens, and a large vise on which I have ongoing demonstrations of the technique. I have removed all of this clutter, as well as the stool (upholstered to match the overall look of the booth). Now it looks too empty.
The back wall will have three new 20x30 posters which I just picked up yesterday (Big thanks to Larry Berman for his help with this!!!!).
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Anyway, I hope you diod not hire a "professional" to take a booth shot ... it is really easy to do it yourself with professional results. if you did not get the back wall images resized in time for he shoot, then you can easily add them in a much larger size via Photoshop ... No one will know the difference if you know what you are doing.
Best Wishes.
And I most definitely have hired a Professional. The photos posted above have been my own best efforts and I hate the graininess my camera yields. I am all for doing as much as possible on your own, but sometimes I have to remember that "you get what you pay for" and when it comes to jury photography (for me), "free" is just too cheap. My professional product photos are awesome right now, and my booth shot is by far my weakest photo. The jewelry category is so competitive, why would I want to risk not getting into shows just because I'm too cheap to have a professional photo taken? I can afford it now and have no doubt it is the right choice for me. In fact, I anticipate that if I remake the panels, I may have the booth photographed again within 6 months. I consider it a wise investment in the growth of my business.
I also think for the image you could consider centering your wall displays. It wouldn't work at a show, but it would balance the image and give you more room to crop in close around the front corners of the booth without worrying about cutting off any of your display.
Good Luck! Love the dark stained wood.
The panels themselves are 1/2 inch MDF. There are some D-rings mounted on the back (used for framed paintings) to which I have sewn a large ring of ribbon. A short length of PVC pipe is threaded through the rings of ribbon and on each end of the pipe is a length of rope (sash cord, actually) and a large hook. The hook goes over the top bar and the sash cord is the same color as the curtains (disappears!). I found the hooks at my local surplus store (Ax-man). I have since discovered that Flourish (makers of the Trimline canopy) has hooks designed to hang 2-D art which may work. I will consider switching. My panels are packed away right now since I'm leaving for a show tomorrow. I'll take a photo of all this over the weekend.
Thanks everyone!
Take the mirror down for the picture because if anything is reflected in it, it will be a distraction. Usually when there is a mirror in a booth picture, either for jewelry/clothing or even artists that make mirrors in their medium, I drop a gradient into the reflective part of the mirror for the booth image.
Larry Berman
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http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
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