Digital files, 35mm slides or prints
On the Chatham Festival of the Arts application, you have three choices on how to submit your images for jurying.
1 - SLIDES Mark each slide with your name & ‘top.’
2 - DIGITAL FILES Please submit digital files to festival2@verizon.net. The images should not exceed 900 pixels wide or 600 pixels tall. Please identify each digital photo with your last name and number them to correspond with a short description of the work. Please include in the subject heading of the email your last name, company name and date. Mail an application form separately with a self-addressed envelope and payment.
3 - PHOTOGRAPHS Size no smaller than 5” x 7”
Normally I would recommend sending ZAPP images because they will be screen filling and look good. But in a case like this, the not so obvious answer is a great looking set of 8x10 prints from Sam's Club, Costco or Wal-Mart, with black masking images that aren't proportional to 8x10 so there is no cropping when printed. Five prints cost about $7.50, under $10 with shipping. The image size they are asking for is web size, especially for anyone who has vertical images which will look tiny if they use a high resolution monitor for viewing. But that's the thing. They don't tell you how the images are to be viewed by the jurors. Could be a few people sitting around a laptop and passing slide sheets around holding them up to the light. At least with a set of prints, especially if printed 8x10, you know they will look great when passed around.
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
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Thanks for the tip, Larry. There are a few art festivals in my area that ask for photos. Wish I had thought of this last week. This may be a silly question - the app says to mark the photos with your name - I'm thinking on the front, as that would be the only option for slides and digital? What do you think?
Larry Berman > Jeanne SteckMarch 6, 2011 at 1:21pm
Hi Jeanne,
Labeling images in all formats. Label slide mounts with your name at the top and a red dot at the bottom left. That insures the slides are in the carousel tray correctly because the red dot is visible in the groove cut out in the tray.
Label prints on the back with your name, unless they specifically ask for prints to be labeled on the front, which I've never seen. For both 35mm slides and prints, it's best to use an ultra fine point sharpie.
Digital files don't get labeled on the image at all. They always mean to make the file name the label, usually last name, first name and the image number that corresponds with the application form you've filled out. For example; steck-jeanne-01.jpg, steck-jeanne-02.jpg, etc.
In reference to my original post, doesn't anyone think it's strange that of the three ways to submit your images, the digital image requirement is the only one that's unfair to artists. Both prints and 35mm slides can be rotated so that horizontal and vertical images are exactly the same size but they are asking for horizontal digital images that are 50% larger than vertical digital images. Totally unfair to anyone using the latest technology.
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Labeling images in all formats.
Label slide mounts with your name at the top and a red dot at the bottom left. That insures the slides are in the carousel tray correctly because the red dot is visible in the groove cut out in the tray.
Label prints on the back with your name, unless they specifically ask for prints to be labeled on the front, which I've never seen. For both 35mm slides and prints, it's best to use an ultra fine point sharpie.
Digital files don't get labeled on the image at all. They always mean to make the file name the label, usually last name, first name and the image number that corresponds with the application form you've filled out. For example; steck-jeanne-01.jpg, steck-jeanne-02.jpg, etc.
In reference to my original post, doesn't anyone think it's strange that of the three ways to submit your images, the digital image requirement is the only one that's unfair to artists. Both prints and 35mm slides can be rotated so that horizontal and vertical images are exactly the same size but they are asking for horizontal digital images that are 50% larger than vertical digital images. Totally unfair to anyone using the latest technology.
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100