I majorly improved my booth compared to last year's booth shot. I took a ton of photos day and night of all the shows I was in that I need to look through and pick out from.
Should my booth shot be daytime, nighttime or does it matter?
Is it better to do heads on shot or show off work on two walls with an angle or somewhere inbetween?
I'm going to pick out all new photos for this year based on customer feedback. I took detailed inventory of what sold and paid attention to what people looked at the most.
I have several subjects as a part of a unified collection. I have macro florals, macro metalics and abstracts/colorful objects that all fit together as a set. Is it ok to make college images with 2-3 photos together to represent each subject or should I avoid this and just pick a representative image from each set?
I saw somewhere that making my images square with black borders is the best way to display. What do people think of this?
On the description of the work, am I better off sticking to a simple description of the photo or should I go more into detail with my background, people's interest and explain more into the source of the photo where it's not obvious?
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No collages. As said earlier you need the work to be a unified body of work. Make sure it's a strong unity and not a tenuous connection. It has to be strong and simple as you're dealing with judges and not mind readers.
The booth needs to show all three sides. Keep it simple, three walls and no angled alcoves or mystery corners. Along with the keep it simple theme, make it look like a gallery; clean and elegant. No signage, floor covering if possible.
Maximum impact is what you want for the jury images, and if the image is square, then use the maximum space. You've got about 5 seconds for the image to be viewed, so skip subtlety and go for the eye candy look.
Good luck, and read Larry's links.
http://bermangraphics.com/artshows/photograph-booth.htm
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100