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  • Kathleen Neff May 30, 2011 at 10:12am

    Key word...natural...? Top: W/Wrinkles

     

    Crisp, clean, noticeable as an overall composition...?Bottom: W/O Wrinkles

    As a presentation to a judge? Depends on the judge. The reflection off the back wall is a little brighter in this one so the jewelry stands out a bit more highlighted, and there is less distraction from the draped folds --if that is the way the judge is thinking. BUT, AS A VISITOR I would be attracted to the softer, more natural look.

    Now, who is BUYING?

    Nice presentations, both.  I need your expertise for sure! Of course I don't do jewelry, but it is low profile...always an enigma for showing well.

  • Lois Songer May 29, 2011 at 5:08pm

    Coming to this a little late..... but here''s my take.  The folds, drapes whatever you call them (not wrinkles) make it look like a draped table display, which it is.  The draping, does not detract from the jewelry in this case because I am primarily looking at the display and not the jewelry....... how the jewelry is displayed.  My eye does go to the flat panels and immediately wonder if it is manipulated to look flat or is flat....... that's detracting. 

     

    iPad images to check displays....... hmmmmmm another reason for me to put on the why I should get one!!! 

     

    Lois

    • Larry Berman > Lois Songer May 29, 2011 at 5:18pm
      Hi Lois,

      When you're ready, I can recommend the best size (ZAPP size will work great), best viewing program and how to separate the images into galleries to make it easy to find the picture of the booth of the artist you're standing in front of.

      Larry Berman
      http://BermanGraphics.com
      412-401-8100


  • Art on the Lawn: Barbara Berney May 28, 2011 at 9:51pm

    If I received this booth shot with an app, I would be expecting rigid, flat panel displays when I visited this booth during the show. If this is the look you want, go for it, but don't send it for jury consideration unless it accurately represents your booth. You are juried in based on a close proximate, not on what you think looks best for a picture.

    Would I throw you out of the show? If that were the only issue, no, I would not, but I would certainly call you on it.

    I have a good memory and you may not be invited back next year because I'll remember that you have misrepresented yourself.

     

    • Jeanne Steck > Art on the Lawn: Barbara Berney May 29, 2011 at 6:39am

      Very good point, Barbara.

      I agree that photo editing can be a very useful tool, but you want to be careful not to carry it too far.

      • Larry Berman > Jeanne Steck May 29, 2011 at 6:56am
        After discussing it with the artist, who by the way is on the forum also and has been reading this thread, I used the original with wrinkles/pleats and took the shine down so it doesn't draw your eye as much.

        Larry Berman
        http://BermanGraphics.com
        412-401-8100
        • Linda A Shields > Larry Berman May 29, 2011 at 4:40pm

          I guess my point in showing you my booth is that realistically (other than using rigid panels) you can not get cloth to lay straighter than when you use heavy, non-reflective, weighted material for the skirt.

          I totally agree with Barbara that a booth that has been that visually altered is gross misrepresentation.

          The longer I think about it Larry, couldn't it be unethical? Maybe that's going way too far....but how often do juries go around and really do a reality check the day of the Fair? 

          Here I am being naive again.

          I almost said, "So someone got into a show because his photographer was better psychologically in his presentation?"

          Duh, Linda? 

          • Larry Berman > Linda A Shields May 29, 2011 at 5:22pm
            Hi Linda,

            A great many artists take more time preparing their booth to be photographed than they do setting it up at a show. That is if they are taking the picture not at a show.

            Larry Berman
            http://BermanGraphics.com
            412-401-8100


          • Larry Berman > Linda A Shields May 29, 2011 at 4:55pm
            I think things might be in for a change if shows start using the iPad to check booth images against what's actually at the shows. Before canceling attending the conference last week, I had offered to do a presentation on how that could be done.

            Larry Berman
            412-401-8100
  • Richard P Sullivan May 28, 2011 at 8:49am

    If the question was which DISPLAY type would you prefer to have in your booth I would say that the flat panel is a much more appealing look to a professional display.

     

    If you are asking which manipulation to the photo looks more like a tablecloth, it is obviously number one.

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