My very first photo show is on display right now at the only coffee house in Provo, Juice & Java. The photos will hang for all of August. Being the only coffee place in a city of 75,000 people is a story all by itself, but that's for another time I guess 
Since there are about 2 Apuggers in Utah I'm not holding my breath for a peer visit. I also know that as my first show I will look back at these images in 5 years and shake my head in disbelief that I actually hung them. Basically I just wanted to share my excitement and relief that I got everything hung on time. A more detailed explanation about what I was trying to do is below...
I belong to a group (5-6 people) called "Art Club". We are mainly painters/scluptors and share our work/goals/critiques/encouragment with each other once a month. One of my creative goals this year was to prepare enough photo work for a show and I decided to use polaroids. In my vast reading of people's opinions on various forums I read about the concept of polaroids to speed up the learning curve with large format. Yes it was expensive but the instant results were a powerfull learning tool and I saw a lot of improvemnt in a short period. And it was really fun. But damn, did I mention it was expensive.
One of the things I wanted to do to make this show interesting was to set out to sell every photo. This made me really look at my subject matter, audience and price point. I figured that I would break even at about $20 a piece, so that's what I'm selling at. This seemed like a nice price for impulse and low regret spending. If I succeed then I can re-stock and shoot for me the next time.
I ended up with 25 framed and matted photos that I felt were wall worthy. All but 3 or 4 shots were emulsion lifts or image transfers. My subject matter is predominately florals and before you all start rolling your eyes remember that I'm trying to hit a wide audience and sell everything on the wall. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and feel that I learned a great deal. My confidence level is really high as well.
Everything was shot with a Graphic View I and a Wollensack 190mm lens. The florals were shot on a perfect overcast Utah summer day in my North opening garage and the rest were made in my studio with one strobe and a reflector.
Big thanks to Shmoo for the e-lift primer on my LA trip last February, Aggie for the reciprocity lessons on her way back from APIS, APUG and all it's members for keeping me informed and educated, and Per Volquartz and his free Zion's workshop that got me into this mess in the first place
Peace Out.
Since there are about 2 Apuggers in Utah I'm not holding my breath for a peer visit. I also know that as my first show I will look back at these images in 5 years and shake my head in disbelief that I actually hung them. Basically I just wanted to share my excitement and relief that I got everything hung on time. A more detailed explanation about what I was trying to do is below...
I belong to a group (5-6 people) called "Art Club". We are mainly painters/scluptors and share our work/goals/critiques/encouragment with each other once a month. One of my creative goals this year was to prepare enough photo work for a show and I decided to use polaroids. In my vast reading of people's opinions on various forums I read about the concept of polaroids to speed up the learning curve with large format. Yes it was expensive but the instant results were a powerfull learning tool and I saw a lot of improvemnt in a short period. And it was really fun. But damn, did I mention it was expensive.
One of the things I wanted to do to make this show interesting was to set out to sell every photo. This made me really look at my subject matter, audience and price point. I figured that I would break even at about $20 a piece, so that's what I'm selling at. This seemed like a nice price for impulse and low regret spending. If I succeed then I can re-stock and shoot for me the next time.
I ended up with 25 framed and matted photos that I felt were wall worthy. All but 3 or 4 shots were emulsion lifts or image transfers. My subject matter is predominately florals and before you all start rolling your eyes remember that I'm trying to hit a wide audience and sell everything on the wall. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and feel that I learned a great deal. My confidence level is really high as well.
Everything was shot with a Graphic View I and a Wollensack 190mm lens. The florals were shot on a perfect overcast Utah summer day in my North opening garage and the rest were made in my studio with one strobe and a reflector.
Big thanks to Shmoo for the e-lift primer on my LA trip last February, Aggie for the reciprocity lessons on her way back from APIS, APUG and all it's members for keeping me informed and educated, and Per Volquartz and his free Zion's workshop that got me into this mess in the first place
Peace Out.
