Lately, it seems that life (mine, at least) pretty much blows. So, if something good happens, I should tell folks, right?
Of late, three good things have happened. First, it was confirmed today that I have another show, starting next week, in a cafe in the west end of the city. It will feature the same 5 photos that were in my last shows, because they'll fit so nicely in a small back room of the cafe, and besides, what better than espresso cafe pics in an espresso cafe? The front room of this cafe is larger (but still fairly small). There is room for 6 framed 8x10's, and I've decided to use some street grabs that I've gotten over the last 4 or 5 months - 3 with the CL and 2 with the MX. I brought the negs into the lab today, and they'll be ready next week, at which time I'll scan 'em and post 'em - one of them will be for October PUG anyway... This exhibit will be up for about 6 weeks. Second piece of good news is that the cafe at which I had my photos in July (but only in the back room, since the fellow scheduled for July didn't have enough photos to fill the place) has asked me to do a full show in February (the next available date). That will be about 20 to 25 photos. Apparently the owner of the Jet Fuel got really good feedback on my little back room exhibit last month - which leads me to the third good thing to happen: I sold two of the photos from that July exhibit. I was asking an exhorbitant amount, but someone's willing to pay <g>. Go figure. I was originally going to ask $125 each for 11x16's matted into a nice 21x27 frame. A friend of mine who's a freelance photog looked at my photos and said I was way low, and that I should start at $175, because (1) they're worth it, and (2) it'll make everyone else in town look way high. So, that was my asking price, but I know the fellow who's buying, so I gave him a volume discount of $150 each for two. Plus, he'll likely be buying two more in a month or so. So, woo-hoo. Finally some decent news - which I need right about now. I might even celebrate this weekend! ciao, frank -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
