Thank you for your advices Mark. I have a long way to go before I am able to put up a real show. I need better tools; read larger printer, and better monitoring. But I do need to become a better photographer too. I have improved since I restarted photography with my DS about a year and a half ago. But I sure have a long way to go before I'm a decent photographer.
Never the less, this has given me the confidence to think about a new show. I want to display my birds project. This is a documentary project about the birds in the shoreline in my community. They are threatened by greedy contractors who want to put up a mall there. I don't think my photo project will change this, but I want to contribute to the debate on this issue. I may even sell a picture or two ;-) Ok, the fun is over. For now... Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Cassino Sent: 27. november 2006 00:27 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I feel cool today - Follow up. Hi Tim - I've done a few exhibits and I have to say I have never walked away from anything thinking that it went perfectly. That's particularly frustrating where I've been in control of the whole production, and I find myself still walking away with a list (usually a long list) of what could have been better. But then, you know, being alive and all, I'm learning all the time and in the days between hanging a show and seeing it at the opening I learn new things and so would do things differently. If I was dead I'd probably do it the way it was done 100 times before and walk away thinking nothing could be done better. You are right to insist on taking control of your own work and how it is presented. I'm amazed at the photographers who take a cavalier stance on this; but I'm also irritated by the show jurors who take too restrictive a stance on this. That's probably a good place to be - if no one was pissing me off I'd be best off digging a hole and burying myself. I participated in only one show where the venue insisted on printing and framing the shots - that was in the U.S. National Botanical Gardens on the mall in Washington D.C., and I figured even if they screwed things up I wanted to be in the show. (They did a fine job, BTW.) But otherwise - insist on providing the work ready to be hung. And then be prepared to have a lot of work in storage after the show! (And a hit to your bank account to produce the pieces.) Of course - the downside is they may ask you to provide the food and bubbly! Congrats still - MCC Tim Øsleby wrote: > Opening today. No bubbles, but I did not really expecting any. > > It was crowded, much more people than I expected. My pictures did not hang > very well. They where in a cupboard sized hall. The background was a black, > and a red piece of clothing. On of the managers of the festival, a guy who > works at the local photo store, had done the printing and framing. Bad > contrast and way too tight framing :-( > Next time, I'll insist on doing it myself. Printing, framing and display, > the whole lot. > > Never the less, I still feel pretty cool :-) > > The rest of the show was mostly paintings. But there where some other > photographs too. Two event photographers, and one "photography as art" > photographer. The latter one is pretty good. He makes his own pinholes and > does other experiments. He is definitely cool. One of his sites is here > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bilder/vis_fotograf.cgi?brukerid=13808 > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim > Øsleby > Sent: 24. november 2006 20:08 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: I feel cool today > > You may remember that I told about my first public showing? It was some rock > festival images showed at a hotel. > > I just got a phone from one of those who work with the festival. She asked > if they could display the images in a local but pretty proper gallery. They > invited me to attend the opening. I don't know if there will be any bubbles > there, but still. > > How cool is that? > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
