MenacingTourist
08-02-2005, 01:02 AM
My very first photo show is on display right now at the only coffee house in Provo, Juice & Java. 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 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 varoius forums I liked the idea 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 it was really fun.
One of the things I wanted to do with this show was to sell every photo. This made me really look at my subject matter, presentation, 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 price 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 (big thanks to Shmoo for the e lift primer). 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.
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 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 varoius forums I liked the idea 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 it was really fun.
One of the things I wanted to do with this show was to sell every photo. This made me really look at my subject matter, presentation, 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 price 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 (big thanks to Shmoo for the e lift primer). 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.