Ever since the first day I held a camera in my hand when I was eight years old, I have been drawn to exploring the many ways we can memorialize our time and space on this planet through photography. Beginning with the early forms of image capture and continuing through today's digital … [Read more...]
Judith Fox at FiftyCrows Gallery
Friends of FiftyCrows You are invited Thursday, March 4th for an opening and book signing with Judith Fox. We are excited to exhibit two bodies of work by Fox: "I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's", a powerful, poetic and universal portrayal of aging, loving, humor, mortality and hope, … [Read more...]
Etsy, cheap art and the issue of change
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A couple of weeks ago I came across a post on craftmba.com about the impact of underpricing and general cheapness that seems to be causing havoc within Etsy. The range of the comments illustrated the depth of this issue and which I maintain is the logical outcome of an overall paradigm shift based … [Read more...]
Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes talks about her roots
How did you get started? I began working heavily in photography twelve years ago when my father taught me how to use his 1968 Asahi Pentax. I was in college, and I was hooked. His instructions to me were very basic - "keep the light meter needle in the center, and don't shake the camera." I think … [Read more...]
Day 3: Back to your stuff
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Objective:Learn the difference between features and benefits and how to use benefits to focuse on value only you can provide. Today we are going to start drilling down into those issues we uncovered on Day 1. Remember so head back here to jolt you're memory. The baby step today will be more … [Read more...]
How to help your buyers OWN your work
Do you know that many people want to buy your work but don't have the ability to visualize it in their homes or offices? For many, their buying decision is based on whether they can picture whatever it is they are contemplating in their own home or office environment. Most people do not have the … [Read more...]
Spreading the word…with a new connection.
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Last week I received an e-mail from digital apple juice which is an art focused blog network asking me if I was interested in writing for them. Of course I said yes so that means that the content created here will be spread quicker and over a wider network than we currently have. They will be … [Read more...]
Zapplication Part 2:Digital Image Prep
Probably the most confusing and intimidating part of using the Zapplication process has to do with capturing and preparing your images for submission. While I won't go into a great deal of detail here about taking digital photos of your work (that will be covered in another article), I will offer up … [Read more...]