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TED talks photography as a tool of connection

How photography connects and changes us

let's talk by Bill

The shift to dig­i­tal meth­ods of cap­tur­ing our lives has moved pho­tog­ra­phy from the mys­ti­cal and mag­i­cal lim­ited to only a select few will­ing to mas­ter the mys­te­ri­ous rit­u­als of the dark­room to a tool of the peo­ple. The pro­lif­er­a­tion and ready availability

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Judit Fox at fiftycrows

Judith Fox at FiftyCrows Gallery

Events by Bill

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, also the sub­ject of a touch­ing pho­to­graphic mem­oir pub­lished by powerHouse.

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Etsy, cheap art and the issue of change

The issue of cheap art, Etsy and change let's talk by Bill

The cul­ture of cheap took hold a long time ago and we are now see­ing the extreme results. Ellen Rup­pel Shell’s excel­lent book “Cheap: The High Cost of Dis­count Cul­ture” really cov­ers the issue. Also Dan Ariely’s book “Pre­dictably Irra­tional” pro­vides new insights through research he and oth­ers con­ducted at MIT and elsewhere.

The cul­ture of cheap took hold a long time ago and we are now see­ing the extreme results. Ellen Rup­pel Shell’s excel­lent book “Cheap: The High Cost of Dis­count Cul­ture” really cov­ers the issue. Also Dan Ariely’s book “Pre­dictably Irra­tional” pro­vides new insights through research he and oth­ers con­ducted at MIT and elsewhere.

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featured artist on roots

Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes talks about her roots

2009 by Bill

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 that was the best piece of artis­tic advice I’ve ever been given!

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Thumbnail image for Day 3: Back to your stuff

Day 3: Back to your stuff

this 'n that by Bill

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 about that stuff you sell…so let’s get started.

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Marketing Monday: Show & Tell helping your buyers visualize

2009 by Bill

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 no have the abil­ity to visualize,something we often take for granted by assum­ing that every­body can see what we see.

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Spreading the word…with a new connection.

Featured Articles by Bill

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 cre­at­ing a ded­i­cated col­umn for our feed which will either be titled ” The Work­ing Artist” or ” Art Works”…we are still brain storming.

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Zapplication Part 2:Digital Image Prep

The Toolkit by Bill

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 a few key suggestions…

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