Blurb Color Webinar June 24

If you're interested in publishing a book via Blurb and are concerned about color management, you might want to sign up for one of 2 webinars on June 24th. More details at:
http://www.blurb.com/help/tutorials

Topics for last class

Please list topics you want to discuss in the last class here:

• critique student work on any assignment
  
• discuss individual long term goals
  
• individual reviews sessions for student who did not get them last week -- time to get feedback from the class for specific questions you have or feedback you need
• technical questions: equipment concerns, the importance of "archival"
  

Marketing Outline

Here is the outline I used in last class to discuss marketing yourself (and networking). Please add items to this list, and post any questions or comments you may have:

WEB PRESENCE

• creat your own blog, website
  
• get your work listed on Amazon, Photo-Eye, 20x200, etc.
  

LOCAL COMMUNITY (building your presence in local community is key!)

• teach or get a photo or art related job in local community
  
• attend openings and photo related events
• attend Photo Lucida and other local/regional review sessions
• attend Blue Sky review meetings; join the Blue Sky exhibition committee
  
• join a local photo group
  
• get on portland photo events email list and be sure to list your events and openings with them
  
• taking workshops and classes
  
• get involved with RACC, get to know important RACC people, subscribe to their newsletter - remember: they buy artwork for 2 public collections and give grants!
  
• develop good promotional packages to give to local media when you have a show
• talk to local suppliers and galleries about partnering and getting support for projects
  

LARGER COMMUNITY

• attend national portfoliio reviews
• attend artists residencies
• submit your work for juried shows
• creat postcard mailers that you send to people you know (collectors, curators, editors) on a yearly basis
  
• publishing a book
• get connected with Center SF, photo eye and other national organizations to develop relations
• enter national contests and juried shows
  

SUPPORTERS/COLLECTER/FRIENDS NETWORK

• create and utilize a mailing list for announcements to exhibits
• develop a clients/friends email list -- send regular (weekly) emails with new pictures, announcements, etc
  
• email list: there are programs available for managing your email lists -- to cater messages to specific audiences
  
• develop a monthly collector’s special that you announce to local subscribers/collectors
  
• develop a "subscription" where people pay a fee per year to support you, and get something in return (a set of post cards, a book, a print, etc.; depending on fee)
  
• develop an annual handmade limited edition book or other limited edition piece of your work to market to your established collector base
  

GRANTS & AWARDS (see grants and awards list on links column and please add to this! There is a lot of money avaible to artists, so please seek it out!)

• apply for established grants and fellowships
• seek out grants for organizations that might not be established, but would be interested in partnering with you
  
• apply for as many contests as you can -- see list of judges to decide who you want ot put your work in front of
  

PHOTO RELATED JOBS (here is a quick list of possible photo-related jobs. The point here is that it really helps to work in the field in order to stay current and connected to what's happening in photography.)

• photojournalism
• editorial photographer
  
• commerical photographer
  
• teaching photography
  
• editing
• designing
• photo styling
• photo curator
• art galleriest
  
• photo lab job
  
• photo center job
  
• adminstration in photography related business or non-profit
  

The Ace Hotel Photo Booth Experiment

3-D glasses suggested....

http://www.victorzebra.com/photo-booth/

The Beautiful and the Strange...

Well, maybe just sorta strange:

http://www.victorzebra.com/beautiful-and-strange/

kickstarter.com

Stephanie mentioned this in last class:
http://www.kickstarter.com/
a great place to raise money for a project you are working on. check it out!

Roger's Photobooth Shots

OK, I cheated. I created a photo booth simulation in Photoshop.

Digital Workflow from Camera to Lightroom to Photoshop

Here's a clear tutorial on getting your images out of the camera, processing them in Lightroom and making further adjustments in Photoshop. Click here to view.

Shots from AHRMA meet at PIR

On Saturday, I made my first foray into taking photos of a classic motorcycle meet, with races on the track and motocross. It was a lot of fun and I'm definitely going back for more!

http://www.photographicwarrior.com/AHRMA-2010/

Alien Archeology Assignment (AAA - universal)

I'm coming down with the flu, but posted my Alien Archeology assignment here: http://novapolice.com/AlienArcheology/

It was only a brief survey of objects of interest for this alien, and his perspective can be a little skewed at times (not that the human involved didn't spend a lot of time on this project). I can show some prints next week to interested parties, health permitting.

Artist's Residencies

I've started a links list on the right of Artist's Residencies I know about. Please take some time to add to this list.

Portland Area Photo Galleries

Here's a list I am compiling of local and regional galleries that show photography (in parenthesis are people to contact there; please feel free to add to this list):

Blue Sky (Chris Rauschenberg)
Camerawork Gallery (Scott Jones)– contact Scott Jones
Newspace Center for Photography (Chris Bennett, Laura Valenti)
Charles Hartman Fine Art
Pushdot Studio
23 Sandy Gallery (Laura Russel)
Ampersand Vintage (Myles)
Lightbox (Astoria: Michael and Chelsea)
12 x 16 Gallery (cooperative)
PDX Contemporary (Jane Beebe)
Chambers Gallery (Martha Morgan)
Elizabeth Leach (Daniel)
Froelick Gallery
Marylhurst Artfarm
Powell’s Books Basil Hallward Art Gallery
Wall Space (Seattle, Crista Dix)

Portfolio Reviews

Here's an article by Mary Virginia Swanson (click here) about why it makes sense to attend portfolio reviews. And here is a list I'm compiling of reviews that you might consider attending (please feel free to add to this list):

National Portfolio Reviews
Houston Fotofest
Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Photo Lucida
Review Santa Fe
New York Photo Festival Portfolio Review
Review LA (Los Angeles, run by “Center” in Santa Fe, NM)
Our World (San Francisco)

Asking for Feedback

I'm realizing that my work needs an underlying structure or something that relates the pieces. I think I have two things going on in these images, and I'd appreciate your feedback on whether I'm getting closer to that "recognizable something" that might distinguish some of my work. Candid feedback please, don't hold back.

Images at: http://tendrelphotography.zenfolio.com/roundlake

Thanks,
-Roger

(from Bobby:) Roger, read my comments below in the comments section first, then read what I wrote below in the body of this post -- which is about suggesting you might want to look at Yamamoto's work (I brough in his book to our last class with guest):

here's a gallery of his little prints (click here) (these are all printed small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand -- so that you could carry them and ponder them like a sacred object/talisman); and here is a video in French (click here), but with a translation of his words underneath. This seems particularly important:

"As you can see, my photos are small and seem old. In fact, I work so that they’re like that. I could wait 30 years before using them, but that’s impossible. So, I must age them. I take them out with me on walks, I rub them with my hands, this is what gives me my desired expression. This is called the process of forgetting or the production of memory. Because in old photos the memories are completely manipulated and it’s this that interests me and this is the reason that I do this work.

"If I take small photos, it’s because I want to make them into the matter of memories. And it’s for this reason that I think the best format is one that is held in the hollow of the hand. If we can hold the photo in our hand, we can hold a memory in our hand. A little like when we keep a family photo with us."

Meeting next week at Pushdot, not PNCA

Just reminder next week we meet at Pushdot Studio instead of PNCA:
1021 Southeast Caruthers Street
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 224-5925
we will meet at Pushdot at our normal time, 6:30. Bring questions for about digital output, getting personal jobs printed, etc; and also questions for Ann Ploeger about her work and career, how she got book published, shows, shooting strangers, etc. After 1 1/2 hours there we will regroup at nearby bar/restaurant to look at work you bring (so bring prints or laptop) -- and discuss future classes.