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puppetmakerToday I applied for the 2011 DragonCon Art Show. My biggest concern is that I uploaded examples of my work but they are not professional photos of the pieces. I may go back and redo those pictures that I still have the pieces for. The problem is that there are several pieces that I no longer have in my possession and, of course, they are some of my more current work.
The DragonCon Art show is one that I jump through a few more hoops to get into. It gets my work out in front of a very diverse audience and I get a lot of feedback on the pieces that helps me work on the next set of pieces.
I know I need to get into the habit of getting archival photos of my work before it goes out of my hands. I have gotten better than I was a number of years ago where I have no record of what I made. Part of that had to do with being before digital cameras existed for the common folk. And the other part had to do with my lack of foresight about making a record of my work. Some photos I have of my early work were taken by friends and others were taken by me. I should scan them in and post them somewhere. I have my first set of Doctor Who puppets (post McGann), Pinhead, Peliquin (from Nightbreed), little Morpheus, and the Klingon Quartet.
Keeping a record of what you create is something I encourage. I honestly wish I had been better about it earlier in my career.
There are also some simple ways to make your photos look more professional especially if you work in 3-D. One is building a cheap Photo Light Box. There are a number of tutorials all over the net. Many of these use relatively cheap materials to create the space. A pretty good one that I found can be found at DIY Photography Light Box for under $40. Instructables has a few as well but I haven’t looked through them.
I may pull together my kit and get some better photos of my work. I need to get either a tripod or a ladder to put my camera on since my previous tripod died a valiant death after one of the legs was snapped off.
I am grateful for the record I do have of my earlier work.
The DragonCon Art show is one that I jump through a few more hoops to get into. It gets my work out in front of a very diverse audience and I get a lot of feedback on the pieces that helps me work on the next set of pieces.
I know I need to get into the habit of getting archival photos of my work before it goes out of my hands. I have gotten better than I was a number of years ago where I have no record of what I made. Part of that had to do with being before digital cameras existed for the common folk. And the other part had to do with my lack of foresight about making a record of my work. Some photos I have of my early work were taken by friends and others were taken by me. I should scan them in and post them somewhere. I have my first set of Doctor Who puppets (post McGann), Pinhead, Peliquin (from Nightbreed), little Morpheus, and the Klingon Quartet.
Keeping a record of what you create is something I encourage. I honestly wish I had been better about it earlier in my career.
There are also some simple ways to make your photos look more professional especially if you work in 3-D. One is building a cheap Photo Light Box. There are a number of tutorials all over the net. Many of these use relatively cheap materials to create the space. A pretty good one that I found can be found at DIY Photography Light Box for under $40. Instructables has a few as well but I haven’t looked through them.
I may pull together my kit and get some better photos of my work. I need to get either a tripod or a ladder to put my camera on since my previous tripod died a valiant death after one of the legs was snapped off.
I am grateful for the record I do have of my earlier work.
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Date: 2011-03-15 03:03 pm (UTC)For the better part of the last decade, people I've known have asked me when I'm going, and it's something I've always thought about but never really pursued. Reading about it made me think about it more.
I've applied for a guest badge. I don't think my freelance credits would suffice to get me in the door, so I put the emphasis on my day job (which I do think would get me in the door). I've never been to Atlanta, and I think it would be a grand adventure. I've already worked out how to budget for it, too.
Thanks, Kathleen, for the recent D*C posts. :)