Engaging, high-quality photography — images for your
website, jury slides, and print media — is among the
most effective ways of increasing the audience for your work.
I maintain a small studio in Port Orchard, just minutes from
the Southworth/Fauntleroy ferry. In addition, I'm available
to do work "on location" at your studio or to photograph
booths, installations, or other difficult to move pieces.
Your presence and input is very welcome while I'm
photographing your work. If distance or time makes it
impossible for us to collaborate in person, your images can be
loaded onto my web server in close to real time to enable you
to be involved from wherever you are. You're also welcome to
send your work on its own — I'll treat it well and send
you great images.
Jury slides are one of the keys to getting your work accepted
into shows and gallaries. The "jury process" is in
transition, with more and more shows moving to digital jurying
systems. Even shows that accept traditional originals are
scanning them as part of their jurying process.
I work primarily with professional digital cameras, enabling
me to produce very high quality files for digital jury systems
such as
ZAPP
and the
Smithsonian Digital Jury System. These files can also be used
to produce excellent transparencies on film, with the added
advantage that each one is an original. Working
digitally also affords us the ability to review the images as
they are captured, ensuring that what you want is what you
get.
My normal practice is to provide you with a set of digital
files for each piece photographed, each optimized for a
particular use. The normal set includes a high-resolution
original, a ZAPP file, a file optimized for slide output, and
a low- and high-resolution web image.
If desired, film originals can be produced at the same time,
and because I use a digital camera for proofing, you can be
assured that the slides will accurately reflect your work.
Detail of Inglenook, oil on canvas by
Florence Lippincott.
The digital files I produce are high-resolution and will work
well for use in print — for post cards, magazines,
posters, and reproductions.
I carefully manage color at each step to ensure that the
information about the color of your work is communicated
accurately throughout the printing process.
These files can be output via glicée or archival
inkjet processes on a variety of media to produce superb
reproductions of your work. Of course, they are also suitable
for offset or other printing processes as well.
I am happy to work with your designer and printer, or to
suggest some excellent people and firms to work with.
Inglenook, oil on canvas by
Florence Lippincott.
Electronic media offers new possibilities for presenting your
work — and some new challenges. I can help you create new
images for the web and multimedia applications, or convert
your existing images for use in electronic media.
To rotate the image, click on the image while dragging your mouse from side to side. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, it may take a minute or two for the whole object movie to download.
For 3D artists, object movies such as this one
of Donna
Vaquer's teapot offer a way to document a more complete view of a work and to let people examine the work from all sides. This object movie has been optimized for fast loading. It is displayed with JavaScript to enable you to view it without downloading a plugin.
One of the difficulties of the web is presenting high-resolution images of your work. High-resolution images suffer from long download times and increase the likelihood of your work being stolen. I can help you and/or your web maven develop strategies for effectively displaying your images and for securing them through digital watermarking.
The image below is a detail from a Billy Davis mural. The display is zoomable, enabling you to view interesting details at full resolution without waiting to download the whole file. The original file is 188 MB and would be 13 x 42 inches if printed at full size. Downloading the whole file would take around 20 minutes on a DSL link.
Detail of mural by Billy
Davis at the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, Washington.
To zoom the image, click the '+' and '-' at
the bottom of the large view. To scroll, click the arrows. The
red square in the upper-left outlines the visable portion of
the image.
Existing slides of your work can be converted for submission
through electronic jury systems such as ZAPP or the
Smithsonian Digital Jury System. The cost is considerably
lower than re-photographing your work.
When I convert your slides, I start with a high resolution
scan. This allows me to provide you with multiple versions of
the slide: a spotted and color corrected high resolution scan
suitable for use in high quality printing; an "electronic
slide" for electronic jury systems; and versions optimized
for use on your web site or in e-mail.
Converting your slides provides you with the opportunity to
crop them and to clean up any dust or scratches. In many
cases, the quality of the scans also affords you the ability to
zoom in on details or create composites to better show off your
work.
April 6 - 9, 2006 at the
Best of the Northwest Spring Show, Magnuson Park, Seattle.
This spring I will again be setting up a studio on-site at the
Best of the Northwest to offer photographic services, including booth
photos, for participating artists. Give me a call if
you'd like to reserve a spot.
May 12 - 14, 2006
on Lopez Island
I will be taking my studio on the road for a weekend
of photography for San Juan Islands artists and crafts people. Call or
e-mail for location and times.
