I set up my new booth shot in my studio and will have it professionally photographed tomorrow morning. Forgive the iPhone pic. Please let me know if something looks awry. Booth shots are stressful... I really wanna get this right. At the moment, I do not have tent sides on and the light shows from the bottom. Is that okay or should I put them on. Did not include a print bin because I read that it would be distracting for jurors. Is that still the case. Any comments welcome!
Thank you! I totally redid my shot before the professional photog got there to shoot it. Good good advice I got here and am so appreciative. It wasn't really until I compared the two that I understood the changes. So happy I came here for a critique. :-) Forgive the terrible iphone pics but you see the difference! Waiting on my professional shot or I would post that as well.
Looks too cluttered. Hang the work symmetrically and give the pieces more space. Loose the colored floor or plan on adding either grass or concrete afterwards. It takes away from your art. Move the camera back so you can see just outside the booth on both sides so the edges can be straightened and squared up. The lighting needs to look like it's coming down through the roof to look like a natural outside booth picture.
Thank you for the advice! I will make edits accordingly :-)
By symmetrical, I assume you mean to hang works of the same size above and below each other? But I am not sure I understand what you mean...
Robert Wallis > April E MurphyApril 20, 2016 at 7:02pm
Think of composition as you hang and arrange the work. What shapes and sizes work together? Keep the tops of the pieces in a level line and try to align vertical edges in a vertical where possible. Think about moving the smaller pieces to the front so they don't get lost in the receding perspective. It's like a game of Tetris at times and make sure the pieces have space to breathe.
So I took a lot of stuff out and hung from the same height at top of panels and ditched the flooring. Photog coming in an hour. Suggestions? Studio is a bit dark... Raining outside...
And I do sell prints so I put the print bin in the pic.
Larry Berman > April E MurphyApril 21, 2016 at 12:55pm
That's much better. Maybe use a larger picture in the bin. Also, The bottom picture at the left of the bin needs to be moved to the right centered under the picture above it. The ground will need some work but it's not as distracting as the colored floor tiles.
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Thank you! I totally redid my shot before the professional photog got there to shoot it. Good good advice I got here and am so appreciative. It wasn't really until I compared the two that I understood the changes. So happy I came here for a critique. :-) Forgive the terrible iphone pics but you see the difference! Waiting on my professional shot or I would post that as well.
boothshot_compare.jpg
The new shot is much better.
Larry Berman
Thank you! Your input was much appreciated :-)
Looks too cluttered. Hang the work symmetrically and give the pieces more space. Loose the colored floor or plan on adding either grass or concrete afterwards. It takes away from your art. Move the camera back so you can see just outside the booth on both sides so the edges can be straightened and squared up. The lighting needs to look like it's coming down through the roof to look like a natural outside booth picture.
Read this article:
http://bermangraphics.com/blog/photograph-your-booth/
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
Thank you for the advice! I will make edits accordingly :-)
By symmetrical, I assume you mean to hang works of the same size above and below each other? But I am not sure I understand what you mean...
And I do sell prints so I put the print bin in the pic.
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That's much better. Maybe use a larger picture in the bin. Also, The bottom picture at the left of the bin needs to be moved to the right centered under the picture above it. The ground will need some work but it's not as distracting as the colored floor tiles.
Larry Berman
Okay, got it. Thanks!
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