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  • Jim Parker October 12, 2012 at 3:42pm

    I would put work up front so that it is more visible. Shoot the images without glass to eliminate glare in the glass, or use cross-polarized light sources. The rug and baseboard looks quite professional. Some shows will require the booth to look very close to what you have at a show. It's so clean, it looks like a living room. Seems to me the work is getting a bit lost here, with the two bins on the right side taking the most wall space.

    I shot my last booth shot with all of the bins in place. I have big boxes, and they are integral to the booth. So much so, that without them, the booth looks quite a bit different. I have juried with shots like yours, and with shots done at shows, that show the booth very cleanly, but with most of the "furniture" in place. I would have to say that my acceptance rate has been about the same either way. In fact, I have gotten into more top tier shows with a booth shot "on location" than with the heavily art-directed staged shot. Part of that is a more cohesive body of work, and part of it is cleaning up those elements that are distracting, and have nothing to do with the display and the work.

  • Connie Mettler October 12, 2012 at 1:17pm

    I think this is very nice. Waiting to hear what others say. At first I wanted you to crop out weights and lights, but then thought they are part of the display, no pretending. I like your baseboard, it cuts out distractions. Classy. I like the whole thing and wouldn't change a thing.

    And I like the table with the plant. It gives the booth a little personality and will give your image something just a little different from the dozens of images are viewed by the jury.

    • Bors Vesterby > Connie Mettler October 12, 2012 at 1:37pm

      Thanks Connie.  I spent a lot of time finding something that blended with the booth. 

  • Larry Berman October 12, 2012 at 1:17pm

    Remove the copyright on the image. Remove two out of the three bins. Remove the table, you're not selling plants. All the top row of pictures should be at the same top height. Try and keep a more uniform size of your framed pictures and balance them on two rows around the booth.

    Larry Berman
    http://BermanGraphics.com
    412-401-8100

    • Bors Vesterby > Larry Berman October 12, 2012 at 1:35pm

      Thanks Larry.   Exactly what I was looking for.

      I'm starting to understand that a booth shot for jury is selling something different than your booth layout for selling art to customers. For example, a table is handy for people to set down their purse or bag when completing a sale, and as a stable place to write down their contact information.  Yet it sounds like it is in the way for a jury.

      I'm working to understand the formula, which leads to a question.  Why take out two of the bins?  Is it for simplicity of look?  Or that national level shows are looking for artists selling primarily framed originals (as in a gallery)?

      • Connie Mettler > Bors Vesterby October 12, 2012 at 3:05pm

        In this shot you are selling your booth to the jury. Every show wants to look like a gallery with the finest work around. When you are at the show it can look like it is in the photo above.

      • Larry Berman > Bors Vesterby October 12, 2012 at 1:38pm

        Both for the picture. Just having one bin with unframed work is representative of what your booth will look like at a show. The key word is representative. Too many bins make your booth look tacky for the picture.

        Less is more.

        Larry Berman
        http://BermanGraphics.com
        412-401-8100

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