I've been doing art festivals for about 18 months now as a side job but I'm looking to leave my "job" and start concentrating on my art.
Here is a couple booth shots from an Atlanta show this past weekend. Any help or critique is welcomed.
I've only been rejected from 2 festivals out of approximately 20 applications. Some applications state no photoshopped booth photos. I'm curious about that statement. Does that mean you can't photoshop the grass out?
My panels are made from cedar and I backed them with 2' x 4' light diffuser panels. I think it gives the panels a clean modern look, blocks the public from seeing my stock area and allows additional light to come through.
Ok community. Ready...set...go!
Matt Estrada
chürp modern birdhomes
For a jury picture, I'd hang the work more symmetrically and try to eliminate the backlighting coming through the slats in the wood. Maybe double up the tent sides and shoot on an overcast day.
If you pull back the tripod (probably not used one?) and include what's outside of the tent on each side, you can square the sides up so all the vertical lines look straight at the edges.
Don't hang work so it sticks up over the tops of your panels and try to have the tops of all the pieces be at the same height so your eyes flow around the booth.
The object of a good booth picture is for the jurors to not spend time looking at it. They should just glance at it and think it looks professional so they spend the time evaluating your art.
Matt Estrada > Larry BermanApril 8, 2014 at 7:17am
Larry,
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll definitely retool the display and get new pics taken. Hopefully this weekend at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival after set up.
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For a jury picture, I'd hang the work more symmetrically and try to eliminate the backlighting coming through the slats in the wood. Maybe double up the tent sides and shoot on an overcast day.
If you pull back the tripod (probably not used one?) and include what's outside of the tent on each side, you can square the sides up so all the vertical lines look straight at the edges.
Don't hang work so it sticks up over the tops of your panels and try to have the tops of all the pieces be at the same height so your eyes flow around the booth.
The object of a good booth picture is for the jurors to not spend time looking at it. They should just glance at it and think it looks professional so they spend the time evaluating your art.
Here's my page of instructions on how to shoot your own booth picture:
http://bermangraphics.com/artshows/photograph-booth.htm
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
Larry,
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll definitely retool the display and get new pics taken. Hopefully this weekend at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival after set up.
I appreciate all the points you touched on.
Matt Estrada