How important is the booth photo? Besides the artwork images, the booth image can easily make or break an artist’s career doing art shows by keeping you out of even the shows that are considered easy to get into.     Read More…>>

Examples of my artwork photography and before and after examples of jury images I’ve improved.     Read More…>>

Mary’s Broadway debut on stage with Mandy Patinkin.    Read More…>>

Happy Holidays    Read More…>>

Our latest puppy picture taken during the eclipse.    Read More…>>

Gary San Pietro passed away on June 27th 2017. He was a true artist and his medium was photography. Camera equipment was inconsequential. In film days, when he created most of his images, his paint brush was a simple camera body with an inexpensive zoom lens and an inexpensive tripod.    Read More…>>

I learned about Tommy Emmanuel on the acoustic guitar forum. When I found out he was going to be in Pittsburgh on February 26th I was able to get seats about 20 feet from the stage.    Read More…>>

Here’s our new holiday card. Our puppies have been taking flying lessons this year.    Read More…>>

The most difficult type of artwork to photograph is jewelry. That’s because of it’s small size and that it can have many reflective surfaces. And because of it’s small size, it’s very difficult to keep the entire piece in focus. Also the jewelry medium is the most competitive. Most art shows receive more jewelry applications than any other medium. That’s why it’s important to have excellent images of jewelry that make the pieces pop when viewed by the jury.    Read More…>>

More than ever, it’s extremely important for everyone to vote for president this year. The country is divided over the two candidates to the point where each side is thinking the world will end if the opposing candidate gets elected.    Read More…>>

Missing check box to complete an application I recently received a call from an artist who couldn’t complete an application using Entrythingy. The last line on the page was a check box with the words “I have read and understood the entry instructions” with a link to continue to the next step. The problem is […]    Read More…>>

Holy s**t, I just got accepted to St Louis. So, reveling in the high you can only get when those hard to get into shows invite you, I paid my booth fee and sat down to write about it.    Read More…>>

Photograph your art in your booth, studio or wherever it’s convenient For years I’ve been recommending using your art show tent as a large diffused light source if you have large or difficult to photograph artwork. Think about how good your artwork looks when you set up at a show. Ideally you want to set […]    Read More…>>

Last week I got a call about scanning artwork to create high resolution digital images for reproduction. My web site contains a page that advertises my slide and artwork scanning services to Pittsburgh and it comes up number one when anyone searches, bringing me jobs from time to time. This job was different. The artwork […]    Read More…>>

Bill Kinney is a new breed of show director, coming from years of experience selling his own photography at art shows. His diverse background brings many skills to the table, making his shows in demand by some of the higher end artists on the circuit.    Read More…>>

2016 Broad Ripple Open Jury 517 artists competed for 230 spaces. Because of the severity of the weather forecast, I left after the jewelry category which took place immediately after lunch. Artists pay attention – if you upload images that are smaller than 1920, ZAPP is still adding wide black borders to make them 1920 […]    Read More…>>

Each year we photograph our puppies for the major holidays. Our latest photograph is the puppies on the beach enjoying the morning sun. Here are a few of our older images starting with last years holiday picture of the puppies skiing.    Read More…>>

An orthodox Greek convent contacted me about renting my Pro Panels for an event where they were auctioning religious icons that they paint.     Read More…>>

Photographing a bracelet showing how it will look on a wrist without using a model, which could be a distraction.    Read More…>>

When artists do not cover their expenses it is often because there were not enough qualified buyers at those events. This has happened to all of us. The issue is simply “bodies vs. buyers”, a concept we are all intimately familiar with. In a time where artists are failing at record numbers, the Show Director’s […]    Read More…>>

The new Xena look. Mary decided to add a pink streak to her hair. It wasn’t enough pink so she went back to have more pink put it. So we decided to have Xena have pink added to her ears and tail and were planning on taking a picture of Mary holding her. Trouble was […]    Read More…>>

Customizing the Light Dome Canopy If my Light Dome was a computer, I’d call this hacking it. I originally chose the Light Dome after purchasing a used Trimline because the Light Dome was lighter and had fewer parts. In short, it was easier to assemble for someone like me now in my 60’s. It wasn’t […]    Read More…>>

Robert Stadnycki, who used to run the Harrisburg art shows recently survived stage four colon cancer and is looking great.    Read More…>>

No, I haven’t gone over to the dark side and still recommend using a real camera to photograph your artwork or booth for jurying. But I have been investigating getting better quality pictures from my iphone camera. And by better quality, I don’t mean improved composition. I mean technically improved pictures with less blurriness (sharper) […]    Read More…>>

As an artist, your jury images are your most important asset. This article will explain how to set your camera to capture high quality photographs your artwork and offer some tips on managing images on your computer.    Read More…>>

A link to download the juror comments, images and jury scores from the 2015 St Louis mock jury    Read More…>>

There’s a movement on the art show circuit to not allow pop up type tents at shows because of the damage created when the weather becomes severe    Read More…>>