For Veterans Day I want to honor my father and the best way is to point to the web site I built for him in 2001 when my mother passed. He was a bombardier in World War II and his mother saved every letter he wrote home.    Read More…>>

With the growing use of smart phones for photography, including my own, here I am writing about purchasing yet another point and shoot camera.    Read More…>>

How important having great jury images are when applying to the better art shows.    Read More…>>

Every American has the right to vote. Even cute puppies.    Read More…>>

Photographing mirrors for jury images presents a challenge because what’s reflected in the mirror is a distraction    Read More…>>

Things that make no sense and leave you scratching your head, like the art show application that tells you to submit digital photos or digital prints but charges you extra if you send photos or prints    Read More…>>

Getting the kids ready for trick or treating.     Read More…>>

I’ve been getting a presentation ready for my workshop on photographing artwork for the Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh. I believe in redundancy so I always carry additional copies of my presentation on    Read More…>>

Xena loves to be wheeled around in a shopping cart.. Here’s she is with Elvis at    Read More…>>

I’ll be presenting a workshop on photographing artwork on October 27th at the Center for the Arts in Pittsburgh. For more information    Read More…>>

ProPhoto RGB is a color space that should never be used for jury images, for the web, or for    Read More…>>

The unremarkable turned into the remarkable. The orance feather and beads make a great looking jury image once color corrected    Read More…>>

The difference in Pro Panels and mesh walls to hang your artwork on in an art show booth. Pro Panels make your booth look like an art gallery. But if you drive a small vehicle, like a minivan, they will take up approximately 50%    Read More…>>

Art show display rental from artists in various locations throughout the country. If you’re not using your display, consider listing it for rent locally on weekends you don’t use it. Any medium is welcome to list their display at no cost.     Read More…>>

I had photographed a tea set for a ceramicist a few months ago. She wanted to submit the image for a calendar but there needed to be some kind of food in the picture.    Read More…>>

The indoor display was extracted from the background and dropped into a white canopy.    Read More…>>

From time to time I get requests from art shows asking how they should word the image requirements on their application, or sometimes I contact art shows that are asking for images in a way that will confuse artists and maybe cause them to spend money unnessarilly to have their images formatted to meet the [...]    Read More…>>

Juried Art Services (JAS) how the jurors see your images and how the jurors score.    Read More…>>

How much white is too white. Any amount of white that draws your eyes and makes it difficult to see the detail within the few seconds the jurors may spend evaluating your artwork.    Read More…>>

I took my puppy Xena with me when I walked A Fair in the Park, the Pittsburgh art show.    Read More…>>

For people looking for a discount.    Read More…>>

The booth photographer Larry Berman with Xena and Elvis    Read More…>>

I noticed that Howard Alan is using Google AdSense as part of his advertising campaign for the Pittsburgh Shadyside art show show this weekend    Read More…>>

Here’s an example of an improved booth image.     Read More…>>

From time to time I’m going to post examples of either my jury slide photography or jury images I’ve fixed. Here’s an example of a glass vessel that was photographed in an art gallery    Read More…>>