Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely images. All the best. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:59 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Steve Barbour wrote: > > >>> > great opportunity here Doug to give us all the precise details again... > <<< > > The show is at Blue Wing Gallery in Woodland California, between Sacramento > and the SF bay area. The show will run from April 1 through 29 and the > opening reception will be this coming Friday from 6 to 9 pm. Blue Wing > Gallery is at 405 Main Street in Woodland California, and their website is > http://bluewinggallery.com/ > > After I was done bringing the prints into the gallery we lined them up > along the walls and for the first time I was able to see them all at once > :) > > The photos in the show are at http://www.wildlightphoto.com/paw > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > On Mar 28, 2011, at 7:37 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > > > On Saturday I delivered 48 framed prints to the gallery for hanging. > Friday > > midnight I felt like I was at mile 20 of a marathon, where runners > usually > > hit "the wall". For those who have yet to run a marathon, "the wall" is > > where your energy reserves are totally depleted, all hope is gone, the > > dementors are moving in for the kill and you still have 6.2 miles left to > > run. IIRC it's where I swore I'd never run again as long as I lived. > > > > The nagging questions I had were: > > > > ) are my homemade frames good enough? > > ) do I have enough to fill the gallery space? > > ) did I print everything too small? > > ) is the gallery owner going to tell me I f***ed it all up and now he has > > nothing for the month of April? > > > > Saturday morning driving to the gallery was like mile 26: legs are > > cramping, knees are wobbly, energy reserves and brain activity are beyond > > gone but THE FINISH LINE IS ONLY 2 TENTHS OF A MILE AWAY! > > > > As I brought the prints into the gallery the crowds began cheering! The > > gallery owner loves the prints, the gallery's framer was delighted with > my > > frames, mats, everything, and there's plenty to fill the space. The owner > > summed it up: "This is going to be a great show". > > > > BTW I didn't quit running. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >