Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]--- As an artist, it's sometimes difficult to ascertain whether an image is a good image or whether one is deluding oneself. --- Wrong attitude. You know if it's good or not. That's what matters. If you're trying to cash in on it, there are other variables. Daniel On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > re: rejection > > I did not get juried into a "gallery show" course. Congratulations to Bob > Adler though as he will be showing his stuff at the group show in March. > > The thoughts of selling all my gears and take up... something else occurred > to me. But I figured I should just "pick up the pieces and soldier on, > soldier on" > > I talked to the gallery owners and the instructor. They made it clear that > the format, and the content in my portfolio generally are OK, but the > printing and post processing need more "punch." > > While I know people have different preferences on printing and > post-processing, I agree with their general assessment and more > importantly, > this is a technicality and techniques I know I can tweak and improve. I > would be more concerned if the content fails. As an artist, it's sometimes > difficult to ascertain whether an image is a good image or whether one is > deluding oneself. > > Techniques I can handle. After all, it's only in early Nov that I started > the digital negative contact printing. > > More printing and full speed ahead. > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >