[Leica] Big and Little Birds at Lut Boutique, Vancouver

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Thanks for sharing Howard, and good to see your work available for sale 
and to see some familiar faces.

regards
Vick


On 11/10/2013 1:17 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> About a year ago my daughter Jennifer who owns Lut Boutique on Main Street 
> in Vancouver suggested that I could be one of her visiting artists. She 
> shows local artists on the walls of her clothing store and sells their 
> work as part of community building. I said sure - without taking into 
> consideration the amount of work that would be involved. We settled on 
> "Big Birds and Little Birds of Pender Island" as a theme and I spent the 
> summer adding to my collection of Eagle (big birds) and Hummingbird 
> (little birds) photos. We chose twelve pictures - six eagles and six 
> hummingbirds. Jenny insisted on at least one hummingbird silhouette 
> picture (which I wouldn't have chosen) and was more interested in colours 
> than in the clarity of each photo. I ordered 100 matts for 5X7 photos to 
> fit in 8X10 frames, together with backing and an cellophane envelop for 
> each matt to present the photo. I also ordered 25 matts for 8 X 10 photos 
> to fit 11 X 14 frames. Then I went around to the picture fra
>   me store and ordered up frames and matts to hold 18X24 prints and set to 
> work getting everything printed. I used the local London Drugs photo 
> service and after establishing rapport with the senior printer, I got 
> excellent prints with only one set that had to be done a second time. It 
> was a lot more work that I had anticipated but it also was very 
> satisfying. Several of my photo friends from the Leica Group at Zen cafe 
> came to the opening, old diplomatic friends came and I also met a lot of 
> Jennifer's regular young customers who had a lot of opinions about what 
> they liked and didn't like about the bird photos. The guys mostly liked 
> the eagles and my landing eagle picture was the favourite. Ladies mostly 
> liked the hummingbirds - including the silhouette one that I didn't want 
> to include - and were mostly interested in colour rather than texture or 
> picture clarity. The show is up until the end of December - in time for 
> Christmas sales - and I have already been requested by Jenn
>   y to order more matts to make sure there is sufficient inventory for the 
> Christmas season.
> Interestingly I expected the cheaper 5X7s to sell the best but in fact the 
> 8X10s were better sellers so I need to adjust the mix. At the end of it 
> all I have a newly found respect for the people who prepare and mount any 
> art show.
>
> Here are the pictures:
>
> Me as the great white hunter with the old Leica 400 Telyt
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/HCTelyt.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n8f823t
>
> The invitation card to the show:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/BigLittleBirds.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/pl27hfy
>
> Lots of photographer friends came to the opening and took pictures, of 
> course,
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/ChrisTuulikki.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mt7cuqq
>
> Jennifer's friends brought their baby to the show:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/AmyBabeEs.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n42f4zm
>
> Others brought their dog:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/JennCathDog.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ltzxglf
>
> Several leicas and one nikon film rangefinder were in evidence:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/PatTomDavid.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mdsl6cz
>
> The pictures on the wall;
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/ShowWall1.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/og3t9ng
>
> Another view of the hanging pictures:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/ShowWall.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/pejw3tu
>
> Esther and me with two admirers - the disputed hummingbird silhouette 
> picture is on the wall behind us:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LutShow/Show1.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n4qk276
>
> If you are in Vancouver visiting please do go to see the show which is on 
> until the end of December.
> Lut Boutique 4219 Main Street at 26th Avenue.
>
> Please look large,
> C&C always welcome
> Howard
>
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