Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] Big and Little Birds at Lut Boutique, Vancouver
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:23:36 -0400
References: <mailman.1447.1381473506.1314.lug@leica-users.org> <AE46DD01-9A97-4C8D-BA0B-8FBB9520684B@netvigator.com>

Wonderful!  It looks like a great time was had by all.  Next time, you
might want to consider uploading photos to FineArtAmerica
http://fineartamerica.com/ and having them do all of the printing and
framing.  They do an excellent job and it's cheaper than anything I have
found locally.

Tina


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:17 PM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> 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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-- 
Tina Manley
http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com


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