Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com