Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that voted and shared the link to the People's Choice Award.
Voting seems to be over, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed. :)
Exposure Photography Competition
There's a People's Choice Award that would be super cool to win. :)
You can vote for my photographs here.
There's no registering, no email address needed. Just click the link, click vote and click the "LIKE" button.
(note: Sometimes the "LIKE" button disappears, I've emailed them and if it happens to you it would mean the world if you kept trying :)
Remember those posters?
:D
Posters that me and our copywriter did won a District 3 Gold ADDY, which is awesome. But somehow they also won Best of Show! I know, right?!
We found out yesterday and as soon as a press release goes out (soon I hope) I will update this post with the posters. :)
*UPDATED WITH POSTERS. :) 4.12.2011
Courtesy of me. :)
That's mine there, but look at this link for more cool shots.
I have now been up for 27 hours. And I have 4 more to go before I can go home and sleep. For some reason I volunteered for a 24-hour Create-A-thon where a whole bunch of advertisers in the area decided to stay up from 2pm Friday until 2pm Saturday (today) and create logos/ads/billboards/whatever for local non-profits.
I'm a bit excited. Mostly because I read the blog every day.
What is it you ask? The guys from American Copywriter are going to be in my town next week speaking at two different events.
And no, I probably won't go talk to them. I'm painfully shy in real life.
That's it, I just wanted to share. :)
The image at left is originally a color slide which I developed on a color enlarger with the magenta turned up too high... a happy accident.
One of these days I will brave the no trespassing sign and go inside. I will give adequate notice so that in case I fall through a floor someone can come rescue and then arrest me.
Enjoy.
For those that are interested, the opening went well. It was a lot bigger than I expected - but that was cool.
I didn't win anything - BUT it's okay. :) It was just that one woman's opinion and someone else could've loved my photograph. So there.
I did get to talk to my boss's sister, who happens to be an artist around here. She works only on commission now, if that tells you anything. She said she liked my photograph and that I should keep it up. She apparently worked as a graphic designer for about 10 years and then started entering local juried and open call shows and the rest, as they say, is history.
So that was some nice encouragement.
Also the potato cakes were delicious... even if I did think they were crab cakes. O_o
And I mean really hard. I have to write a 30-second description of my photograph (why I photographed it, what it looks like) for the visually-impaired.
I really am having a great deal of trouble trying to describe what it looks like (the why is easy).
p.s. Info for the Opening Reception on my MySpace page.
Just got home and opened a letter from WVTF. Seems the chair in the waterfall has been chosen as a finalist in the show.
I'm really excited, especially since after I entered I researched the juror (I know I should've done that before). Let's just say her style had me anxious that she'd like anything.
Finalists are exhibited July 2 - 31 and awards will be announced on July 20 at the Open House.
YAY! Send good vibes my way!
Addendum: This is why Doug is my favorite "GE Guy" - he goes, "just one?!"
Alright, I'm off to submit everything. Doug likes the doll the best.
Cross you fingers... and keep them crossed until the 22nd (because that's when I find out if I've been chosen for exhibition).
OK, I went home and looked through all my prints and got input from the family. Everyone's given me money so that I can enter 3 photographs because no one could choose.
I entered these:
I can sell them if I want to - but I can't decide if I want to. But I've got to decide quick as I have to drop them off on my lunch break. I don't want to sell #3. But if I did, I was thinking $50, $100, $150?
p.s. And I couldn't find the acceptable print of the self-portrait.
I've decided to submit work to a local juried art show - it raises money for public radio.
I'm trying to decide what to submit, I'll have to go home and look through things.
That or I could just pull out my darkroom equipment. Damn oil and silver prices.
Unfortunately, I wasn't prepared to go climbing down a very large embankment in the freezing cold or I would have a better photograph.
She was only half-decomposed.
Can't really tell from that one.
Try this.
