OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Hi all: Well, I'm back, at least temporarily. I've spent the better part of two months either hunched over the matt cutting machine, the enlarger, or the trays of ferricyanide, selenium, sulphites and bromides; I've built frames and bought them. I've shaken the hands of more strangers in the last month than I have my entire life previous. I've combed my hair to get that "artist's disheveled" look. I've worn that tweed jacket to things other than funerals. I've seen the sun rise on an all night darkroom session-- brought warm memories of my long ago college days, cramming the finishing touches on my presentations for those egotistical professors. I've fearlessly (NOT!) ended my well paying day job. (There are health and phyical reasons for this. I don't blindly leap ahead for that completely assured career in lucrative photography, which by the way, doesn't include gawdawfull Wedding photography) I put together a photography exhibit. I have an agent. I got incredible publicity. I got a TV spot on the local news coming; a sort of "Local character who does things that are unique" type of 10 minute segment the local NBC affiliate does a couple of times a month. I guess it's been slow for them But, with this wonderful Lady at the helm, she has arranged newspaper feature articles, regional museum showings, coffee shop hangings, etc, etc. I met and joined a group of local artists who call themselves the "artisan's Gallery". I have access to Arts and Humanities council's grant proposals (Ms. Monteith claims to be an expert grant proposal writer..) I have a WEB PAGE!! I announce it carefully. It's just a front page, and there's 99% of the work left to be done, but, it's beginning. www.sidbarras.com And right now, it doesn't work too good in Explorer, or any browser that doesn't like overlapping layers. But, both Ms. Monteith and I are just learning Dreamweaver, in a month or two, it may look as good as some of the very nice ones I see among our pentax brethren. Much more to say and boast about, but, my point of the letter: the reality check. I had hundreds of people walk through the exhibit. Out of over 200 invitations sent out (plus some great print publicity which encouraged anyone to come) I must say, most of them did come. I had very "famous" local celebrities tell me how great my stuff is. I had a museum curator for a museum in the next big town over promise me I could hang a gallery in their very notable museum. (This is probably the biggest thing I got out of this whole deal.) I got a commitment for the month of July in a small museum in our sister city. All in all, I'd say, my first time off the launching pad was an enormous success. But, if I keep succeeding this well, I'll need a loan to buy any more film, if I plan on taking some more pictures. Ah, well, not that bad. I probably did a little better than break even. And I've got lots of my stuff still available and framed for the next show. But tell me someone. There's got to be some folks on this list who traveled this road before. Can you make money behind the lens if: 1. You don't (and won't) do weddings. 2. You would do portraiture, sure. But I don't want to be Olan Mills. If I do portraiture, I want to do black and white mostly. And outside. In infrared. I guess every one starts with some sort of "idealistic purity" I have this idea too. That my photography is art first and foremost. I don't want to be a contractor, bidding on jobs against other contractors. Or being told exactly how my picture should be taken before I take it. So, all you callous old shutterbugs, you cynical yet wiser now veterans. Is there a way to sustain this dream I've got playing now? Or will I succumb to the harsh reality of "what people really want. Cheers, An exhausted playwright. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Why Sid, you handsome (melancholy) devil! :) Great shots and a good beginning for your website. I'll be cranking out a site soon too, I hope... Jim - Original Message - From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:43 PM Subject: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures > Hi all: > > Well, I'm back, at least temporarily. > > I've spent the better part of two months either hunched over the matt cutting machine, the enlarger, > or the trays of ferricyanide, selenium, sulphites and bromides; I've built frames and bought them. > > I've shaken the hands of more strangers in the last month than I have my entire life previous. I've > combed my hair to get that "artist's disheveled" look. I've worn that tweed jacket to things other > than funerals. I've seen the sun rise on an all night darkroom session-- brought warm memories of my > long ago college days, cramming the finishing touches on my presentations for those egotistical > professors. > > I've fearlessly (NOT!) ended my well paying day job. (There are health and phyical reasons for this. > I don't blindly leap ahead for that completely assured career in lucrative photography, which by > the way, doesn't include gawdawfull Wedding photography) > > I put together a photography exhibit. I have an agent. I got incredible publicity. I got a TV spot > on the local news coming; a sort of "Local character who does things that are unique" type of 10 > minute segment the local NBC affiliate does a couple of times a month. I guess it's been slow for > them > But, with this wonderful Lady at the helm, she has arranged newspaper feature articles, regional > museum showings, coffee shop hangings, etc, etc. > > I met and joined a group of local artists who call themselves the "artisan's Gallery". I have access > to Arts and Humanities council's grant proposals (Ms. Monteith claims to be an expert grant > proposal writer..) > > > I have a WEB PAGE!! > > I announce it carefully. It's just a front page, and there's 99% of the work left to be done, but, > it's beginning. > > www.sidbarras.com > > And right now, it doesn't work too good in Explorer, or any browser that doesn't like overlapping > layers. But, both Ms. Monteith and I are just learning Dreamweaver, in a month or two, it may look > as good as some of the very nice ones I see among our pentax brethren. > > Much more to say and boast about, but, my point of the letter: > > the reality check. > > I had hundreds of people walk through the exhibit. Out of over 200 invitations sent out (plus some > great print publicity which encouraged anyone to come) I must say, most of them did come. I had very > "famous" local celebrities tell me how great my stuff is. I had a museum curator for a museum in > the next big town over promise me I could hang a gallery in their very notable museum. (This is > probably the biggest thing I got out of this whole deal.) I got a commitment for the month of July > in a small museum in our sister city. > > All in all, I'd say, my first time off the launching pad was an enormous success. > > > But, if I keep succeeding this well, I'll need a loan to buy any more film, if I plan on taking some > more pictures. > > Ah, well, not that bad. I probably did a little better than break even. And I've got lots of my > stuff still available and framed for the next show. > > But tell me someone. There's got to be some folks on this list who traveled this road before. > > Can you make money behind the lens if: > > 1. You don't (and won't) do weddings. > > 2. You would do portraiture, sure. But I don't want to be Olan Mills. If I do portraiture, I want to > do black and white mostly. And outside. In infrared. > > I guess every one starts with some sort of "idealistic purity" I have this idea too. That my > photography is art first and foremost. I don't want to be a contractor, bidding on jobs against > other contractors. Or being told exactly how my picture should be taken before I take it. > > So, all you callous old shutterbugs, you cynical yet wiser now veterans. > > Is there a way to sustain this dream I've got playing now? > > Or will I succumb to the harsh reality of "what people really want. > > Cheers, > > An exhausted playwright. > > > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
I would offer some wisdom, but I fear I would not be terribly understanding. -Original Message- >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:43:00 -0700 >From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Accept-Language: en >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Status: > >Hi all: > >Well, I'm back, at least temporarily. Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
"Better to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, then to join ranks with those poor souls who neither suffer much nor enjoy much because they live in the twilight that knows neither victory or defeat." -- unknown Congrats Sid, Norm Sid Barras wrote: - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
At 08:23 PM 6/12/01 +0200, Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Better to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, >then to join ranks with those poor souls who neither suffer much >nor enjoy much because they live in the twilight that knows neither >victory or defeat." -- unknown >Congrats Sid, >Norm > This quote is actually from Theodore Roosevelt, United States President: "In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." --mike nosal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Knew I was close :) Norm Remember: It's always darkest before pitch-black... Mark Roberts wrote: > Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >"Eagles may soar, but at least ducks don't get sucked into jet engines."? > > I thought it was "Eagles may soar, but *weasels* don't get sucked into jet > engines." > > (Or: "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals. Except for > weasels.") > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Eagles may soar, but at least ducks don't get sucked into jet engines."? I thought it was "Eagles may soar, but *weasels* don't get sucked into jet engines." (Or: "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals. Except for weasels.") - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Isn't that it's always darkest before the storm? At 01:11 PM 6/13/2001 +0200, you wrote: >Knew I was close :) >Norm >Remember: It's always darkest before pitch-black... > >Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Norman Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >"Eagles may soar, but at least ducks don't get sucked into jet > engines."? > > > > I thought it was "Eagles may soar, but *weasels* don't get sucked into jet > > engines." > > > > (Or: "Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals. > Except for > > weasels.") > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT: My fine art/ photography exhibition/ 15 minutes of fame adventures
Ducks? I thought that was weasels. At 10:57 AM 6/13/2001 +0200, you wrote: >"Eagles may soar, but at least ducks don't get sucked into jet engines."? >Norm > >Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Jon Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >At 02:23 13/06/01, you wrote: > > >>"Better to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, then to > > >>join ranks with those poor > > >>souls who neither suffer much nor enjoy much because they live in the > > >>twilight that knows neither > > >>victory or defeat." -- unknown > > > > > >comes from Michelangelo. In it's simplest form it usually goes something > > >like "It is better to aim high and fail, than to aim low and achieve". > > > > How about "Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light", spoken > by the > > character of Oscar Wilde in Tom Stoppard's play "The Invention of Love". > >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
