A recent study of Public Participation in the Arts by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) shows a steady decline in participation in the arts by the public.
While most of the information seems to be regarding performing arts, there is some information and data pertaining to visual arts as well. As I read at length the pamphlet of the study and the ‘data tables for researchers’ that the NEA makes available on their website, I was pleased to find that they do have data specific to art shows.
I found some interesting correlations and important economic indicators in the NEA study and drew some conclusions that I think are not favorable to art show photographers. Read on and let me know what you think. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a timelapse video I created of my setup at ArtFest Dallas May 22-24th at the Dallas Fair Park.
I created this time lapse using interval shooting mode with my Nikon D300 – just set it up on a tripod and let it click away while I proceeded to set up the booth. Since I knew I was going to pull this in to a lower quality time lapse, I set the image quality and size much lower than normal, and shot in JPG mode. When it came time for processing, I pulled the shots into Quick-time Pro and made the time lapse, then into iMovie for transitions etc. Pretty painless. Hope you all enjoy it!
Within the last 2 weeks, Ansel Adams’ work has started to be output digitally – the originals are photographed with a Hassleblad with digital back, then printed on a 12 ink printer (like the one is use).