final impressions blog - November 2006

November 30 , 2006

We have been working with friends Rich and Sarah on an artwork donation for the Friends of Acadia. The piece would be auctioned and proceeds would go to the support of this wonderful park. Rich and Sarah picked out this piece for donation:

During our conversation I told Rich that I thought the image showed the moon about to set on Cadillac Mountain as shot from Schoodic Point, but I wasn't sure. Through the magic of the internet, and some great high resolution satellite images, we were able to determine that yes indeed, it is Cadillac Mountain shot between two islands, with two small islands in the center. I pulled off the road here and took the image at exactly 5:17 AM on September 20, 2005 (note the pull off shown as open view of the ocean with no trees).

Very cool.

November 29 , 2006

I am often asked what photography magazines I read, to which I say none. Most of the technical information I need about cameras is on line and I don’t find photography magazines particularly useful for the type of artwork work I do.

However, I do purchase and read various Artist’s magazines. This month I bought a copy of “the Artist’s magazine”. It has wonderful compositions, still life oils and some great features. One that caught my eye was a discussion of composition that described classical, contemporary and experimental.

A landscape photographer has to deal with "found objects" in nature that can rarely be rearranged. Therefore the choice of where to stand, the choice of lens and the aim of the camera present infinite compositions - which one is an artists choice. This is the first creative element of the art of photography.

November 21 , 2006

I've not had a chance to post much because I've been working hard to put together a series of Folio Books of my work. Each folio will be a single subject collection of works such as Adirondacks, Acadia, Trees etc. More info here.

The final product will be a series of folio art books that can be collect into a set of portfolios suited to individual interests. When we have a body of work published, we may decide to sell portfolio cases and boxes. This would allow our customers to create boxed sets of folio art books.

November 11 , 2006

The post festival season is supposed to be quiet, but business has been moving along at a rapid pace. We have seen in increase of client purchases over the last few weeks. We are well over last year’s sales, and a quick count shows our customer list at about 600. This is great news, because of the 600 customers that have bought my artwork, none have complained or returned a print. In fact, a significant number of clients own 3 or more prints.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank all of our customers. I hope every one them is still enjoying their prints.

This last week I have been looking at the option of printing my work in B&W. I’m fortunate in that my process involves B&W images up to the very end of the process. When the piece is ready to print, I tone it and print it. This means the final preprint form of my artwork is B&W. So really it’s just a matter of printing it without toning.

This opens the possibility for additional clients to purchase work that prefer a B&W images. The prints will also be numbered into the sequence, so they become a variant, and are counted toward the total number of prints created in the limited edition set. Included below is a sample of a B&W printed piece.