For this week blog I will discuss topics from the article
“Presenting Your Photographs by Nancy Hill. This Blog will be dedicated to
photography lovers who are trying to get their photography shown to
professionals or even just to friends and family. First Hill goes to talk about
knowing your audience. It is important to know the type of audience that you
are trying to reach whether there family, friends, publication, or even for
galleries.
When it comes to people taking photography up as just an
interest, then that’s when you should show your work to family and friends
and not if you are trying to go professional. If your audience were family
and friends then you would want to present your photos in a frame or a photo
folder because they are going to want to hang your photos around the
house. When it comes to wanting to have
a career in photography, your audience will be different. You would present
your work for publication or galleries.
When your audience is
professional, then you would present your work different. You would want to
find out how whoever you’re submitting your work to and how they would want you to submit
it. When you are submitting your work to
publication, they can want you to submit it via email, CD’s, and even tear
sheets. Galleries will want you to have a professional portfolio. If you want
the gallery to take you serious, than always make sure you take a professional
portfolio.
The next topic Nancy hill talks about is how your photographs
will be viewed whether it’s for albums, scrapbooks, or walls. When your photos
are being reviewed for albums do not have more than one theme. When you stick to
one theme, then you appear to know your subject and not seem to be all over the
place with different photographs that does not match your theme. When it comes
to scrapbooks, make sure you have a concept, and that your photo stands out and
not the paper or even the font you choose to use. When putting your photographs
on walls, make sure you know the size of your photograph when putting it on a
frame. When it comes to matting your photographs, choose the pre cut matts. That
way you won’t have to spend to much or worry about if you mess the matts up
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