So, whilst not having an awful lot of time to create drawings I have never taken seriously the importance of taking decent pictures of my work – and how it can change its imapct.
Whilst a necessity for having good pictures of your work has always obviously been the case the gap in which I created next to no work was the period in which social media of all kinds really took off and started to change life as we had always known it. One minute “Myspace” was a thing that few people had and it all seemed rather strange – to then going to people putting the contents of their breakfast plate on the Internet seemingly overnight. This also clearly helped/ helps implement artists in gaining more exposure for their work; and suddenly before paint was drying on a canvas it was plastered all over the Internet.
I digress.
I have begun to learn about taking (for me) better and pictures that actually accurately record my work; I have had an epiphany consisting of white balnce, no coloured lighting, turning the flash off etc, etc, etc. With just a few small tricks I have learnt recently I have found in the last couple of weeks I have actually learnt the skills to help my drawings stand up in the arena of social media and websites/ opportunity applications. Now this may sound very basic – and I’m sure it is but for me and my practice; its a great big step. It has helped my confidence and my practice become a little more autonomous…uh oh…next post title – isolated artist seeks help!!!
