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I’m going to make this post short and sweet.  Market yourself.  Network.  Make connections.  If you plan to actually make money from your photography, you NEED to get your name out there.  Don’t sit around.  “Build it and they will come” only works if you plan to build a baseball field in the middle of a corn field.  It doesn’t work for a career in photography.  

Light Impressions may be expensive, they may be slow to deliver, but their products are the best around.  I use their archival storage boxes for all my cd’s filled with photo files.  I use their archival products to keep my prints safe.  I use their linen tape when mounting my prints and sometimes order their mat board (I say sometimes, because Dallas already has some pretty good places to find archival mat board at decent prices).  

  

I was on a photo shoot tonight and there was this cool, bubbling, glowing sign.  When I got back home to the studio, I noticed how interesting the movement and color was.  I decided to crop out a small portion of the bubbles, then repeat the same shape and change the hue over and over.  I think it makes for a nice abstract piece… 

   

So, I attended a CADD (the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas) event downtown earlier tonight.  It was worth attending.  As a Dallas photographer, it’s important to keep track of any photography-related events happening around town.  Since this one was ALL photography, with contributions for numerous galleries, it seemed like a good event to check out.  

I did notice that you can sponsor the CADD, and I would’ve done the $100 level if money weren’t so tight right now.  But with the general economy tanking and the newspaper and magazine industry slashing budgets, I need to be a little more conservative with my money right now.  Right now I need to put that $100 into advertising/marketing for Janik Photography.  But enough about me and my money (or lack of it at the moment).  Let’s see some art!

The following images were taken with my iphone, so please excuse the lack of quality:  

There was a decent crowd, but the event wasn’t packed… at least not at 6:30pm.  More people started making their way in around 7pm.

There was a DJ at the gallery.  His name was DJ Juan Solo, if I remember correctly.  He was pretty decent, and his tunes/style matched the images well enough. 

Another view of the evening.  The space was nice and the art was interesting for the most part.  

I thought this video was interesting.  You don’t see a ton of actual shooting, but you can get an idea for the amount of production involved in a big magazine cover shoot: 

This looks like an interesting event (thanks to Dallas photographer Kate Mackley for bringing it to my attention)…

Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas :: CADD Art Lab
1608-C Main Street :: Dallas, TX 75201  

Photopol.us Call For Artists: Announcing First Annual Oak Cliff Art Crawl!!!

Call for DFW Artists

Photopol.us and Bike Friendly Oak Cliff invite you to apply to exhibit and sell your artwork at the first annual Oak Cliff Art Crawl. Several Oak Cliff galleries will be open on April 25th from 4pm – 9pm, as well as the historic Texas Theater. Hundreds of visitors and art collectors will peruse and purchase art in the many participating venues that day. Exhibit will be open until May 10th.

ARTISTS:
There is no submission fee to apply. Simply email the following information to [email protected] and attach 3 jpgs of your work. All entries must be received by March 27th. You will be notified if you have been selected by April 10th. All mediums are welcome:

Name:
Email Address:
City:
Phone Number:
Alt Phone Number:
Website:
Brief Bio (100 words or less):
Provide a size, media and description for each attachment:
Medium you plan to exhibit at the Oak Cliff Art Crawl:

I haven’t had time to sit down and watch this video, but it looks promising: 

I received this bit of info regarding Blurb (the on-demand book printing company I blogged about yesterday):  

It’s a lot more money than your average 4 gig CF card, but it seems to be worth every penny: