Big Steps

One of the big hurtles to business that I am finding working online is how to show people my work.  Much of my work is based on texture and touch, how do I convey that through a computer screen.  I have been taking some pictures of my work, but I am not satisfied with the quality of the images, whether is is the lighting, or the presentation, or another element.  I use photos to capture inspiration, to document experiments and the like, but photographing my own work is proving to be a huge challenge.  Jewelry is fairly easy to photograph for me, but fabric plays with light differently.  If I photograph yarn I want the color true, but that is turning out to be more difficult to do than I anticipated.  Then there are the scarves, just how to I show the pattern and drape of something so big?

The solution, find a professional.  Well easy said, but I am new to the area, without the connections I have developed over many years.  So what to do, call the local ArtServe branch.  They took less than 10 minutes and gave me names and numbers.  Rock my world.  Hopefully I will have gorgeous new photos to show everyone soon.  My goal is to properly display my work, so that (*crosses fingers*) I will be able to market, sell and share.

A word on Networking.  The single most important thing that school brought me was the time and motivation to network.  If I need thing X, say photography, and I cannot do it myself for whatever reason, then pass it to someone who can.  If I don't know anyone, someone I know will, be it an individual, or group, like ArtServe. The help these organizations offer is invaluable to anyone in the Arts (or in general, just ask my brother in politics, "It's all in who you know").  This links right into my belief that everything goes right into the discussion on six degrees of separation in Art? This is what happens in my life, it just keeps on circling into itself.