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| Winter Song--Original Photo by Johanna Bonavia https://www.etsy.com/listing/174140872/sentimental-portraits-beauty-is-all?ref=shop_home_active |
I had no idea when I decided to open an Etsy shop, VerlinStudios, that it would attract friends, relatives, fellow Etsyionites (?), etc.
It seemed like a good idea to offer to the online world photographs that I've taken (as it's always been a hobby of mine) over the years of rare, special, even unique moments.
Many of these friends have said I should put them in a book, sell, offer, etc. So that's what I decided to do.
After posting a number of photo's from Yellowstone from a trip I made in '07--I had a number of people say, "hey--I've got some photo's that I took blah, blah, blah..."
Another had just bought an expensive camera and wanted to wait to get pics with it before posting them for sale in the shop.
Actually--the art of good photography doesn't rely on the camera as much as the opportunity and the photographer (more on this in another post). I see it as "visual poetry".
As I began establishing key search words for Etsy--I decided to take a chance and buy an expensive printer--designed to print "professional" quality photo's up to 12x16". It's rare to find a "large" photograph in a home--unless it's poster-sized or an expensive portrait.
For most everyday art/photography lovers--the smaller sizes do well for offices, study, bedroom, etc.
And then I noticed one photograph that my girlfriend told me about. It was an icy setting from a cemetery near her home--taken years ago.
I kept thinking--yeah, an ice storm picture--right. But there was something "ethereal" and peaceful about it.
Since it was in a 5x7 print format--I had to "take a picture" of it--and turn it into a digital photograph.
Along with the professional printer--I use Adobe Photoshop elements software for photo editing. As I applied certain layers on this photo--the contrast between the trees and snow/ice intensified and a blue hue formed near an ice layer.
It began to pop--and I thought, wow--interesting effect!
I posted it in the shop and within a few days--a number of Etsy folks began to favorite it or add it to their treasuries/shops.
I then began marketing on Facebook--and within days--it was the number one "like" of over 60 photos!
I named it Winter Song--as I felt that title captured the essence of the beauty of winter.
As of this date--it continues to be one of the most popular prints that I sell and have asked Johanna for any more prints she just might have laying around!
Stay tuned--in the near future--I just may have a Fan Photo Contest for you to submit your favorite photo shot.
Just goes to show you--you don't have to have fancy equipment to create a beautiful work of art. I remember watching Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road--a PBS special with Paul McCartney.
He was talking about when the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road--right up to Sgt. Pepper. They only had a four-track reel-reel tape recorder (today, there are 42 track boards).
He described the recording--then overdubbing onto another track, etc. He said that some people didn't like the "loss of quality" that overdubbing back then produced.
For every track you layered on another (mixed)--you might lose a little fidelity. But he said that they liked that "loss of quality".
That effect helped create their unique sound--just as in photography--taking a picture of a picture can create that same loss of quality (as in Winter Song)--but that loss takes on it's own artistic value.
More on all of this in my next post--including photographic techniques that Walt Disney used in his early classics for "effect".
Look at all our prints/services at www.etsy.com/shop/VerlinStudios and let me know what you think!
Also--if you have a business--and would like some great marketing/advertising tips/ideas--CLICK HERE and get my FREE monthly Marketing & Business Update e-Newsletter.
If you like this post--please follow me and share with your friends!
Since it was in a 5x7 print format--I had to "take a picture" of it--and turn it into a digital photograph.
Along with the professional printer--I use Adobe Photoshop elements software for photo editing. As I applied certain layers on this photo--the contrast between the trees and snow/ice intensified and a blue hue formed near an ice layer.
It began to pop--and I thought, wow--interesting effect!
I posted it in the shop and within a few days--a number of Etsy folks began to favorite it or add it to their treasuries/shops.
I then began marketing on Facebook--and within days--it was the number one "like" of over 60 photos!
I named it Winter Song--as I felt that title captured the essence of the beauty of winter.
As of this date--it continues to be one of the most popular prints that I sell and have asked Johanna for any more prints she just might have laying around!
Stay tuned--in the near future--I just may have a Fan Photo Contest for you to submit your favorite photo shot.
Just goes to show you--you don't have to have fancy equipment to create a beautiful work of art. I remember watching Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road--a PBS special with Paul McCartney.
He was talking about when the Beatles recorded at Abbey Road--right up to Sgt. Pepper. They only had a four-track reel-reel tape recorder (today, there are 42 track boards).
He described the recording--then overdubbing onto another track, etc. He said that some people didn't like the "loss of quality" that overdubbing back then produced.
For every track you layered on another (mixed)--you might lose a little fidelity. But he said that they liked that "loss of quality".
That effect helped create their unique sound--just as in photography--taking a picture of a picture can create that same loss of quality (as in Winter Song)--but that loss takes on it's own artistic value.
More on all of this in my next post--including photographic techniques that Walt Disney used in his early classics for "effect".
Look at all our prints/services at www.etsy.com/shop/VerlinStudios and let me know what you think!
Also--if you have a business--and would like some great marketing/advertising tips/ideas--CLICK HERE and get my FREE monthly Marketing & Business Update e-Newsletter.
If you like this post--please follow me and share with your friends!
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