[Jewelry making - Article 00158] - Re: [Orchid] Jury photographs of your booth

[Karen Goeller]

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Priscilla,

    I can pass along the tips from a PA State Guild of Craftsmen
    workshop on jury photos, specific to booth shots. Hopefully, these
    will help and are general enough to point you to good choices for
    whatever show you're applying to: 

    1. Crop the clutter - make sure your shot is targeted on your booth
    display only, and is cropped to eliminate distractions such as the
    side of your neighbor's booth, the ceiling lighting, etc. 

    2. It's far better to crop the shot to a portion of your booth than
    to make it too wide or too far back. The goal is to show how
    professionally you display your work, not the comprehensive
    documentation of the entire setup. A detail shot of a single wall or
    a partial angle of one side of the booth may be perfect. The shot
    should focus on your best display features - the case or shelf with
    your best busts with pieces on them, for example, and should give the
    "feel" of the booth. 

    3. Make sure there are NO IDENTIFYING SIGNS and no people visible in
    the booth. Most juries are processing work "blind" - there should be
    no signage visible in your booth shot. However, if you have posters
    of your work (without identifying words), they can be in the picture.
    You should NOT be in your booth shot, and there should be no
    customers in the shot, either. I also tend to remove my "credit card
    logo" sign and such before taking a booth shot. 

    4. Focus on clean, professional presentation, well-lit and well
    planned. Less is more (don't think you have to put ALL your work into
    the booth before shooting... or for a show, for that matter). Make
    sure there is no "sales clutter" in the shot (your business card
    rack, pen holder, computer, stack of sales slips, trash can, etc., do
    NOT need to be in the shot) and no trash. 

Hope this helps!

Karen Goeller
No Limitations Designs
Hand-made, one-of-a-kind jewelry
www.nolimitations.com
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