Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Photographing Plein Air Artists


Sunday was a great day weather wise with just maybe a little too much 'breeze', but the artists were having a great time. The High Hand Nursery is a great place to paint and/or photograph because of all the lush plants they have on the grounds. Plus they have archways and statues. It would also be a great place to photograph portraits. Just an idea if you live here locally.

I took numerous photographs of the ten entries as they were painting. I don't normally do this type of photography, but it's part of my duties at the High Hand Gallery. So in this instance, because of the time - middle of the day - and the shadows that the trees and shrubs cast, I used my larger flash attachment. I think I got some fairly good shots for the High Hand Gallery Facebook page. I immediately came home and uploaded them to the page, which isn't an easy feat because we have satellite. But it went pretty fast for some strange reason. The picture I decided on to post here, is of one artist painting another artist.

Monday I was busy finishing up getting my photos ready for the gallery. The artwork gets changed out every two months. This round I went with 'trees'. I have numerous photograhic images of trees in various locations of the country: New York City, Carmel and Point Lobos, Oregon, etc., to choose from. I just had to frame them and cut one mat. I delivered them to the gallery yesterday.

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