Somehow I ended up on a panel that will be discussing various aspects of the marketing of one's art in today's digital/www environment. Generally the panel will be discussing "Presentation of Art Work". Specifically, I am to lead a discussion on "traditional slide format merging into digital" whatever that is suppose to mean. Why me, I don't know...but I am going to give it a shot...I might learn something!
I take it to mean how one presents one's work in a digital format that was once done with a sheet of slides. Other presentors are handling things like websites, conducting oneself as a professional, etc.
I did a search for related info here, but came up blank.
Off the top of my head I came up with things like:
The size of the files for emailing, presentations via CD's.
Watermarks (as in don't use them) -- I have read recent posts here about copyright protection.
Accurate representation of one's work (don't over-saturate colors, increase contrast, etc).
What to send to a gallery for consideration -- jpegs? A Power-point presentation? How many images?
The best way to generate a digital file...scanning slides or prints, digital capture. (the panel discussions are for all types of artists, not just photographers.)
Maintaining a digital library of one's work for future use (format, storage devices).
I only have to talk for 15 minutes or so. Any tidbits of information you can provide, opinions, experiences presenting digital portfolios to galleries and/or competitions, et al would be appreciated -- and perhaps be useful information to others here. It would be great to hear from any gallery owners about their dos and don'ts and any wacko (and good) experiences they might have had with artists.
Vaughn
For the record, I am doing this on a volunteer-basis for our local Art Council.
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