My First Gallery Show

For some time my family and friends have urged me to have a show to highlight my outdoor images. I have never really wanted to put a commercial spin on this area of photography as there are so many that so much better than I. Last year the local paper offered me time and space in their monthly gallery and I declined believing myself and my images not worthy. But I rain-checked them for a year in the future and wouldn’t you know it…..it’s time.

I have spent the last month processing and printing about 15 pieces for display. These images are a mixture of frames, standouts, and even a couple of gallery wraps. I hung them on the afternoon of March 3rd. They will hang for a month and the paper will do a short piece about me and my work later this week.

I have learned a lot during this process and the first is…..if it looks good on the computer it looks twice as good printed…at least for me that is the way of things. Even though I can dissect each image with all it’s faults when I step back and look as the not-to-critical consumer they work very nicely. The second thing I learned is that printing bigger is better. Anyone with a camera of 8 megapixel or so and a good capture can produce some really fine larger images.

The next thing I learned is anyone who needs photos printed should strongly consider MPIX/MPIXPro/Millers Lab. From dirt cheap overnight FedEx shipping, to rushing an order, to the absolute rock-solid packaging of your precious images……these guys ROCK! They have someone there 24 hours and I have yet to send an email that was not answered within 30 minutes. Every file I have ever sent looks better than I could have ever have imagined. Recently my daughter was in Pittsburg,KS looking at Pittsburg State University as a possible place to continue her volleyball career at the collegiate level(yes she will be a GORILLA!). While there I arranged a tour of Miller’s facility. My tour leader spent over two hours and answered every question that I might ever have had about any process at the facility. I just can not say enough good things about them. Every time I have considered another lab I always find out the grass is seldom greener on the other side.

Anyone out there with a photographic vision and some images….consider letting the rest of the world view them in real time. All of us are suckers for the visual side of things and we will lap up all the images you want to hang. Even if you think they are bad there is someone who loves it.

In closing I will just say that the ground in Arkansas is getting saturated with moisture and the sound of waterfalls will not be far behind. I can hardly wait! I believe I will be posting just a bit more regularly as the spring waterfall season heats up.

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