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April 9th, 2018
This past weekend my wife and I attended the silent auction at a local arts center. I teach kids robotics there and my wife is on the board. Our jobs for the night were to mingle around with the patrons and engage in conversations about the work for sale.
It struck me that there were several great pieces that were great art but not getting any bids. They have meaningful things to say but perhaps were not considered something someone would want to look at everyday in their living room.
For example I was talking with another board member about one of the photographs. I was this perfectly composed image of a double wide trailer split in half due to flooding. I saw all kinds of storytelling and ideas in work - defeat, forces of nature, folly of man etc. I comment that is was something I'd stop and photograph if I saw it. It got no bids and was kind of chuckled at as people said they couldn't image hanging it on their wall, too depressing. All they saw was a run down trailer, the kind they whiz by all the time in this neck of the woods.
The board member even told me I should check out a certain road near his lake house if I'm interested in seeing such run down trailers to photograph. In other words, he just didn't see what this photographer and I saw. You can't just find subjects like this that easy. I guess it takes another photographer to see the value as it got no bids during the evening.
Meanwhile something like an abstract would, gather a ton of bids. We even bid on a won a few small abstract prints.
I guess it just goes to show that not all art is bound for the living room. Some of it is created for a higher calling and is probably more appropriate for a book or museum. It's also hard to judge a single image on its own. If this image was part of a larger theme, like you see in a book or a one person art show, perhaps it would get more respect.
February 27th, 2018
SIGNS OF OUR PAST – In a new fine art photography show, visual artist Edward M. Fielding explores to old neon signs from the old American west.
February 26th, 2018
February 26th, 2018
February 26th, 2018
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February 4th, 2018
Taking a look at some recent surreal imagery from the portfolio of Edward Fielding, some of the most biazarre and unreal photographic works. Surreal means have the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream. It is a very creative style of photography as you have to have a good sense of vision and creativity to create things others wouldn’t normally see.
Enjoy these 11 examples of surreal photography and see more in the collection at: https://edward-fielding.pixels.com/art/surreal
January 26th, 2018
Deep, thick fog is an exciting weather event to photograph. Fog reduces contrast, mutes colors, eliminates backgrounds and puts everything in a mysterious, atmospheric, even lighting.
When we lived on Mount Desert Island Maine next to Acadia National Park, fog was an almost daily fact of life. You’d get reports from friends about one side of the island being fogged in while the other side was sunny. Often people on summer vacation would travel along a road that is right next to Somes Sound or the ocean daily not even realizing that it had an incredible ocean view on sunny days.
Read the rest of the article here - http://www.dogfordstudios.com/photographing-in-the-fog/
January 23rd, 2018
Tripods slow you down, help you compose, allow you to use lower ISO, smaller aperture, slower shutter speeds and shoot in less light than you can hand held. Tripods also allow for magic tricks such as blurring motion. Follow the link to learn more - http://www.dogfordstudios.com/blurry-photos-get-tripod/
January 22nd, 2018
bob ross painting for sale?
This is weird or a bad reflection of how well search engine ranking company like Alexa computes the stats on various web site’s traffic. According to Alexa the top search engine search term used to send people to Fineartamerica.com is “fine art america” at 4.84%. That’s fine but the second term is…wait for it…bob ross painting for sale with 2.61%.
The third most popular search term that sends people to Fine Art America is abstract painting at 1.65% and then in fourth more Bob Ross!
A full 1.06 head to Fine Art America after searching for “bob ross original painting”!
Really, Bob Ross is that popular? Hasn’t that guy been off PBS for years? Didn’t he die ten years ago? The guy was kind of known for…well, let’s say… amateurish, hobbyist kind of paintings. Right?
More to the story here: http://www.dogfordstudios.com/bob-ross-painting-for-sale/
December 6th, 2017
We offer a wide variety to ways you can display artwork purchased from www.edwardfielding.com. Framed and matted prints in hundreds of different frame choices, canvas prints, acrylic prints, metal prints, wood prints and prints rolled in a tube for framing locally. Which format is right for your decor?
Read more at: http://www.dogfordstudios.com/choose-canvas-framed-prints/
