Dealing with Photographs, Slides, Digital Images

Images are used in everything from websites, portfolios, catalogs, brochures, applications, postcards, as silkscreens, greeting cards, corporate identification, advertising, books, magazines, and more. A how-to manual for the artist, Dealing lays out the 17 most common requirements for submitting your work to shows, galleries, exhibitions, etc. in graphic detail defining the terms commonly used and explaining their purpose through a tutorial on using either iPhoto or Photoshop. Templates are included on making a digital portfolio. Dealing exposes the why of good images, finding a qualified photographer, your publicity photo. Setting up your own studio if you cannot afford a good photographer from what to look for in equipment (and why) to hanging, the mysteries of bracketing and f-stops, film types and resolutions, on through lighting your work to what to pay attention to when you finally get to shoot the photo. Different techniques for handling your images are covered from mounting to labeling to storing.