The venue wasn't really my choice, its where the festival put me! So nothing lost from that, Im not going to bite anyone's head off! :p
Regarding photo clubs: yes, they do exist. There's a few of them. Now please dont bite my head off when I say (with confidence!) that my skill and technical abilities far exceed the typical fare found in those clubs.
They do not have regular exhibitions, and and they even more rarely hire a professional model to teach their members the most basics of portraiture. I consider myself above and beyond them from a mastery standpoint.
I may rerun the show in a proper gallery space - but I am going to guess that I won't make back the cost of putting on a show - but I want to do it all the same.
If I can sell this body of work, I break even on all my camera gear - but it isn't always about the money, its about that well of creativity that I keep throwing buckets of hope down into.
I won't. That's your assessment, why would I bite your head off for expressing what you feel?
Looks like photo club means different things in the world. The one we have here is participating in international exhibitions and the members have won several awards each year, not to mention the exhibitions all the time.
Anyway, good luck, I hope you can achieve your goals, whatever they are.
I have no real goals when it comes to my photography and I think I just realised thay now :p (I'm being serious!)
I think I just enjoy the "magic" of light and try to share that with others. Try to make them think a little.more deeply about the image as an object.
Thank you, you sparked off a trail of thought I can explore. :)
I was just trying to see if the place has the "blame". Obviously you have to find your niche in this industry, which is not easy.
Anyway, good luck and don't let the outcome beat you. If you know a bit of art history, you know the majority of the artists have been in your shoes, some all their life and had become famous only post mortem. Not that this is going to make you feel better.
Ok, going now before I upset you 😬
My eventual death motivates me to create, my thesis (which is now on peakd as a collection) was about how death was represented in Art, so I am no stranger to the topic of dead artists and death! :)
I start my new job on Monday, so I will have less time to think, which some would say is a good thing :D