call for entries - bsg picture this 08

Opening Fri Sept 12 at 6pm to Sept 25
Download entry form from Picture This 08 or email your images to mark@bsgart.com.au.
Entries close Friday 5 Sept 2008.

$9000 IN PRIZES (ACQUISITIVE)
1st Prize: Canon 5d camera kit with 24-105mm f/4L USM lens, 8gb memory valued at $5000
2nd Prize: Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM lens valued at $2500
3rd Prize: Canon 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM lens valued at $1700, plus 10 merit awards.
The prizes are acquisitive which means BSG takes possession of the work in exchange for the prize awarded (excluding merit awards)

LOCATION
Brunswick Street Gallery, 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065

DEADLINE
Return entry form and payment to BSG 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065 or pay fee online to our bank account BSG, CBA, BSB 063212 AC 10172051 and email number of images, title, size, medium, price and an image of each work you are submitting for the show by Friday 5th September 2008.

SELECTION
All entries will be accepted for the exhibition.

EXHIBITION DATES
12-25 Sept 2008

EXHIBITION OPENING
Friday 12 Sept at 6pm (including announcement of the prize winners)

NUMBER OF ENTRIES
Each artist may submit up to four photographs.

FEES
2 works $45, 3 works $60, 4 works $75. You can submit one work but the minimum fee is $45. If making payment online or by direct deposit please put your name on the transaction.

FORMAT
Photographs must be no larger than 60x60cm including frame. Works do not need to be framed but if unframed will be pinned to the walls. Framed works must have wire on the back. Work submitted that is larger will not be accepted and the fee will not be refunded.

DELIVERY
Works must be delivered Thursday Sept 11 Sept between 8am and 8pm. Interstate artists should post it so it arrives before 11 Sept 2008.

COLLECTION
Melbourne Artists: Unsold works must be collected from BSG, 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy on Thursday 25 September 2008 4pm to 8pm or Friday 26 September 2008 8am to 10am. Work not collected by this date will be charged a $25 late fee. Interstate Artists: We will post back any works unsold COD. Please provide your full address details on a separate sheet with the work.

COMMISSION
BSG will charge 22% commission on works sold plus a 2% eftpos/credit card fee if applicable. Payment for work will be made by 10 October 2008.

INSURANCE
While BSG takes every care with your work BSG takes no responsibility for theft, loss of the works or any damage whatsoever. If you are concerned about this you are advised to take out your own insurance.

on buying a compact camera - canon powershot g9

A friend of mine who has shown a desire to get into photography for as long as I can remember, is finally going digital! He doesn't want an SLR just for the bulk inconvenience factor... so I've found him the next best thing... the Canon PowerShot G9. Totally manual, RAW capabilities, changeable lenses, beautiful (masculine) design... perfect. Check out the details over at Digital Photography Review.

For a compact (these days) they're pretty pricey, around AU$700RRP... if only I knew someone in Hong Kong (not so subtle hint!). I'm thinking eBay... should I be hesitant? But oh it's so pretty... and really, the specs make it look like my little 400D is just a G7 in SLR clothing!

latest thoughts on "The Self" (working title)

So I just started writing my bestie an email when I realised how utterly boring it would be for her. So here it is instead! hehe well it says in the title this is a digital version of a visual diary, I can messily rant in order to sort my thoughts out! It's not as if the net isn't already known for that...

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 *ok so im not really sure if i explained this but part of the inspiration for the series which will probably be called "the self", was based on jung (& folklore's) archetypes. Basically there are recognisible simplifications or epitomes of personality traits in people particularly literature & film that are subconciously universally recognisable... but im going in a more Jungian/me style.

* i think ive thought of the subtitle for your portrait if you let me do it. i really wanted something poetic and deep... but something simple just occured to me. "the friend". what do you think? i think we help bring out the greatest aspects of friendship in each other... and its something i value enormously and consider so important... and if its going to be anyone its gonna be you! so thats my latest thought.

* i think for megan ill do the artist/scientist. "They are a builder, an inventor, a seeker, a dreamer, and a thinker. Distracted by their own thoughts, they frequently have to be pulled in out of the rain. They are simultaneously vastly knowledgeable and yet innocent, impulsive yet cautious. They represent the wonder to be found in curiosity, and the dangers.^[1]"

*for squeak I'll probably do the "Animus". It's essentially just recognising in him masculine qualities that I probably have in myself.

* I found a photo I took at Nanas on my bday, I really love it but I'm not sure if it will fit in visual style of the series. It's of my cousin and it'll be "the inner child" or something a bit less chessy. Maybe just "the child". I really like it though. There's another from that day that I also like and probably fits more but has less punch, of my nana. She's the best. 

self portrait - kerrie (the saboteur) v.2

This is just a rough quickie to compare to the image I presented in the review. Shane (very awesomly) suggested I shift the composition, and give a bit of dodging & burning a go. I'll get back to the Real World photoshop then actually get started on doing this thing properly!

Overall though, on this monitor, this v.2 actually looks a lot closer to the print in terms of colour and lighting... so the net's not really the best forum for this kind of comparison. I am yet to work out how to get something 'print-ready' 'web-ready'... yet.

Review 4 2008 - The beginning of the not so self self-portraits series

The first draft of the new series: (apologies for the shitty colour profile transfer I can't be both'd right now and am in a hurry to go see other reviews!)



Self Portrait – Kerrie (The Saboteur)

My work often employs themes based around the juxtaposition of order and chaos, in an informational context. However, the process generally reveals an investigation into the psychological meanderings of everyday life.


Photography inherently encourages exploration of identity, visual communication, and documentation. The photograph serves my desires well. I am able to shoot until I find that something… to ‘capture’ it… and after a period of reflection, am able to tweak the symbolic codes into a visual commentary.

Self-Portrait – Kerrie (The Saboteur), is the first in a series of portraits of people I know, who provide a resonant truth of their identity. Something familiar. Something in me.


Dualities are heavily prevalent; self/other, order/chaos, absent/present, etc. However, the greatest shared truth appears to be based on self-sabotage. This variety, born from the paradox of choice, where freedom results in a paralysing matrix of options. If you don’t make a choice, or change an old one… the outcome is predictable. You’ve come this far. But in order to escape it now, you must avert your gaze. The screen can be good for that.

Or is it?

timeline & budget templates

Just wanted to post the templates I made (kinda - with the help of iWork), in case anyone wanted to use them... I made them in the Mac version of Excel - Numbers... which is much prettier and transfers pretty nastily to Excel. Anyway, you can have either the Numbers, Excel, or a pdf to use or pretend to use. It really does help though so do it!

Timeline, semester 2, 2008. Review dates etc, blank for all your busyness.
.numbers
.xls
.pdf


Budget. Input for income, expenses, handy little graph and a fancy other helpful thingy.
.numbers
.xls
And there's really no point giving you the pdf for this one. Save your ink.

Last semester I invested a big chunk of time in iCal, then printed each month out calendar style - helpful, but useless now that my laptop died. Again. But the iCal print options are pretty snazzy, check 'em out.

street art meets animation equals awesome!

Of of the most incredible animations/street art I have ever seen!


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

shortcuts

Mac

See the Mac OS X Shortcuts page for a decent list of handy Mac timesavers. My most recent fave... Command+Tab (and Tab again) to alternate between open applications.

Photoshop

Trevor over at Trevor Morris Photographics has created a comprehensive 4 page pdf for CS3 for Mac's (and plenty more for older systems and PC's).

Otherwise take Shane's lead and use the space on your keyboard keys for what you will primary use them for - shortcuts. Stickers and/or skins such as in the image below are available from US$30 via Photojojo.


30 more not-so-secret shortcuts.