Good Gallery!

Exciting. Expensive. Exceptional.

That is my 3 word definition of what it means to be featured in a Gallery.
It is wonderful and at the same time, you feel vulnerable.
You put your work out there for the world to be your critic.
Not easy- But fun..in fact- So much fun I decided to
accept the invitation- to take that risk.
Please take a drive down 95 south from RI into Connecticut to view my work on July 1, 2009 at the Left Bank Gallery, in Essex. What a beautiful town.. grab a coffee/tea and sit for awhile.
This will be my art's new home for the next 6 months. I will email you all the schedule for my Opening Reception, soon.
Here's to an Exciting-Expensive-Exceptional season!
Cheers.
JB

VOILA! Gallery in Wickford Rhode Island

As artists, we visit galleries.. all kinds of galleries in many different places.

Personally, if i could rent a room in a gallery I would live there.

My Fine Art Photography,  is now hanging in a gallery in Wickford Village, Rhode Island.

The name of the Gallery is Voila! I am very excited about this and would love to

have you visit this gallery owned by Natalie and Brent Thompson.

They have done beautiful and incredible things with the space.

I am proud to be a part of this exciting venture and to see my work displayed among the

other talented and very fine artists. The Wickford Art Festival is on July 9th and 10th...

Come by.. you wont be disappointed!

jb

My NEW Website-www.BellPhotographyStudio.com

"You'll have to come visit". How many times have you heard that before?
I am now also going to tell you the same thing. However, I am referring to my NEW Website.
You have to see it.. it is awesome.. and the guy who did it.. is truly amazing and very
reasonable to hire. He is a college student who designs websites to help pay his bills through
school. If you are interested, leave me a comment and I will refer him to you. Good and cheap..
You have to love it!
My site is www.BellPhotographyStudio.com (first on top)..i dig it. Come visit.

Macro

So, I started shooting Macro.. and i really love it.
It is a whole new world for me.. i never knew flowers could be so interesting!
I also started doing some shoots of new pets..i must say Rembrandt lighting is my
favorite indoor style..but i still prefer outdoors using natural light.
I have included one of my pictures of this Golden Retriever.. He is a beauty with a
great disposition and a true lover of the camera!
I will post one of my new fine art flower pics soon.. I am so glad it is spring..so much beauty to be inspired by. I just love it-rain and all.

Tip # 4 What are you trying to say?

Have you ever heard the expression,'" A picture is worth a thousand words?"

How many words is your picture worth?  The fewer the better.

Why? Because a photograph speaks in a unique way, by using visual dialogue.

Photographs  have the power to evoke strong emotions, depending on how you set up the shot, prior to taking the picture.

 So before you just "click", first stop and then think..." what am I trying to say"?

Compostion: Rule of thirds, background and foreground.

Tip # 3 Give it your BEST SHOT!

 THE RULES OF COMPOSITION

Years ago, artists who had been born with an innate sense of design created works that were perceived, by other

 skilled artists, as having good composition. Not only that, but their works were very popular with the general public

 and art afficionados. Analysis of such works showed patterns and trends in the organization and inter-relationships of lines, shapes, forms and colors that were recognized as contributing to the effectiveness of the works. It was found that others could 

employ these patterns as techniques in improving their own works. When they were defined, they became known as

 the rules of composition.