PINHOLE IMAGES

I have finally gotten to shoot with my pinhole camera and I have to say I am as excited as the first time I shot with the Holga. The developing is a bit faster and the scanning is not as much of a pain. The first images was done with a 17 min exposure, the second one with 15 mins, and the last one was about 12 mins. I think my favorites are the last two. Feedback?

FRAMES?

While looking at prices for wire and things of that sort I ended up getting prices for frames. The prices I got were mostly from Hobby Lobby or Home Depot. I looked at a variety of sizes and prices and hope that this helps when you are in look out for some frames for you pieces.

Frames with Glass (wood)---Exhibition (type).
These have a simple black frame. I did purchase some for the Juried Exhibition and they were light weight, so they're easy to carry, and elegant in a way. 
16x20 -- $29.99
24x36 -- $49.99
11 3/4x36 -- $34.99
22x28 -- $44.99
18x24 -- $34.99

Frames with Glass (plastic)---Thin (type).
These frames are a bit more on the cheap side. I don't think I would recommend them for the exhibition but I don't know everyone's budget and if treated with care it may not look too bad. As well, they are light in weight, even more because the frame itself is not very thick.
16x20 -- $9.99
24x36 -- $19.99
11 3/4x36 -- $11.99
14x18 -- $14.99
22x28 -- $15.99
18x24 -- $12.99

All of the prices I got at Hobby Lobby. Now you all know that most, if not all the time the frames are 50% off! You can get two frames for the price of one, which to me seems like a pretty decent deal. 

You can as well sign up to get the weekly coupons from Hobby Lobby and get extra discounts there. Not that I am trying to sponsor Hobby Lobby but it is close and when there are discounts available there are beneficial to us. I am really just trying to get you guys an idea of prices and give you a starting point of comparison when you go and get your own prices. I am sure by now you should have a good idea of where you like to shop for your frames but if you don't here is a good way to start.

Now...... Glass
If you were looking to make your own frames or getting simply the frames from a shop you will need glass. I got the prices from Home Depot.

Glass--only comes in standard sizes. If you need to cut it, things may get even more costly or dangerous.
24x30" -- $10.38
12x36" -- $6.30
18x36" -- $9.37
24x36" -- $12.39
30x36" -- $15.68
16x20" -- $4.90

Hope this helps guys. If you find better deals yourself, please post it. 
Enjoy!

FAR-RA-GO

Me and Kenyatta went to Far-ra-go today and we met with Corinne Galla who is the owner of the place. This is what the gallery looks from the outside. It is located at the heart of Newnan's square and there seems to be plenty of parking on both sides of the road. It is in a one way street.

The gallery space is on the top floor.

The entrance of the place is towards the right. The stairs bring you inmediatly to the hallway were our work would displayed.

This is the hallway. It is approximately 30-40 ft long. The width concerned us since it is only 44 in wide. 

The side on the right is made of bricks that has been covered with plaster. The side on the left is regular dry wall. Either way nails would work for both sides. The side on the right has one "dummy" door which used to be a connection path to the other side of the building but that has been closed off. On that wall we only loose the size of the door which is less than 4 ft. 

The left side of the hall contains a total of 4 doors. One is located right as you enter the place to the left which leads to the reception area. The next door leads to the other room.

This room we only have available one wall of 15-16 ft. long and a side of about 5 ft.

Corinne did state that she would move the art work from the walls that we would be using which is the hallway and the walls mentioned previously. The rest of the work will still be hung up. Our reception area is her main studio in which most of her work is located. She made it clear that her work would stay on the walls. There is a table provided to us but it is not too long for beverages and food. We did ask if we wanted to bring tables, Corinne said it would not be a problem.


As far as the rest there is a kitchen that is located almost at the end of the hallway.

At the end of the hallway turn left, then turn right and the bathroom would be there. Oh and not that it matters but the bathroom has a shower in it too lol.

For tuesday we will have a floor plan of the place but I don't think we can give an idea of who would go where since we don't know the scale people were thinking of working on. Since the space we have is not as big as we had imagined originally, it limits the size of our pieces and the amount of pieces that we can put in. Unfortunatly we have 8 people exhibiting work and this makes the space pretty small. We did hear from some people who were interested in working in a grid system so that would work for the hallway space since height wise we do have room to work with. Due to the width of the hallway being 44 in. we can't hang anything too high up or too low because our audience will not be able to appreciate it. So please tell me what you think about the space and if you have any ideas on how to display the work.

HOPEFULLY...

So with Kenyatta we're expecting to go to the gallery on Wednesday of next week in order to get a feel of the space and be able to work out different scenarios for the exhibition. As far as supplies does anyone have any particular requests as far as things they would need to hang up their frames? This way we can go around and look at the things we need and get a proper estimate. I think Kenyatta said that she had some wire, nails, and tools so we should not have to spend money for that. I'll be taking my camera so I'll post pictures of the space so everyone can get a better look of what is going on.