Preparing for Exhibition: Workshop with John Stead

Saturday 6th August, 2011
10.00am-4.00pm
St James Church
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL - Entrance at side stairwell by Costa Coffee (Map)
Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus

Cost: £10 LIP Member

This workshop is designed to help you prepare for the 23rd LIP Annual Exhibition, and may also be helpful to anyone looking to enter other external exhibitions. No prior knowledge is required to take this workshop, and topics covered will be particularly informative for those who haven't exhibited before or who are in earlier stages of preparing for exhibitions.

Members are welcome to bring a small selection of work to share, which they are thinking of entering.

Topics to be covered:

What happens during the LIP selection day?
• How do selectors actually choose work
• How long do they view each print, is work viewed together?
• Is it always a joint decision, etc
• Do they read names, titles
• Why don’t selectors read personal statements or give feedback?

Why might good prints be rejected?
• Personal preferences
• Many similar prints

How to make the best of your work (presentation)
• Choice of work
• Packaging
• Mounting
• Printing
• Photo editing

Discussion on how to select photographs
• Series vs. Single Prints
• Peer review
• What is ‘Original & Inspiring’ work

Basic Photo Editing
• Darkroom vs digital editing (if applicable)
• Editing software (free vs. cheap vs. expensive packages)
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Colour correction
• Cropping

Printing & Paper
• Home print vs. external
• Types of paper
• Preparing your photo for printing

Mounting & Framing
• Window mounts – styles & colours
• Block mounting – wood, metal, dibond, aluminum
• Framing – styles & colours

About John Stead - John has been closely involved with the organisation of the LIP Annual Exhibition for the past 5 years: recruiting external selectors, organising selection days, venues and volunteers.

Outside of LIP John splits his time between a demanding city career and being a freelance photographer: photographing portraits, weddings, events and boutique hotels around the world. John has exhibited his fine art photography at various shows in London including Prelude, Untitled Art Fair, The Future Gallery and the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Gallery
www.LightImpact.com and www.JohnSteadPhotography.com