Re: Market

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

The following showed up in my e-mail inbox, rather than in the IR
mailinglist.  Perhaps you meant to send it to the list; perhaps you
meant to send it as e-mail to Pat Adams.  Either way, it may not have
made it to the intended recipient.

|At 09:18 AM 12/20/96 +0000, you wrote:
|>
|>Pat Adams, Ottawa
|>
|>I'm quite new to IR photography.  Is  there much of a market for =
landscapes=20
|>taken using infrared film or are we doing it just for the love of it?  =
Just=20
|>wondering.
|>
|Hi Pat,
|
|My way of thinking on this is that I have a portfolio of landscapes that
|have my own signature style. It may be divided into sets; themes, =
periods,
|places, etc but I have yet to distinguish my infrared photographs from =
my
|T-Max of Tri-x images. To me it's almost like distinguishing images
|according to what filter I used or paper I printed on. I use infrared =
simply
|for the effect I want to achieve in a certain setting. It may sound =
trite
|but you have to love what your doing and hope that others, your market, =
will
|appreciate your work as well.
|
|By the way, 1st place for best landscape photograph in the 1996 Golden =
Light
|Awards (Maine Photographic Workshop) was awarded to Domingo Batista for =
a
|gorgeous infrared photo.
|
|Bill   =20
|
|

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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