Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The land of commissions


I've been a busy little bee lately, working on commissions mainly, so I can meet all my holiday deadlines. Here is one of the new ones; I love the way it turned out. The client furnished some amazing material and wanted me to use as many of her photos as possible. Typically, I use perhaps one or two central photos of people only, but these were such(!) cool images I wanted to create more of a "scene." It was a compositional challenge because this is just a 12x12, but I think it worked, don't you?
All my commissions are special because it's an honor to work with family photos and I feel a little connection with the subject each time. But this piece holds an extra special place in my heart. Maybe because my grandfather also owned a gas station? Or maybe it's the depth of field or composition? Or the color? I don't know for sure, but I do know the client *loved* the piece. And that means the world to me.

5 comments:

  1. This is so wonderfully executed, Mary Beth. The way you've integrated all of those images yet still managed to come up with a cohesive whole is superb. No wonder the client loved it. Shari

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  2. what shari said!
    you rock the "great composition" world!
    xooxoxo:)

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  3. Anonymous8:25 PM

    dang girl, that piece RAWX! Congratulations. You can tell you had a good time making that!

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  4. Mary Beth---so fabulously executed!
    I want to take a class with you!

    Hope all is well, glad you enjoyed the CD--remember if there is anything that you really liked on it, I have more and will GLADLY send them on.

    xxpatti o

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  5. That is absolutley gorgeous! Terrific work!

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