Articles Written by Henry Bateman From Isnare.com http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Henry+Bateman What's It Worth - Pricing Your Stock Photography Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=28400&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Out of the blue a business contacts you wanting to use one of your pics. They have seen it at your web site, on your blog or at an exhibition and are requesting availability and price. After the warm glow wears off how do work out what it is worth? What can you ask for and still get the sale? But yo... Framing Your Art – Essential But Needn’t Break The Bank Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27108&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Framing is an essential part of the art purchase. For works on paper be they photographic prints, water colours, digital prints, etchings et al framing under glass protects your investment and increases its life. It can also be a very expensive pastime. For my 2002 exhibition, framing ate up half th... The Print Is The Performance – So Much Heat, So Little Light Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25553&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The American master of photography, Ansel Adams, said “The negative is comparable to the composer's score, and the print to its performance.” That holds true today as much as it did when first uttered. Although in the digital age the discussion about the print generates more heat than light. Artist... Collecting Art - Do You Have The Bottle Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=24438&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The headline reads “Undiscovered master piece sells for millions at Auction”. The family was overjoyed to discover that a picture that had hung on their grandfather’s wall for years attracted a six figure price at auction. Grandson and heir said “The whole family knew he collected odds and ends but... Abstract Photography - Has Photography Come Of Age Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23610&ca=Arts+and+Crafts “Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.” -W. Eugene Smith The invention of the camera liberated painting from its reportage role. Gone was the need to produce a likeness... Street Photography - An Introduction For Non-Photographers Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=22477&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Street photography is an approach to photography rather than a location, although the streets are the usual place it happens. "When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera a... In The Zone - Jargon Explained Arts and Crafts Henry Bateman Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=22563&ca=Arts+and+Crafts In the zone In the zone is a term used by street photographers when they are tuned into their surroundings and the pictures are coming easily. It isn’t unique to street photography, it can happen in any field of endeavour. You are in the zone when you are so engrossed in an activity that space and t...