Weston Photography Newsletter - March 2010

Greetings,

March is upon us and we have been hammered by the rain this winter. Yesterday was the first day that I was ready for some sun and perhaps a walk on the beach in the afternoon. The ground is saturated and if we get too much more rain then all hell breaks out around here. Today the sun is out! Hopefully I can get out from behind this computer and enjoy a little of it!

Print of the Month
The 2010 March Print of Month “Nude in Robe” can be viewed at www.kimweston.com/pom/pom.htm

We have offered our Print of the Month Portfolio Club for 10 years! It has been so much fun to go through Kim’s body of work and pick photographs to go into our portfolios. Where did the time go? How could we be in our 10th year? As I look back at our collections, I am happy we came up with the idea that was inspired by the great Edward Weston himself. (Well with a little help from his last wife and model Charis).

Subscribe Today!
This year will be the last year we will be offering The “POM Portfolio Club”. Would you like to join? The price is $200 per month (a 50% discount). One photograph for every month of the year. Must purchase 6 in the calendar year to receive the $200 discount. More information on our website http://www.kimweston.com/pom/subscribe_pom.htm or please call 831.624.8111 and I can fill you in on how to join.

 “THANK YOU” to our collectors that have purchased all 10 of The POM Portfolio’s! And thank you to those that have purchased Portfolios and single photographs. We couldn’t have done it without you! I can still remember the first sale over the internet, we were so excited and then it was the first person to sign up for our POM Club! It was so nerve wracking to see if this new way of marketing ourselves would work.

2010 Workshops - Classes are filling up so register soon!
March 27, 2010 - A Day with Kim Weston; includes 3 Generations of Weston Photography and dinner! $125

April 9, 10 & 11, 2010 – Wildcat Studio Nude II;  - full (please call or email to be put on wait list). $525 

NEW! April 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2010 – California Mission Series Workshop;  2 instructors “special access to private areas”. $600

May 14-16, 2010 – The Platinum Workshop – Platinum Printing and Beyond Using Digital Negatives. 2 instructors; Special price! $600
 
June 10 – 13, 2010 Al Weber, Kim Weston and David Vestal Workshop. Contact Al Weber for registration.
Aandsweber@aol.com

Wildcat Hill
Seems like we are always busy here on Wildcat Hill. And this spring it’s no different. Kim is always working on his photography and feels it’s important to do something every day, whether it is in the darkroom printing with his new Condit enlarger, mounting the POM’s or spotting his photographs.

He just finished printing another large body work that consists of images from his Mamiya RB 67. He prints them in the 11x14 format, spots and signs them and then puts them in a handmade portfolio box. What an amazing collection! The amount of work he creates is amazing.

Shows: Exposed Gallery in May 2010 / Marjorie Evans Gallery in December 2010
In May we are having a show at the Exposed Gallery in downtown Carmel. Owners Rachel Short and Evynn LeValley have opened a sweet little gallery on San Carlos between Ocean and 7th and have agreed to give Kim a show! It’s been 13 years since Kim has had a show in Carmel. This will be fun. And we will also be having a Painted Ballerina show at the Marjorie Evans Gallery in December 2010!

Weston Scholarship - Save the date! Wednesday, May 5, 2010:
7th Annual Weston Scholarship Exhibition and Award Ceremony, 6-7pm; Marjorie Evans Gallery; Sunset Cultural Center Carmel, CA 8th and San Carlos St.

New! Stay tuned for our Fine Print Program! Three 1st place winners have each graciously donated one photograph to the Weston Scholarship for sale to help raise money for the Weston Scholarship. In return they get a tutorial with Kim on printing, mounting and spotting. Kim has already printed with 2 students. He was busy this last weekend. I will keep you posted on how you can help by purchasing a Weston Scholarship photograph.

Thank you! Freestyle Photographic Supplies
Freestyle Photographic has generously donated supplies to our local King City High School Photography Program so they could finish out their 2nd semester. Their funds had been cut and their supplies depleted. So when Weston Scholarship approached Patrick DelliBovi to ask for a partial donation, Patrick graciously donated the full amount to them. Thank you Freestyle for such a generous donation. And thank you for getting out our orders correctly and promptly. We never have to worry about ordering supplies from you because it always comes in perfect condition and we get it right away!

Weston Scholarship welcomes a new member to our board. Katherine Edison, a soprano soloist, applied voice instructor and non-profit administrator, holds an MFA in Performance from the Art Institute in Chicago. After having been a performer in residence at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, a voice instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago and working soprano soloist, Katherine shares her passion for voice and the arts as a NATS certified applied voice instructor.

Katherine is serving as our educational outreach representative. She has visited several schools this year, bringing along the Weston Scholarship Winner Portfolio as an example of the work that has placed in the competition. She offers guidance and encouragement to the students so they can be prepared to submit their portfolios to the scholarship contest and for future college portfolio reviews.
Thank you Katherine!

We are working on a new scholarship site and it should be up and running by the end of the month.

Freestyle Photographic Supplies
We purchase most or our supplies from Freestyle, except for mount stock and a photographer friend Steve Berger http://stevebergerphotography.com suggested we try Redimat http://www.redimat.com/products/alpha_rag.html for our mount stock needs. As you all know how important it is to receive good mount stock, in good condition, that you don’t have to send back because it is damaged! Or not in stock! We ordered Museum Alpha Rag - Pure White because it is the closest to Westminster Bright White. It arrived very quickly and it matched very closely and it was not damaged. If any of you need to buy quality mount stock, maybe you should try Redimat too. Thanks for the tip Steve.

As always Kim and I thank you all for your support in continuing the pursuit of fine art photography! We couldn't do it without you!

That s all for now,
Sincerely Gina, Kim and Zach from San Diego!