To Rent a Studio, or Not?
Filed Under: Photography
I looked at a studio space yesterday. It’s 175 square feet, in an artist’s coop. $175 per month plus a $45 a month coop fee. The ceilings are a bit lower than I like, with lights that hand down. But it’s better than anything else I’ve heard about. And I can exhibit work for sale there and they have a lot of foot traffic.
I don’t know. It’s a big commitment (lease until the end of June) and most frightening, I have to go before the coop with my work and be approved. The idea of having other artists look at my work and giving it the thumbs up or thumbs down scares the crap out of me. I just want a space to work in and get better, to shoot portraits and the like. The idea of my photography being scrutinized really scares the daylights out of me. I don’t think I’m very good yet.
But I need to save money for a potential move in the spring. I really shouldn’t be renting the space. But I don’t have more than 5 square feet of empty floor space in our apartment. I’m at a loss for what to do. I’m leaning towards just not doing anything at all.
I’m strongly considering closing Roundbottom down for the winter. I’m out of ideas and energy and good shooting subjects. But that would be a let down for the people who bought memberships in the foundation. Ugh. I think I need some sleep.
Comments
11-14-2008
Well you’ve already established that Winter is not a good time to do photonic captures for RB. Maybe there’s a way that you could minimise the effort you put in during that time. ie. reposting some shots but with changes to the originals due to RB’s experiments. Colour, hue shifts, Salt prints. Ecto-plasmic screens.
What would RB do when he’s trapped inside with nothing to?
11-15-2008
Alternate prints can be used as winter isn’t a good time to do photonic captures.
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