Keven Seaver Photography

It’s Hip to be Square!

kseaver — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:02:48 +0000

I love to frame in a square – whether my images are horizontal or vertical or square, the form works for me. When I found this article at www.documounts.com, I thought I’d pass it along. When I first entered into the world of photography, I shot a square format with the Rolleiflex. At that early point, I had a difficult time composing in a square. But as I became more used to it, I really fell in love with the square. Now I use it in my grids and frames. Try it out next time you are framing a photograph. Documounts is a great place to buy for both DIY and pro.

Square Mats & Frames, Matting & Framing Picture with Square & Rectangular Window

Get Squared Away at Documounts. (www.documounts.com – Thank you Documounts for being so square!)

We’ve noticed that many customers are going back to square one when ordering framing materials. If you like the look of square presentations there are several options.

Square mat with a square window. Say you have an 8”x 8” image. If you order a mat with a window cut to 7.5”x 7.5” (window should be a little smaller than the paper on which the art is printed) with an outside dimension of 12”x12”, you’ll get a square foot of matted image with a 2” border all the way around the artwork.

Square mat with a rectangular window. If you want a square mat but your image is a rectangle, order a rectangular window within a square mat. You won’t be able to have uniform mat borders surrounding your artwork, but the irregularity of the borders make for a unique and interesting presentation. You can also choose to weight the bottom of your mat, so that the window is shown higher in mat. Window here is shown centered.

Rectangular mat with a square window. This is an option if you want to fit your square image into a rectangular frame or in a standard size Clear Bag. It’s a good way to add a square element to a traditional presentation. With this option you can also choose to have the bottom of your mat heavier, so that the window is higher as show here.

The Bigger Picture – Squares on Display.

Think beyond the single image to how your square presentations will look in a gallery or on the wall of your booth. You can group squares together to create bigger squares, ie. squares within a square .

They can also be arranged in a linear fashion to create lines and paths of art that lead a viewer throughout the gallery. And for full impact, imagine a wall full of same- size squares!

Think of squares as an opportunity to step beyond the commonplace and change it up a bit.

Because, you know, It’s Hip to be Square (sorry, we had to say it).

My Underbelly Revealed! Think ’soft’ side.

kseaver — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:22:54 +0000

500 Palm Dr. at Novato Arts Center in Hamilton, Novato CA 94949

www.marinmoca.org 415-506-0137

Private Eyes: Artists’ Visions, a national juried exhibition, opens with a big reception on June 19, 2010 from 5 – 7 pm. at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. I have one of my new grids based on tulips, RENEWAL, juried into the show by well-known gallerist/art consultant, Andrea Schwartz of San Francisco. I met Andrea about 25 years ago at the shop of my framer. Unfortunately I never kept up the connection and I’ve wanted to get my art in front of her ever since. I’m a bit shy about marketing my own work. It’s probably my Achilles heel, actually. So here we all are now, two decades later. Older. Wiser perhaps. Or not.

CALLING ALL CAR BUFFS!

kseaver — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:37:28 +0000

Open Studios is over. High highs and then nothing. I’ve been enjoying the down time – well, catch-up time. Wandered Marin’s Concours d’Elegance car show on Sunday and enjoyed and appreciated all the unique and classic cars. Lighting wasn’t the best so I just looked and loved. I’m still trying to locate the car that this emblem goes to. I haven’t located it online, or at the car shows. Was it a custom badge? Anyone have any ideas? I’d love to know.

What car does this belong to???

You Want Art? We Got Art! We’ve Got It All!

kseaver — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:24:38 +0000

Photography and Glass for Gifts or Home

All Hanging Art on Sale!

This Saturday and Sunday May 8-9 will be the final two days for the Seaver Photography + KMW Glass Art Open Studio. And we want you! I have my largest sale on – OFF THE WALL SALE – ever! If you buy a framed piece, you’ll take home the second framed piece at a whopping 40% discount. And if you visit my facebook fan page – Keven Seaver Photography – you might get a little better deal. You never know. this is the one time a year that you can see the biggest body of my art in one location. Same for Kathleen’s glass. We love Open Studios! We had about a hundred the first weekend; expect another hundred or so this weekend. But it’s almost the end. Glass and photography – very exciting and dynamic together!! We’re open from 11 – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday at the home studio of Keven Seaver Photography. Address is: 68 Sotelo Way Novato CA 94945.

Make My Day! Just Say MARIO BOTTA!

Darren — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:07:53 +0000

Plan on coming to the Open Studio this first weekend? If you give me the code word MARIO BOTTA, I have a special gift for you. Botta (b.1943), by the way, was the architect of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, a building that often gets mixed reviews. He designed his first home at age 16; turned professional at 27. His buildings are often brick, although he uses a wide variety of materials to create space and light.

A Soft Launch Today

Darren — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:40:14 +0000

It seems Monday is a good day to launch a new site. The sun is shining. The photos are all lined up and ready. A few blogs are posted. And with the exception of some tweaks and additions, it should be ready to go. So hang on friends, we’re in for a bumpy ride. Actually, I think it’ll be smooth and easy. Darren Hendricks of DVISO has created a wonderful site for me. Now I just have to learn to use it properly (that’s the bumpy ride!). So stick with me. Here we go…

We’ve Come a Long Way Baby

Darren — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:41:12 +0000

Consider this:

In 1986 Kodak created the first megapixel sensor that was capable of a photo quality 5 x 7 print. In 1990, Adobe introduced PhotoShop for the MAC and Kodak developed the Photo CD System with the new JPEG file format. The consumer market began in 1994 when Apple introduced the short-lived Quick Take 100 digital camera.

And now the numbers:

50 billion pictures taken in 2007

6.9 billion digital prints ordered in 2006

67% of American households own a digital camera in 2006

1 billion camera phones were sold in 2007 (first introduced in 2000)

82 million digital cameras sold in the US in 2007

11% of Americans have more than 10,000 digital images

Hot Off the Press

Darren — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:10:47 +0000

When three of my images – VROOM 1,2,3 – were picked up last year by a publishing company, I was excited to be venturing into a new realm. But then I saw the finished poster this week for the first time. WOW! Well, that’s for the fact that they look amazing as posters, and the quality of the work/paper/ finish is so fine that I am mightily impressed by cutting edge technology. Good News: I have decided to offer my posters (signed, of course) to the public at my upcoming Open Studio the first 2 weekends of May. When did posters become so artful?

Volunteer Love

Darren — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:30:51 +0000

Volunteering. I do it in the arts world with the skills I have: photography, marketing, copy editing, proofing. I grew up learning to give back but today I got a gift. I learned that the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (MarinMOCA) is honoring me and 8 others as a Volunteer Star for 2009 in Make It Shine, a springtime exhibit. I just dropped off two humongous photographs (40 x 50) for the show. How exciting! Come on by!

Gallery Menu

Darren — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:58:25 +0000