Dan O’Day – Fine Art Photographer

Dan O’Day – Fine Art Photographer

Dan O'Day spoke to us on fine art photography. He also does weddings and some of these become 'fine art'. The couples who choose him do so for his particular style of images. (The images above are from his website).

Dan is photographer-of-the-year this year.

Background

Canberra to Sydney to Brisbane to Canberra

His background is painting.

Once he decided that he loved photography, he had an exhibition at Photo Access – 2006 – called ‘Still’.

He uses medium format film

Besides fine art he also does weddings, applied photojournalism. He also does collages

One of his best jobs was to photograph the new Acton precinct (for the Molonglo Group). He did a fine art approach rather than the normal marketing shots.

HIS ADVICE:

Look after yourself

*Treat yourself – do thinks other than ph’y

*Read magazines – look at other ph’ers & try to step outside your comfort zone.

*Conceptulise themes

*Make to-do /to buy lists

Establish your profile

*Start & continually maintain your profile

*Keep it simple

Free Online profile sites

* Flicker

* Humble Voice (www.humblevoice.com)

* Deviant Art

* Red Bubble (www.redbuble.com)

Get out there

Inspire other

open yourself for feedback

Online publications

*Blanket (www.blanketmagazine.com

* WATIM (WeAreTheImageMakers – www.watim.com

* www.MelbournePixel.com

*Noise (www.noise.net)

Hardcopy (magazine rack) publications

KURV (kurvmag.com.au

Capture (Hot stuff) Exposed challenges

Monster Children (monsterchildren.com) – may also have a gallery in Sydney.

Frnkel

Oyster (colleraborative of other industries)

Selling photos & pricing

Dan was fortunate to fine a gallery to sell his work – Katherine Asquith Gallery

Normally sell photos for $500 (limit of 5)

At Gallery, they sell for $1500 (their cut is 40%) – some galleries take 100%!

Now $1800 per print

Competitions

Avant Card (www.avantcard.com.au) - they print 100s of card & distribute nationwide.

Capture’s ‘Exposed Challenge’

Community Comps

Community Galleries

Tuggeranong Arts Centra – Suzy Edwards

Phoo Access

M16 Gallery – Joseph?

Others

Funding

Arts ACT (arts.act.gov.au)

Enter Competitiions

1Moran Compimentory Ph/ic prize

2 ACMP Projections (www.the projectionss.com

The Pool – Sean Izzard & SimonHansart..meet & greet..//Saatchi&sastchi ??

3 Aipp print awards; Moran Prize

4 Off the wall (www.artmelbourne11.com.au/am10) ?

5 National & Youth portrait prize

Avant card

Capture

Community Comps

LOOK UP Photographers:

Dean Sewell (Occuli Group)

Stephen de Pont

KEEP THINKING!