ken_kuzenski

"Falling in Like," original play in Sanford NC about 2006<div></div>

<p>A few years ago I noticed a Natchitoches visitors' website; that might be helpful. I haven't been to either place in 20 years, so I can't help more than that. Except to wish you good luck!</p>

<p>Richard, this may not be the same sort of thing you're looking for, but FWIW: Photo like this (the building I work in shortly before dawn), I've got the idea that 1/30th at F5.6 is about right for the well-lighted parts of the building and the film I'm using. So I set up the shot and shoot one at 1/60th at 5.6, another at 1/30th, and then one at probably 1/8th. If you're using sheet film you can follow the old rule, "expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights," but I use rollfilm. This works pretty well--it takes some experimenting. Oh, and if you take your film to a printer, you'll NEVER get a good result. Scan those negatives for yourself, edit the ones that you like, and send them to a printer. HTH! <br> http://people.duke.edu/~kuzen001/2014npav334_LR.jpg</p>

<p>One big "thumbs up!" to Lex for his helpful message. True, true, very true. My wife is in theatre; she has been very lucky to be able to get related work most of the 30 years we've been married--teaching, mostly. A great many of our friends are artists, and most of them either have a day job or a spouse with a good day job. Making a living in the arts has always been tough, but I think it's never been tougher than now. And if you're sincere about making a living with art, you're going to have to work at it MUCH harder than if you had any normal sort of day job. :-) The brother of a friend of mine makes a living in art; a few years ago he got a third "adjunct" appointment at a local university. I congratulated him, and he said, "Yeah, I'm on the faculty at three universities but I still don't have health insurance." Good luck, Matt--you CAN make a living with art, if you're willing to work darned hard at it. As others have suggested, I suspect business and marketing are going to be at least as important to your success as your artistic ability. Me, I've never tried it--my art, such as it is, is for MY pleasure, and if anybody else likes it, I'm pleasantly surprised. ;-) GL! --ken</p>

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