Xander at the Corning Museum of Glass. iPhone snap by Mike.
It's been a while since we had a "Baker's Dozen"—a dozen JPEGs of readers' pictures, with one extra for good measure, curated by moi, AKA Yr. Hmbl. Ed.
Each time we do this we have fun and create a lovely little virtual group show. If you'd like to see older ones, click on the "Baker's Dozen" category in the right-hand sidebar.
I promised we'd do "grandchildren" as the next subject, and we'll get to that someday. But now, inspired by the lovely lead picture in Mark Power's post and the dueling frames in Moose's, I thought we'd try JamesM's idea of "In the Museum."
Any picture taken in, of, or about a museum or art gallery (or anywhere you go to look at art) is fair game.
How to Submit
This is a call for your own work, and you must own the rights to it, so please don't send me anything but that.
By submitting, you give me permission to reproduce the small JPEG of your picture on TOP and that's it. Your copyright remains yours.
To submit, use the subject line:
BDMuseum
Just like that...no spaces, spelled exactly like that, no variations. Capital "M" in "museum." The reason is that when I begin building the post, I will search my large email stack for that phrase as the subject, and if your email doesn't come up, then I won't see your picture.
Please pay attention to that, as each time I specify this I do get submissions that don't have the proper header. Those inevitably get lost.
I'll announce the deadline when we get near it. No promises when the results will appear...I've learned from experience that these features just take time to build, so it'll get done when it gets done. There's only one little man behind the curtain.
Email ONE (1) JPEG, 800 pixels wide, saved in sRGB. Include in the email your name, where you live (people keep forgetting that), any technical details you care to share, your website URL if you want me to publish it, and whatever you want to tell other TOP readers about your picture.
Lots of people write a paragraph explaining their picture (see the "Yellow" portfolio for examples), so if you don't, just be aware that your picture might seem a little "naked" after it gets picked. (Because of course yours will get picked.)
My email address is mcjohnston at mac dot com. Replace the "at" and the "dot" with the proper symbols and get rid of the spaces. This modest attempt at disguising my address will not fool the steenkin' web-crawling bots, but I hafta try.
So, five components:
"BDMuseum" in the SUBJECT LINE;
PICTURE (must be your own!), 800 pixels wide in sRGB;
NAME;
WHERE YOU LIVE;
Any COMMENTS you care to make about the shot.
Hope you are up to the challenge! Have fun and don't get arrested by a museum guard. They're really bored. :-)
Mike
(Thanks to JamesM)
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Featured Comments from:
Lynn: "Nice to see the return of the Baker's Dozen! One quick question—does an art gallery qualify as a museum? Methinks it does, as its function is to collect, preserve, curate and display objects of cultural significance; and to educate."
Mike replies: Sure. Feel free to be creative with the idea. One reader submitted a picture taken on a museum ship—an old ship in drydock open to tourists.
Robert Roaldi: "Be fun if there were a bakery museum somewhere."
That has print sale written all over it.
Posted by: Mike | Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 06:40 PM
I enjoy your BD posts for work, as I start to remember images I made that would fit the subject. The picture I was thinking about was made at the old Museum in Munich in 1966. The slide is in a box that hasn't seen the light of day since the 70's. It did get me thinking about cameras I used back then. I started in Europe with an old family Argus "Brick", but I couldn't get the hang of it, so bought a 35mm kodak that I used much of time there. That was until I got the urge to get an SLR. I then found one new that was labeled "Made In Russia", but turned out to be a Paktica made in the DDR. (I had to search on that name for the details). It was a much better camera than I thought would come out of Russia at the time.
Posted by: Steve Weeks | Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 08:43 PM
That’s not an iPhone snap. That’s art.
Posted by: Michael Matthews | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 08:41 AM
IPhone shot of Zander in the museum. Lovely shot!
Posted by: Rip Smith | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 09:08 AM
One submission per email, or is it one submission per person as well?
[I don't know. I guess do what you want, but don't be obnoxious about it.... --Mike]
Posted by: Chris S | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 10:11 AM
Quick question - 800 pixels wide, or 800 long side?
[Wide. --Mike]
Posted by: steven Ralser | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 10:49 AM
Great shot. Love it!
Posted by: Steve Belanger | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 12:19 PM
Nice "snap". I assume that you printed it?
[Alas, not. --Mike]
Posted by: Peter | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 01:11 PM
I kind of admire going with the outside view (through the window) overexposed like that. Keeps with the high-key style.
Posted by: David Dyer-Bennet | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 02:31 PM
Hi, Mike, is that one per reader, or one per email? I have submitted one, but I found another I think you'd like---- promise not to inundate you with dross!
Posted by: Bruce | Friday, 29 March 2019 at 05:08 PM
I think that the Corning Museum of Glass may be my favorite museum in the world.
Posted by: Maggie Osterberg | Saturday, 30 March 2019 at 12:35 PM
I have a question regarding the rights issue. I have a number of photos made at the Corning Museum but they involve 'works' on display there. It is my understanding that I would need to have a release from the artist even though the image is only a detail of the work. Would that disqualify the image even though to photograph is mine?
[Let's chance it. --Mike]
Posted by: James Bullard | Saturday, 30 March 2019 at 08:39 PM