Music at Meet the Artists

This week is "Baroque on Beaver" - a music festival that lasts about 10 days, opening with jazz for two nights, then a range of other events primarily classical. I took this at an art fair (I sold 3 photos!) called "Meet the Artist." A quintet performed as people browsed and looked at the various displays. Nice way to spend an afternoon!
Thanks for your fun comments on the Molly in the swing shot! She is a character, a bit tubby, and was definitely feeling smug for getting to sit in the swing!

[Ann T.]

Very creative shot. Nice capture. The shadows and the music works nicely together.

[Maggiemae]

lovely light on this scene - gives a feeling of music and sunlight! Sounds delightful and you would walk away being happy with experiencing this!

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful...this is a lovely shot to capture the mood of the festival. Love you dof and the bokeh!

[Junko Y]

I like how you've captured this scene, and those clothes pins playing prominently in this image tells us "windy outside". Congrats on selling 3 -- which ones?

[Tony]

Atmospheric composition and looks appropriate in B&W.

[Sally Ings]

Love the shallow dof. Congrats on selling some pictures. Our village is having a festival in September and I will be having a small showing. Hopefully I can be as successful as you.

[Eve Pulsater]

Such gorgeous lighting and ideal for B&W. Fave.

[Nicole]

congrats on selling 3 pictures!! this is a beautiful shot! love the light and it works fab in b&w!!

[Debs Stott]

Wow, well done for selling some pics! What a lovely scene, looks so serene and summery.

[April]

I love the use of the clothes pins! I might have to give that a try someday. I really like your composition and the bokeh ... and congrats on the sales!

[Babs]

Super shot and I love the clothes pegs. They come in very handy. Congratulations on selling three photos.

[Dione Giorgio]

Amazing how handy cloths pegs can be sometimes. gorgeous capture and congratulations for selling the three photos.

[Danny G.]

Lovely in mono!

[Barb]

love the dappled light! Congratulations on your sales too

[Veena Gupta]

Very interesting!

[Susan]

Wonderful shot, Taffy! Nice processing too.

[bkb in the city]

Sounds like a great event. Nice shot and congrats on selling some photos

[Lindy]

Oh this is fabulous. All those shadows &I even love the clothes peg...an instant fav

[gloria jones]

Great capture, light, focus, dof

[Irene]

Over this shot lot he's pegs included. What an interesting festival

[Margaret Brown]

Nice composition and processing

[Margaret Obey]

Congratulations. Love the pegs on the music

[Joyce]

Great way to capture the festival atmosphere and many congratulations on selling three pictures. Well deserved you have some wonderful shots and I'm surprised you didn't sell more.Fav

[Leon Buijs]

Lovely image, great light and congratulations on selling some of your work

[Janet]

So nicely done in B&W. Lovely composition.

[carol white]

Super composition and great light and shade. Fav!! 😃

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice! Congrats on selling!

[Andy]

Some lovely lighting here and good use of focus

[Bob Zwolinsky]

I enjoy the interaction of light and shade, combined with the appropriate use of depth of field.

[Janiskay]

Love the ambience that this suggests. Love the Doppler light and I can hear the music playing. Nicely captured in B&W. Fav!

[Janiskay]

Oh! Love the high tech page holders too!

[Molly]

Sounds fantastic. Love this b&w image.

[Christina Helliwell]

Love this music shot. Well captured, and looking so good in black and white. Great shot, Taffy.

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Peter Dulis]

Wonderful capture ...fav

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Excellent subject matter for a B&W photo. Love that bokeh.

[Rachel]

My first question - which photos did you sell? How exciting! A lovely shot of the fair too.

[Julia]

Fantastic b&w. Love anything musical.

[Taffy]

@888rachel I sold one of a butterfly on a beach flower, from last summer, "Beaver Island Welcomes Us" from early last summer, and the Mysterious Meadow from 2013. I didn't have anything to show from this past year - couldn't get organized enough to put it together, but didn't want to let down the owner of the gallery who sponsors the event. I was thrilled to have sold the three, but wish I could have had more current work to show.

[Rachel]

@taffy I'm so impressed. And you have so many lovely shots from this year to choose from...for next year perhaps?!

[Taffy]

@888rachel Definitely! I've already ordered a few 'candidate prints' to start thinking about which ones will work best. They always look better on the computer to me, than they do when I print them!

[Rosan]

Love this! Congratulations on selling 3 photos! Your photos are always incredible.

[Pam Knowler]

Oh well done Taffy on selling 3 photos! It's a wonderful feeling when someone actually wants to pay for your work isn't it? We're they framed? You have so many recent images which I am sure people will love too! You need to find a gallery in Chicago as I am sure your fabulous images would sell well there. This is a lovely image!

[Eric di Bosco]

One of the 100 uses of a washing pin!. Great capture - really puts one in the mood for the music festival!

[Beth]

this is wonderful, you have a great eye for interesting subjects

[Issi Bannerman]

Again, great in b&w. I like that you sold some photos too! Nice capture.

[Islandgirl]

Love this b&w and your dof!
Congrats on selling 3 photos at the art fair Taffy.

[Elizabeth]

How exciting to be able to display and sell your art! That's on my bucket list.

[Darlene]

What a wonderful shot. Love it in B&W. I love Jazz. Sounds like a wonderful time. Congrats on the sale of three of your photos. FAV