{"id":97706,"date":"2021-04-30T05:31:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=97706"},"modified":"2021-04-30T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:28:00","slug":"my-biggest-photo-print-order-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/my-biggest-photo-print-order-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"My Biggest Photo Print Order Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think the end result is extraordinary.<\/p>\n

Last July blog follower Kathleen Welker contacted me about purchasing some prints for the new home she and her husband Brian were having built in the mountains of another western state. I’m sometimes, though not always, reluctant to sell prints for reasons I’ve explained in the past<\/a><\/span><\/span> but Kathleen’s ambitious project sounded intriguing and in my correspondence with her I could tell that she’d be a wonderful client to work with on such a complex and challenging project so I agreed to join her in tackling it.<\/p>\n

Over time the project grew into an order of fourteen 9 x 12 and eight 12 x 16 prints of hawks native to their area to be hung on a wall in the guest room of their new home that she refers to as the “Ron Dudley Hawk Suite Wall”. Species represented in the collection include Red-tailed Hawks, Swainson’s Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Ferruginous Hawks and Northern Harriers.<\/p>\n

Recently the project was completed and Kathleen sent me a couple of cell phone photos to show me how it turned out. I was so impressed I asked her if I could share one of them on Feathered Photography and she agreed.<\/p>\n

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Copyright Kathleen Welker – Photo used by permission<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathleen and Brian seem extraordinarily pleased with how it turned out and I can certainly see why. Kathleen told me “the entry to the guest suite is visible from many areas of our home, so this wall is certainly a showpiece”, Size and scale are hard to determine in a photo like this but to give you a feeling for it that’s a king-sized bed and Kathleen referred to the entire presentation as “massive”.<\/p>\n

I think Kathleen’s arrangement is stunning and she did it all herself. I can’t imagine the work and creative juices involved to come up with such a splendidly artistic arrangement of 22 prints of differing sizes, colors and compositions and have it turn out so well. I love the symmetry and simplicity of the shape of the collective presentation combined with its internal complexity. To me it’s almost like a colorful geometric mosaic whose individual pieces are large enough to take on a life of their own.<\/p>\n

As the photographer I’m delighted to have my images play a significant role in a project such as this and then to be able to see the end result. I debated whether I should publish a post like this one for fear it would come across as boastful but I’m of the opinion that Kathleen’s efforts contribute as much to the overall presentation as my own.<\/p>\n

And I thought at least some of my readers would enjoy seeing images of mine that many will recognize being used in a practical and aesthetic manner.<\/p>\n

Ron.<\/p>\n

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I think the end result is extraordinary.<\/p>\n

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