The feedback has been very positive so far. The interesting thing about doing the exhibit is that it gave me a chance to stop and review my work at a specific time and place in it's development, and to take stock of where I have been moving with it, to some extent without having vebalized it properly.
The two personal questions I am now trying to clarify for myself from the feedback is firstly whether colour fine art photographs carry the same weight in people's minds as black and white, and secondly if the development of my personal style has gone far enough to set my work apart from the masses and if the direction the work is taking is one I feel passionate enoigh about to continue to develop for now.
So far there seems to be no clear preferance for either black and white or colour, which is surprising to me, since I half expected the Black and white to be preferred.
On the second point, the exhibit has already led to a commission to produce a 6' long print of one of my photos for the reception area of a local Interior Design firm. I think my increasing focus on capturing the "spirit of the place" here on the West Coast has probably been the reason for the commission. It is engouraging to see that my work is has developed a direction which in terms of purpose and theme seems to be clear enough that people want to buy it for that reason, and not just because it is an arbitrary pretty picture.
