Comments on: New ketubah designs from my nature photography http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm Watch behind the scenes as fine art nature photographer Daniel Sroka tries to make a living from his art. Blow-by-blow excitement! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DNA Art http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28110 DNA Art Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:15:11 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm#comment-28110 Wow, this is great! you did a good job with this. Wow, this is great! you did a good job with this.

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27783 Daniel Sroka Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:14:44 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm#comment-27783 Yes Cynthia, one of the things that appeals to me about making ketubot is that they are artworks that have a deep personal meaning for the people who buy them. That's something special for an artist. You asked about how a regular ketubah can look. They can be pretty plain. The simplest I've seen is a xeroxed form letter that the rabbi keeps on hand, just in case. Thanks Mark. I've done a lot of multi-lingual design work throughout my career, so I'm glad it shows. Yes Cynthia, one of the things that appeals to me about making ketubot is that they are artworks that have a deep personal meaning for the people who buy them. That’s something special for an artist.

You asked about how a regular ketubah can look. They can be pretty plain. The simplest I’ve seen is a xeroxed form letter that the rabbi keeps on hand, just in case.

Thanks Mark. I’ve done a lot of multi-lingual design work throughout my career, so I’m glad it shows.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27782 Mark Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:26:26 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm#comment-27782 Dan, I don't know too much about Ketubahs, but must say you design some pretty impressive stuff. It is obvious you have an eye for integration of text and image. Very nice stuff. Your images look like they naturally belong on such documents. Dan, I don’t know too much about Ketubahs, but must say you design some pretty impressive stuff. It is obvious you have an eye for integration of text and image. Very nice stuff. Your images look like they naturally belong on such documents.

]]> By: cynthia http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27781 cynthia Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:40:23 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm#comment-27781 Your Ketubahs are really beautiful and a wonderful keepsake for the bride and groom. Your photographs give them a wonderful ethereal quality to the "contract" - a sort of romantic lost in time feel. I may be getting it all wrong - but this is what it looks like to someone who only just learned about ketubahs. It would be interesting to see a regular plain one. Your Ketubahs are really beautiful and a wonderful keepsake for the bride and groom. Your photographs give them a wonderful ethereal quality to the “contract” – a sort of romantic lost in time feel. I may be getting it all wrong – but this is what it looks like to someone who only just learned about ketubahs. It would be interesting to see a regular plain one.

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27778 Daniel Sroka Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/new-ketubah-designs-from-my-nature-photography.htm#comment-27778 The photographs came first. I had been developing the style over the course of a year or so before I started making ketubot. When I designed <a href="http://www.modernketubah.com/ketubah_about.php" title="Modern Ketubah: Why I make ketubah" rel="nofollow">my first ketubah (for my own wedding)</a>, I wasn't sure what I really wanted, and I spent a couple months working on range of very different ideas and styles. Then one day while I was editing some photographs I had taken of a rose in our garden, the idea hit me out of the blue. That's usually how it work with me: a lot of seemingly fruitless leg work followed by a flash of inspiration. When I realized how I wanted to so it, I went through my archives and began finding other photographs that worked as well. It's interesting, even when I try to shoot photos for my ketubah designs, very few actually work. It's a tricky combination to get just right. The photographs came first. I had been developing the style over the course of a year or so before I started making ketubot.

When I designed my first ketubah (for my own wedding), I wasn’t sure what I really wanted, and I spent a couple months working on range of very different ideas and styles. Then one day while I was editing some photographs I had taken of a rose in our garden, the idea hit me out of the blue. That’s usually how it work with me: a lot of seemingly fruitless leg work followed by a flash of inspiration.

When I realized how I wanted to so it, I went through my archives and began finding other photographs that worked as well. It’s interesting, even when I try to shoot photos for my ketubah designs, very few actually work. It’s a tricky combination to get just right.

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