Announcement: My First Exhibit!

I just received an invitation to cover the Samahan Dance Troupe's concert here in San Diego in January as well as an invitation to exhibit some of my work!!! It's nothing big but I am thrilled as I this is my first exhibit... So now the work begins.

In the days to come, I have a laundry list of things to do:
1. Decide on a theme for my exhibit. Since my shots will be displayed at an upcoming Filipino American festival, the theme should be easy right? Theoretically it should but the challenge is that I don't have that many (if any) shots fit into this theme... so that brings me to:
2. Create a shot list of Filipino American-themed items.
3. Go out and shoot the items on this list.
4. Find out more about holding your own exhibit! I'm an exhibit virgin so I don't know the first thing about what to do first. I guess I will be calling friends that have had exhibits to get pointers.
5. Go out and shoot some more items - that perhaps aren't on my list.
6. Research and read reviews on local photo print labs that do gallery quality prints.
7. Shoot more...
8. Research and get prices on local framing/mounting shops that do gallery quality framing.
9. Shoot!!!
10. Thank the organizers for thinking about and for considering me. Perhaps this should be number 1 on this list. Yes, it will be the first thing that I do when I get home tonight.

I'm going to need some ideas from you guys on images. A Filipino American theme is pretty broad and can be very vague so I need to narrow this theme down to something of a smaller, more specialized sub-theme. I'd appreciate any email or leave comments on what you think I should be shooting and I know that after Comic Con next week, my brain will be free to think of other things. As excited as I am about this exhibit, I still have Comic Con to keep myself busy...