One of the first things you try to learn when you start playing poker is that the money that you have already put in the pot is not your money any more. If you think of it as your money, you’ll hold on to hands that you should fold. Similarly, when deciding whether to sell… [Read More]
Archives for January 2013
A vacation from “good enough”
I’m printing the takeaway sheets for the In Motion show today. These takeaway sheets have artists’ and curators’ statements on one side, and print and book details and pricing on the other. I’m printing them on smooth 28 pound stock, and I’m using the Epson 4900. It would go a lot faster on another printer,… [Read More]
“Staccato” exhibition, part 7
If I had any sense, I’d farm the big print out to a service bureau. I really like to do all my printing myself. It may be that I’m a photographic control freak, or maybe just overly perfectionistic, but there it is. So I’m committing myself to the time consuming and expensive operation of changing… [Read More]
“Staccato” exhibition, part 6
I exported the images from Lightroom to a new directory, keeping the color space ProPhoto and using psd as the file format. I opened Photoshop and used the batch feature of Perfect Resize to get the 16 smaller images to native printer resolution. I made a pot of tea while the program did its work…. [Read More]
“Staccato” exhibition, part 5
The curators loved the re-composited image. Whew! I spent most of yesterday touching up the rest of the images, but didn’t have to go back to the original files for any of them. Some of them had noticeable noise at 1:1 on the monitor, though they looked fine in the 8×10 proofs. I try to… [Read More]