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Book report: full bleed images

June 24, 2015 JimK Leave a Comment

This is post thirteen in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. Now that I’ve decided on page size for the book, it’s time to think about the full bleed images. For those of you not familiar with the term, in the printing business, full bleed refers to images… [Read More]

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Book report: options, options

June 23, 2015 JimK Leave a Comment

This is post twelve in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. I said in an earlier post that sorting through the options for a book was a lot like working out the details of what goes into a house that you’re building. You’ve got a lot of choices… [Read More]

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And the winner is…

June 18, 2015 JimK 2 Comments

This one: Not a unanimous pick among you blog readers. In fact, it didn’t get one vote. I debated on whether to include it in the submission or not. This little exercise demonstrates to me — and I hope, to you all — how unpredictable and seemingly arbitrary the jurying process is. I’ve sat in… [Read More]

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IR stitches in CPA show

June 17, 2015 JimK 5 Comments

I’ve had a picture selected for the Center for Photographic Art Member’s Exhibition. I submitted ten images for the infrared freeform-stitched work that I did in a nearby oak grove a few month ago. My tentative title for the series is Los Robles. I’ll show you all ten images today, and you can play juror…. [Read More]

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Synthetic slit scans with the a7S

June 16, 2015 JimK 1 Comment

The Sony alpha 7S is capable of 4K video (aka 2160p, aka 2160×3840) at a bit under 30 frames per second, which I will round to 30 fps. I thought I’d use that camera to do some slit scan photography. Actually, that’s why I bought it a year ago, but it’s taken me a while… [Read More]

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