This afternoon I grabbed an easel and both stacks—glossy and matte—of the Nighthawks pictures. I set up the easel in a room with lots of diffuse daylight and went through the photographs, comparing the two versions. The first thing I noticed was that I’d gotten the editing right: the images looked quite similar. In fact,… [Read More]
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PhotoLucida 2009: printing the matte images
This morning, I opened the collection of Nighthawks images that are tweaked for matte printing and printed them out, one to a page, on a laser printer. I spread them all out on the bed and went through my stock of 17×22 Nighthawks pictures, pulling out the ones that matched the laser-printed ones. I didn’t… [Read More]
The new compute: after the transition
Now that it’s set up, I am happy with the new computer; and I’m even starting to believe it was worth all the trouble. Although air-cooled, it’s as quiet as any water-cooled machine I’ve owned. I’ve thrown a lot of photographic processing at it, and I’ve never seen memory usage above 60% (That’s still a… [Read More]
Setting up the new computer
This is the part I like: Unpacking the new machine. Hooking it up to the cheap mouse and keyboard that it comes with. Plugging in the power cord, hitting the switch, and breathing a sigh of relief as it boots into the setup screen. Configuring a few basic options. Right-clicking on the Computer icon, selecting… [Read More]
An invitation
I received an email a couple of weeks ago inviting me to participate in a CPA photographic exhibition. The particulars were unusual. Kim Weston curating an exhibition of photographs made or selected in response to a Robinson Jeffers poem. The instructions were to a) pick a Jeffers poem or fragment, b) create or find three… [Read More]