civilized ku # 573-75 ~ playing catch-up
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 08:28PM 
Swimmer ~ Blue Mt. Lake - in the Central Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
The beach / the lake ~ Blue Mt. Lake - in the Central Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenThe heat and humidity has kept me indoors in air-conditioned comfort playing a lot of catch up on the computer. I've gone on a print making binge, banging out quite a number of big prints from the Epson PRO7800 - 22'×22' images on 24'×24' paper (when trimmed).
As egocentric as it might sound, I am really impressed with the print quality - not to mention the artistic/ aesthetic quality - of my pictures. Consequently, this round of printing has caused me to deal directly and realistically with the idea that I am not going to win the lottery, which I would need to do in order to mount and display my pictures to archival standards.
Therefore, I have decided, at this stage, to label my prints as "Artist's Proof"(s) and mount them for display to something short of archival standards. I am certain, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that so mounted they will last longer than I will. And that's just fine by me.
FYI, the beach/lake diptych pictures were made by standing in the water, picturing the beach, and then turning 180˚ toward the lake. The diptych illustrates a July 4th mid-afternoon "crowd" on an Adirondack beach.
Any one wondering why I don't like the Jersey Shore beach in July and/or August?
Reader Comments (5)
I've been enjoying the park & golf shots quite a lot. They're like amateur holiday snaps but classy. I mean that in a good way.
Are you still using the plexiglas clip frames?
Related to Andrew's question in the previous post, how has printing an image (vs viewing online) affected your photography? Do you regard it as an essential step if you want to progress as a photographer?
Compared to 25 years ago when I first dabbled with photography (I still dabble) the last 3 years have seen the most improvement. The difference is a compact digital camera, editing on a PC and reading photog blogs on the 'net (i.e spending more time looking at the work of better photogs).
"Any one wondering why I don't like the Jersey Shore beach in July and/or August?"
I'm not.
I'm wondering what is lurking just below the surface above the swimmer. With all this all this indoor printing time, did you get a chance to print my "Major Award"?
P.S. Thanks for the comment.