Deon
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Gwilliam Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Hasselblad 501 C/M w/60mm f=3.5 CF lens - Kodak Ektar 100 film.
My wife and I have been in our home for three years now. It's a very small modest home on acreage with multiple studio/shop spaces. It took us a year to clean and paint everything, including turning one space into a wet darkroom (Omega D5XL Chromega and D5XL cold light), with connecting space to a digital darkroom (Mac Studio/Studio display, Epson V700 scanner and Epson Surecolor P6000 printer, plus a full frame shop to finish up anything. While on the road I shot 40,000 digital files (after ruthless editing) and over 300 rolls of film. My studio space has been functional for almost two years now and I have not made much progress! I have developed all film to date, made contact sheets and filed negatives/contact sheets. All digital fils are organized and files in order of exposure and place (backed up X3). Now, I'm going through every negative and transparency I have ever created since 1984. I am taking a really close look at everything, do I want this anymore? Is it worthy? As I do this I'm scanning my favorite images as I go. All my older color images were shot using Fuji Velvia or Provia film and some early Kodak Ektachromes, now for color I shot Kodak Ektar 100 film. Although, these days I'm mostly shooting black and white film (Ilford FP-4 and Pan-F). I'm making my scans using an old Epson V700 PHOTO scanner and a Betterscan scan bed to focus on the grain of the film. I'm using Silverfast Ai9 Studio software. I create scans as big as they will go without interpolation and scan them using multiple passes (infrared). Switching from color transparencies to color negatives was an initial challenge, but once I figured out the profiles in silverfast things look pretty good. Sometimes using the wrong color profile makes for a better scan. Anyway I've been making scans as fast as I can, so I can create an entirely new look for my aging website. Plus, I'm seeking a place to leave all my photographic art with when I'm gone. I have found several major institutions that are interested. But, they all have one request. The work MUST be filed, cataloged and organized, in other words, ready for the archive, as they will not touch it. I have a long way to go! On my ruthless pass through my catalog of images I'm disposing of more than half and scanning less than a quarter, at this point in time I'm almost finished with 1996... Time to get back to scanning...
My wife and I have been in our home for three years now. It's a very small modest home on acreage with multiple studio/shop spaces. It took us a year to clean and paint everything, including turning one space into a wet darkroom (Omega D5XL Chromega and D5XL cold light), with connecting space to a digital darkroom (Mac Studio/Studio display, Epson V700 scanner and Epson Surecolor P6000 printer, plus a full frame shop to finish up anything. While on the road I shot 40,000 digital files (after ruthless editing) and over 300 rolls of film. My studio space has been functional for almost two years now and I have not made much progress! I have developed all film to date, made contact sheets and filed negatives/contact sheets. All digital fils are organized and files in order of exposure and place (backed up X3). Now, I'm going through every negative and transparency I have ever created since 1984. I am taking a really close look at everything, do I want this anymore? Is it worthy? As I do this I'm scanning my favorite images as I go. All my older color images were shot using Fuji Velvia or Provia film and some early Kodak Ektachromes, now for color I shot Kodak Ektar 100 film. Although, these days I'm mostly shooting black and white film (Ilford FP-4 and Pan-F). I'm making my scans using an old Epson V700 PHOTO scanner and a Betterscan scan bed to focus on the grain of the film. I'm using Silverfast Ai9 Studio software. I create scans as big as they will go without interpolation and scan them using multiple passes (infrared). Switching from color transparencies to color negatives was an initial challenge, but once I figured out the profiles in silverfast things look pretty good. Sometimes using the wrong color profile makes for a better scan. Anyway I've been making scans as fast as I can, so I can create an entirely new look for my aging website. Plus, I'm seeking a place to leave all my photographic art with when I'm gone. I have found several major institutions that are interested. But, they all have one request. The work MUST be filed, cataloged and organized, in other words, ready for the archive, as they will not touch it. I have a long way to go! On my ruthless pass through my catalog of images I'm disposing of more than half and scanning less than a quarter, at this point in time I'm almost finished with 1996... Time to get back to scanning...