new business opportunities (for ME!) March 30, 2009
Posted by steve in : Uncategorized , add a commenthi gang!
I am happy as a pig in shit today: I’ve got myself a brand new PRINTER!!! (smattering of applause and audible groans…). Big deal? HECK ya! I went digital about 5 years ago and from that moment on my darkroom experiences have CEASED 100%!!! At first it didn’t really matter -y’know, new media, new toys, new friends, new workflow etc. The world of digital quickly revealed itself as a place where my time would be more than filled with all the ‘post production’ activities…and other computer ‘activities’…Indeed, what a change to my LIFE! I stopped working out. I stopped going out. I stopped calling friends. I stopped eating healthy foods, and of course, I stopped going into the dark room. In short, I stopped getting off my ASS!
So here we are 5 years later and my work has taken on a wonderful new vibe with all this newness…and my back is shot. But I’ve digressed (how can I not?). The point I was going to make is: gone is the tactile experience of print making. Formerly a STAPLE of any photographers’ workflow, the art and fun and anticipation of going into the darkroom and waiting for that contact sheet to come out is toast. There was a BIG hole in my heart. And it was filled with zeros and ones…rarely anything to touch or fondle, or as one idiot DOP ranted, ‘paw through’…this is a story I’ll have to tell sometime -not now. George will outted at a later time.
So, my printer! No it’s not an ole school darkroom but a brand new (ok, refurbished) Epson 3800!!! YAY!!! I’ve already tossed prints galore through -as if making up for lost time. I have so much to learn (more zeros and ones I’m affraid) so I best get back to it….
hugs to all…I’ll be intouch real sooooooon