Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, I stand corrected. I might have been thinking about sealing off the bathroom in the hotel, unloading film holders (into boxes marked N, N-1, N-2 and so forth) then reloading them while the normal people were downstairs at the bar. On 12/30/2014 5:30 PM, Richard Man wrote: > Ken, developing sheet film is a piece of cake comparing to framing! > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> That's very interesting - please keep us posted. I see gatorboard is >> available also in 1" and 1 1/2" thicknesses, so it should make a pretty >> substantial mount. I wonder if it is possible to get a good presentation >> with the print temporarily mounted, with something like mounting corners, >> and white space (gatorboard) around the print. Probably not especially for >> large prints. Or, maybe a temporary fastening for the print, with a >> window >> mat over the print and temporarily attached to the gatorboard. Then the >> buyer could put that in a metal frame of choice if desired. It's probably >> not Library of Congress archival, but with the papers and inks available >> now, and acid-free foam board, I have to wonder if there is any real >> difference. I agree that framing is a royal PITA, probably up there with >> developing sheet film. >> >> Ken >> >> >> On 12/29/2014 11:27 PM, Bob Adler wrote: >> >>> Well I'm going to start getting back into printing and mounting in >>> January. I think I'm going to expand on an idea of Paul Roark's and just >>> mount on archival matte or gator board with, perhaps a protective spray. >>> Stick that on a wall. >>> >>> I like to photograph and print. I don't like to frame with >>> plexiglass/glass fronts and make frames. Diy framing is a PITA. PAYING >>> someone to do large prints is outrageously expensive. >>> >>> I just don't really care what the "art world" calls standard. The framers >>> get the money if it sells or not, and I get a few hundred bucks if one >>> sells and am stuck with the costs of the other frames. If a viewer >>> doesn't >>> like the freaking frame the print won't sell. I know this from >>> experience. >>> >>> So there it will be; a bare assed print. Sells or not but only the cost >>> of the print and board. Plus you really see the print. It's as intimate >>> as >>> it gets. Books are tempting too but you can't go wall sized. >>> >>> And more time for capturing light. Conventional standards don't benefit >>> the photographer or enhance the interaction of the viewer one bit: only >>> benefits the framers and gallery owners who couldn't care a less about >>> the >>> image: only if it sells. >>> >>> Fighting a cold so please forgive any grouchiness. I may not sell >>> anything but I won't go broke in the process. And if presentation is the >>> primary factor for a print selling, well that certainly ain't very >>> satisfying! >>> G'nite all. :-) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >