[Leica] Backs at Backlight

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Well Mark, next time we meet I will show you my Blurb books...or you  
can buy them before that, of course ;-)

There was a time when I was making prints. I had one printer for B&W,  
loaded with special MIS inks, using special wonderful paper; and  
another one for color, up to A3. It was one continuing source of  
frustration. I did not print every day, so the things would clog up,  
need cleaning, I would get the calibration wrong, wasting still more  
ink and paper. And finally, what to do with those prints? One could  
carry them around, of course, but carrying a big portfolio just does  
not fit my lifestyle. One could hang them around the house, but there  
is only so much wall space.

Now I happily use Blurb as my printer. When I have a coherent body of  
work, I make a book. There is always room in the bookshelf for another  
book. And I am more than happy to show off my stuff on the web. I  
still make the occasional print, but only up to A4 on my Epson R800,  
in those cases where I have promised someone a print. And if I want to  
give someone a serious print as a present (or I need prints to  
exhibit) then I outsource that work to a lab that does it better and  
cheaper than I do.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.nathanfoto.com

Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
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Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog



On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:40 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> I concur. I would love to see one image per ten of Mark's posts :-)
>>
>>
> Thanks much if we met for a cup of coffee I would show you a stack  
> of 33
> 8.5x11 prints and you would show me what?
> Most Luggers I've been delighted to meet show me their latest CV lens.
> And are otherwise empty handed excepting maybe I get shown some  
> stuff from
> their iphone.
>
> Some people think they're only as good as they're last jpeg I think  
> I'm only
> as good as my last print.
>
> Jpegs don't impress me much a 10 year old kid can do them; as they  
> do by the
> millions ever day.
>
> Image google Mark Rabiner
>
> Every month for 24 months you've seen my New York Times Auto series.
> I have new things planned.
>
> I've seen gorgeous jpegs from people I know never in a million years  
> crafted
> a halfway decent darkroom print
> and  now never bothered with making a great inkjet.
>
> Meeting up with photo friends when I was starting out
> "meet me for a cup of coffee" was short for
> "meet me for a cup of coffee and we'll both show each other our  
> lastest
> prints"  Contacts even. Test RC proof prints.
>
> Now its our latest email auction win. Soon to be traded in for  
> another eBay
> win.
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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