COUCH COUNT CONTINUES

Couches are coming along slowly these winter days, but the count did go up by a couple. And the creep to fifty continues at a heck of a slow pace! I think I have figured out why too: The folks at the City of Denton trash pickup are getting on IT! I passed by a couch this morning, and a couple of hours later – GONE. There is also the sun to contend with – lack thereof, and sun angle in winter. I so look forward to the winter solstice – December 21st. From there, the days get longer although it takes awhile for them to get warmer.

THE RAFFAELLI ARCHIVES

The Raffaelli Archives are starting to gather some momentum as well. I was able to get a new lab on line to help with our Consumer Prints. They are what I call GEN1 prints, and a new printer should arrive soon — in order to create the GEN1 Gallery Print Series. Working on Ron Raffaelli’s legendary images is such a privilege, and every folder of scans I open, is like opening a vault every time. I have a hard time keeping my enthusiasm in check on this project, but there is a lot of business that goes with such an undertaking.

EPSON ARCHIVAL PRINTING

The high-end versions will be rendered using a brand new Epson Ink Jet printer. I have a lot of experience with fine printing, and am excited to get back in to the high end print spectrum with a state of the art printer and images that aren’t even mine!

Dallas Labs Diversify

It’s nothing new to report how interesting the photographic lab scene has become in the last ten years.

We’ve gone from mom-and-pop print shops and Wal Mart labs, to online ordering and a plethora of choices of online labs and products offered by different labs. Basically, labs can and will print anything on anything nowadays.

So today, while working as a “conservator” for the Rafaelli Collection, I am helping the owner of the estate find outlets for printing retail prints for sale directly to the public. Demand is high, and there are a lot of projects attached to Ron Raffaelli’s fantastic collection of rock-and-roll imagery from the golden era of rock – the late 1960’s.

Today’s photo lab visit is in Dallas – Full Color east of Downtown Dallas, to see what they offer and what they can do for the Collection.

On a parallel track, I am also looking for a new personal archival printer, and as usual the Epson line of inkjet printers is still the printer’s printer. I’ve been using Epson since they emerged as the leader in photographic printing for artists, and they have been through some rocky patches over the years, but still have an outstanding product.

Of course, knowledge on HOW TO PRINT is as critical as what printer to use and what to print particular images on (what paper). The right printer profile, the right settings on the printer software interface, and the right settings in Adobe Photoshop — If you get it all correct — can produce fantastic results.

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