If you’re proud of the work you do it stands to reason that accuracy and quality are very important to you, right? If you weren’t concerned about being accurate and producing quality results I highly doubt you could be super …
Name dropping
Today’s going to be a busy one. Actually it already is. I’ve been in the shop since 8 a.m. A lot to do. While I wait for a canvas to come off I thought I’d fill you in on what …
Don’t discuss Costco, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, or any of the rest with me. I’m done, I’m out
I just received an urgent correspondence from a new client regarding prints. They’d done a shoot for friends, did their post production, and sent off a CD. The friends got back in touch. They’d had the images printed at Costco. …
When paper has value
My life often seems to be dominated by paper. Breathing Color, Canon, Red River, Lexjet, and more. There’s some of the paper in my life. I buy it, print on it, and the final results hold more value than the …
What type of realestate does a photographer actually need?
Over the past two years I’ve had a lot of time to consider what the optimal space would be for me. Keep in mind, in addition to photography I also do a ton of Fine Art Giclee reproductions for painters, …
Calibration Day!
Okay, I think I’ve just made up a new holiday or something. See, my entire morning was spent calibrating! New print heads, new inks, and not in one printer, but two! And when you swap heads or inks guess what …
Cleaning up from a positive film scan – Another step in painting reproductions
Recently I posted about part of the process in creating reproductions of paintings. Today we’re going to talk about another part of the process. Positive film scans Often painters have their large paintings photographed on 4×5 positive film. My partner …
The Tools of My Trade
It’s been a while since I’ve listed off what I use for the work I do. While I wait for two different painters to come in to check their proofs I thought about what’s important in my day to day …
So, you think you want to do fine art reproductions of your paintings?
Off and on I’ve mentioned some of what goes on with Fine Art Reproduction printing. I’ve never fully gotten into all that goes on, and I won’t be getting into the whole ball of wax in this post, but will …