I don't even remember if I wrote anything today. It's been very busy. I started this morning with something like 25 prints to do (mostly 5 x 7's but a few larger prints as well). Several e-mails asking where my Christmas cards were like I had last year. Nice experiment but way too much work. I might make a couple of holiday cards for family - but that's it.
A couple of things struck me as ironic today:
- I like and have always liked smaller prints. But it didn't dawn on me to sell them until I was 6 years into this. Well, okay - it dawned on me - but it was impractical in the darkroom. Way too labor intensive to sell prints in various sizes. I had enough trouble just getting them done in one size. So the smaller prints are the result of: experimentation, worry about finance, and having a printer that can reliably do the job.
- Also with all my research into Print on Demand (POD) through Lulu.com I realized that that was what I have been doing since chucking the chemical darkroom. The inks in the printer are even CMYK-ish.
Do you know that the lead weight for the column of the old enlarger is still sitting downstairs as a door stop? It's this big lead weight with a hook on it and I pass by it every day. Sometimes I might say something to it as I pass through the vestibule: How ya doin' down there big weight. Glad some part of you is still useful.
