[Leica] Reasons for making a commitment to my 2005 PAW

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

I have decided to take the plunge.  2005 is the Year of the PAW.  Why am I
subjecting myself to a year of showing off my photography skills to the
assembled masses?

I have shot as an amateur since I was 13.  I have shot a lot of 35, and some
quantity of 6x6 and 4x5.  Most has been in B+W.  But the truth is that I am
a terrible procrastinator in the darkroom.  I have printed very few of my
negatives, and it is time I did something about it.  So this year, The Year
of the PAW, I am going to get out those old negatives and a) get some
darkroom proficiency and b) show off some of my work to others.  Do I need
to take more pictures?  Yes, but that is not my focus.  My focus is to use
what I already have to produce a portfolio, and to decorate my walls.

A friend and I are going to take on a challenge to take pictures once a week
for the purpose of tuning our eye.  We are planning on shooting a fixed
number of pictures ( sounds like 12 is the right number per week, as in 36 /
3 = 12, 120 film has 12 exposures, and maybe only 4 4x5 per week).  No motor
drive activity, concentrated limited shot photography.  I believe this tunes
the eye better than the shotgun approach.  ( he uses a Nikon D100, so
keeping to 12 shots will most likely be impossible, but that is not my
problem.)

Indulge me, it is going to be a year of improvement, the year of the
darkroom, the year of less procrastination, the year of discovery and
rediscovery.  It will be a year of old and new, 4x5, 6x6 and 35mm negatives,
printed in my wet darkroom, scanned, and sent to a WEB page.

Don't expect miracles......And I doubt EVERY week will be met, but I am
going to try hard to make this happen.

I have the first prints made, I have the WEB Page and PAW SW working, now to
get the scanner working......

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net