[Leica] More comments: how do you use your images

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I've already made some comments, but here is a bit more: I began to 
take images to prop up my poor memory: even as a child: not photos, no 
memories ;-) When I moved to Melbourne at 13 I began to develop and 
print in the darkroom -- all by trial and error, so there were lots of 
errors ;-) At school, being the "cameraman" allowed me to get out of 
doing sport -- can't do it and snap it ;-) Also meant I spent a lot of 
time with the coaches and learnt a lot about sports: rowing etc. At 
university it was just an ongoing "temptation" and then in the 80's I 
began to "expand" my horizons.

I am now trying to build a "body of work" to burn when I die most 
likely ;-) I print in the darkroom mainly on RC paper, but also do 
Cibachrome and colour negs: after my last few trips, I discovered that 
I could not keep up with all the printing, so I've decided to spend 
most of my time on b/w. After I've finished FOM2, I will be starting 
another exciting (for me ) project. More of that a lot later.

Mostly I print 10 x 8. But for the walls, I have settled on 12 x 16.

I need more time, but I have to fly, its getting late.

Cheers
On 11/07/2005, at 9:22 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> You first! :-)
>
> Daniel
>
> On 7/11/05, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
>> I am hoping to stimulate a bit more discussion on this topic: why do
>> you take the images, what do you do with them, how big do you print,
>> how do you print, why do you print etc
>>
>> Cheers
>
>
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