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ART 53, day 14

2016/05/05 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 14

More scanning (and, occasionally, re-scanning) yesterday. I made it through all the SX-70 and 600 photos—and much faster than I had expected; with the number of re-scans needed to get rid of Newton’s rings, I thought it might take several days. Instead, I kept going until I had finished the lot.

Now I just have about a dozen type 100 prints, which is much simpler, since I only have to be concerned with the usual dust removal—no re-scanning!

And there was much rejoicing…

(5 May 2016)

 

 

ART 53, day 13

2016/05/03 — Leave a comment

Today, I scanned. I have accumulated just over 30 Polaroids since January. Usually I scan them the same day, but I haven’t been doing that.

This is probably going to take me a while—particularly if I am to keep plugging away at the book.

Why will it take me a while? Well, it all comes down to the vagaries of scanning film, with Polaroids adding their own peculiar brand of fun to the mix. Continue reading

Miscellaneous stuff

2015/10/20 — Leave a comment

Today was the 365th entry in year 2 of my ‘love notes to the days of the week’ series. I have other things going on at the moment, but these will eventually become my second book in the series, ‘Dear Tuesday…’ Just think: all that started with one smart-ass Facebook post… Continue reading