Comments on: The Three Prints a Week Project

By: Relishing Slowness - Scooter in the Sticks

Relishing Slowness - Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 05:06:23 +0000

[…] and I try to share new photographs each time we meet at the cafe. It’s a habit that first started back in January 2008 with my friend Gordon Harkins and has continued on and off through […]

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:22:54 +0000

Mike: My source for the Heidenau Snow Tex tires doesn't sell them anymore. A quick search for those tires in Google revealed a number of dealers. I would pursue that.

Good luck!

By: Let's saddle up and Scooter For Fun.

Let's saddle up and Scooter For Fun. — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:19:55 +0000

Steve:
On a slightly different subject - have you any knowledge as to where to get snow tires?
Thanks.
Mike

By: Ale-

Ale- — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:50:00 +0000

this kind of project sounds quite good.
I wouldn’t be able to shoot two rolls a week, as I mostly stay in an office and my subjects would soon repeat.
though, I got a new Pentax MX and I’m crazy about it, and your task pushes me to try and shoot a bit more.
This pulse already generated my new photo weblog – did you take a look at it? lightwasenough.blogspot.com – and I understood that I should dedicate more time to each picture…

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:01:00 +0000

I especially like the photo of the Vespa in the underground loading dock. I look forward to seeing more pictures.

By: irondad

irondad — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:48:00 +0000

This is a late comment from a couple of posts ago. You talked about your battery giving out 50 miles from home at 10 degrees. That’s only part of it. It will also happen at night, be on a twisty mountain road with no guard rail, and there will be freezing rain. Don’t ask me how I know that!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:27:00 +0000

Thanks Rick! I’ll keep the camera close and keep making more pictures.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Steve whatever format you use the photos will be awesome. You have a gift.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:32:00 +0000

simplytim: Black and white photographs retain a simple elegance for me not only as a physical property of the print but also the way in which it reinvents the world. While color is a magical thing it can cloud what is happening and add a layer of confusion if you are not paying attention.

I felt that way yesterday looking at the work of Rachel Papo of young women in the Israeli Army. The color made the pictures easier to accept or something. You can see them at Rachel Papo Serial No. 3817131.

I'm not sure where my own project will take me but I am excited to be on the path again.

heinz & frenchie: Thanks for your kind words. We'll see where the new year will take things.

pvino: I still remember my first black and white pictures in the mid-1960's when my father let me use the family camera, a folding Zeiss Ikon camera. Not long afterwards I was processing film in our basement and on from there.

At times I think I am pursing nostalgia more than content. I remember the excitement back then.

dbrent: Digital printing certainly has it's benefits even in black and white I suppose. But the equation between a silver print and inkjet print aren't balanced. Each has it's benefits and drawbacks. For me the physical quality of a silver print is preferable to an inkjet. And working in my darkroom is less expensive by far in terms of equipment and materials. Not having printed enough digitally I am not sure about time.

I have sold prints in the past from shows I have had but it has never been a priority. I have thought about making prints available of some of my Vespa photos here on the blog through one of the fulfillment companies but I have not pursed it.

Do you have any thoughts in this area?

tenntrains: I think you should reserve the popcorn in case I ever start posting videos again. For these a simple cup of coffee or tea will do....*grin*

I figured since I will only be posting three images it won't become a tedious event. I can still remember visiting friends of my parents as a kid and having to sit through tray after tray of really bad and redundant slides of a vacation somewhere.

sarch: Thanks for the nomination and supportive words. It's always nice to know that the work you do is appreciated.

lucky: It may look tough but it's still out in the sticks. We are a pretty docile place. Though now that I think about it our district attorney disappeared and most presume he was killed. Across the street from this place a woman was murdered and the killer never found. The local paper has a story about human remains being found in a state park near here. And of course there is the unsolved murder in the stacks of our local library back in the late 1960's that is suspected to be the work of Ted Bundy who was know to be in the area at the time.

Hmm, maybe it is a dangerous place...

david: I have similar feelings towards digital photography when it comes to cost and obsolescence. The speed and ease of digital and the instant feedback is hard to resist. Shooting film means you have to wait. That flies in the face of a give it to me quick I need it now culture of which I am a part.

I suppose shooting black and white film is also about getting off that wagon...

By: David

David — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:11:00 +0000

I too love the simple beauty of B&W film and prints. I also would love to have a Leica like yours. I shoot with old Yashica 35mm SLRs, with Yashica, Vivitar, and a couple Zeiss lenses. While I still have my darkroom equipment, I tend to shoot C41 B&W film now. Haven't taken the plunge into a digital camera yet. Cost and obsolescence are the main reasons.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you turn up. Maybe it will inspire me to do more photography. :)

Dave T.