BLIND PRINT EXCHANGE ROUND 18 (BPX18) - STATUS AND UPDATES

JohnRichard · Nov 17, 2013

Printing finished! Shipping tomorrow, unless something like sharknado comes, in which case TBA.

Ken Nadvornick · Nov 18, 2013

Woo hoo! I'm not the last one again.

Just returned from handing my package to the nice post office lady. And US$24.15 to go with it. She said that buys 6-10 business days.

Eugene, you can now mark me as SENT AND RECEIVED (DONE!!!!!).

Ken

MattKing · Nov 18, 2013

Like Ken, my print package was handed today to the Post Office.

In my case, it was $15.20. It has a fair distance to go.

So I can be marked down as "SENT"

So far I have not received.

StoneNYC · Nov 18, 2013

I still look at my print every day, it just happens to be sitting on my scanner that's why, anyway I think it's funny because I was expecting some kind of critique of my work at some point, and the one that I did of the person who sent it to me was actually quite thorough but also a little demanding and harsh, but i've realized that his image has way more information in it than mine does, mining is a simple color landscape with not a lot of things going on so there's not much to critique actually. I think next time I'm going to have to send something a lot more detailed. Because I don't optically print and only send my stuff off to a light-jet printer to have it chemically processed, I felt as if it made more sense to "be fair" if I simply made a color image that was made from a transparency, this way the image normally wouldn't have been easily printable anyway, versus a black-and-white image which could theoretically be done with an enlarger. I think next time if I'm still not set up with a dark room, which I know I won't be, I'll send a black-and-white image anyway even if it has to be like jet printed by Dwayne's photo because it will have a lot more detail and things going on. My color stuff tends to be less elaborate and more "pretty" skylines etc.

I don't know why am telling you all this, except that it was on my brain and I just needed to spit it out.

JohnRichard · Nov 18, 2013

Sent! Finally. Hope you enjoy.

Sent from my LT30at using Tapatalk 2

MattKing · Nov 18, 2013

StoneNYC said:
I still look at my print every day, it just happens to be sitting on my scanner that's why, anyway I think it's funny because I was expecting some kind of critique of my work at some point, and the one that I did of the person who sent it to me was actually quite thorough but also a little demanding and harsh, but i've realized that his image has way more information in it than mine does, mining is a simple color landscape with not a lot of things going on so there's not much to critique actually. I think next time I'm going to have to send something a lot more detailed. Because I don't optically print and only send my stuff off to a light-jet printer to have it chemically processed, I felt as if it made more sense to "be fair" if I simply made a color image that was made from a transparency, this way the image normally wouldn't have been easily printable anyway, versus a black-and-white image which could theoretically be done with an enlarger. I think next time if I'm still not set up with a dark room, which I know I won't be, I'll send a black-and-white image anyway even if it has to be like jet printed by Dwayne's photo because it will have a lot more detail and things going on. My color stuff tends to be less elaborate and more "pretty" skylines etc.

I don't know why am telling you all this, except that it was on my brain and I just needed to spit it out.

Stone:

You should send a print that you like, not one that is intended to appeal to what you imagine to be another person's preference.

StoneNYC · Nov 18, 2013

MattKing said:
Stone:

You should send a print that you like, not one that is intended to appeal to what you imagine to be another person's preference.

Oh no, I sent a print I like, what I meant was, the rules state I should only send a hybrid print for Transparencies since Ilfochrome isn't available any longer.

But if I sent a B&W print, it would have to be an optical print, per the rules.

JohnRichard · Nov 20, 2013

I also sent one of my favorite shots! While they always go on the wall, the shots I receive are usually trees. I have a whole forest of tree photographs sent from various people.

BirgerA · Nov 26, 2013

Delayed

Hi all

Unfortunately I've had some unforeseen problems regarding access to darkroom this fall, but hopefully they will be resolved within a week or two. I will then print and send.

Ed Bray · Nov 28, 2013

I received a print this morning from John Richard of his cousin Haley, nice informal portrait, many thanks.

JohnRichard · Nov 28, 2013

Thanks Ed, she doesn't really like that photo, but her husband is a bit nostalgic and that was the first picture he ever saw of her years ago - I sent him one as well!

anikin · Dec 4, 2013

Thank you everybody for your updates! I hope I captured the list correctly (below). We are in R&R period now, so I will be PM'ing reminders soon. Please check the list, make sure that I have your name in the correct category, and let me know if it is not:

SENT:
1 Katie (Katie)
2 Mark (Mark_S)
3 Matt (MattKing)
4 Paul (paul_c5x4) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
5 Uwe (piu58)
6 Bert (TheToadMen) (there was a url link here which no longer exists) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

RECEIVED:
1 Birger (BirgerA)
2 Edward (Ed Bray)
3 Greg (sage)
4 Menno (spijker)

NEITHER SENT NOR RECEIVED:
1 Prasanna (analoguey)
2 Paul (ataim)

SENT AND RECEIVED (DONE!!!!!):
1 Andrej (andreios)
2 Eugene (anikin) Image
3 Nicolas (Dali)
4 John (JohnRichard)
5 Ken (Ken Nadvornick)
6 Kevin (Kevin Kehler)
7 Bob (megzdad81)
8 Marco (mesantacruz)
9 Mike (mjs)
10 Reed (semi-ambivalent)
11 Stone (StoneNYC) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

TheToadMen · Dec 5, 2013

YES!!!!!
I received a large box from (there was a url link here which no longer exists) (USA).

It was very well and securely packed (thank you). It came with a nice, long letter, explaining the techniques and all about where&how this image was made. It also included a true story about a policeman "... apologizing for even owning a digital camera and promising that he would look for his old 35 mm film camera and give it a try again ..." and my first intro to Roadhouse Blues by Jim Morrison.
It's not just a picture, its a whole set of stories captured in a single image. A photograph is so much more .... when you know the story attached to it, don't you think?

The print is called: Ashen Lady (hence Roadhouse Blues). Its a beautiful B&W print of a lighted roadside motel sign made with a 8x10 inch camera and contact printed.

I'm gonna put this image on a easel for now to watch it regularly. I will post a PM to Ken with my feedback on the image in due time when it has really sunk in. Then I will frame the image (it came already mounted) and hang it in my simple darkroom&workspace (= attic above the garage).
This is my first 8x10 inch contact print and it makes me even wanting more to get into this format as well. I have just ordered me my first box of 18x24 cm Fomapan sheet film to use in an old Russian FKD plate camera (= about 7.2x9.6 inch).

Ken: thank you for a beautiful print and all the work and effort you have put into it. This is the first time I participated in a BPX and didn't know I would end up with such a fine print. It will be a standard for me to live up to in the next BPX I will participate in.
BTW: Would you be so kind to post the image yourself in the BPX gallery (so it will be under your own name, not mine)?

Sincerely,
Bert from Holland

anikin · Dec 5, 2013

Thank you Bert for the update. That's impressive packaging! These pictures made me very ashamed of myself for my shoddy packaging

Updated list:
SENT:
1 Katie (Katie)
2 Mark (Mark_S)
3 Matt (MattKing)
4 Paul (paul_c5x4) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
5 Uwe (piu58)

RECEIVED:
1 Birger (BirgerA)
2 Edward (Ed Bray)
3 Greg (sage)
4 Menno (spijker)

NEITHER SENT NOR RECEIVED:
1 Prasanna (analoguey)
2 Paul (ataim)

SENT AND RECEIVED (DONE!!!!!):
1 Andrej (andreios)
2 Eugene (anikin) Image
3 Nicolas (Dali)
4 John (JohnRichard)
5 Ken (Ken Nadvornick)
6 Kevin (Kevin Kehler)
7 Bob (megzdad81)
8 Marco (mesantacruz)
9 Mike (mjs)
10 Reed (semi-ambivalent)
11 Stone (StoneNYC) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
12 Bert (TheToadMen) (there was a url link here which no longer exists) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Christopher Walrath · Dec 5, 2013

Oh, how I miss dealing with those lists, E. How's it going, guys? Looks like the Exchange is alive and well.

ataim · Dec 5, 2013

OOPS, I forgot to reply, sent mine last week.

anikin · Dec 5, 2013

Christopher Walrath said:
Oh, how I miss dealing with those lists, E. How's it going, guys? Looks like the Exchange is alive and well.

Not only alive well, but is anxiously waiting for you take it over again Everybody by now is getting tired of receiving nastygrams from me.

anikin · Dec 5, 2013

ataim said:
OOPS, I forgot to reply, sent mine last week.

Thank you Paul! I have added you to Santa's "nice" list

SENT:
1 Paul (ataim)
2 Katie (Katie)
3 Mark (Mark_S)
4 Matt (MattKing)
5 Paul (paul_c5x4) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
6 Uwe (piu58)

RECEIVED:
1 Birger (BirgerA)
2 Edward (Ed Bray)
3 Greg (sage)
4 Menno (spijker)

NEITHER SENT NOR RECEIVED:
1 Prasanna (analoguey)

SENT AND RECEIVED (DONE!!!!!):
1 Andrej (andreios)
2 Eugene (anikin) Image
3 Nicolas (Dali)
4 John (JohnRichard)
5 Ken (Ken Nadvornick)
6 Kevin (Kevin Kehler)
7 Bob (megzdad81)
8 Marco (mesantacruz)
9 Mike (mjs)
10 Reed (semi-ambivalent)
11 Stone (StoneNYC) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)
12 Bert (TheToadMen) (there was a url link here which no longer exists) (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Ken Nadvornick · Dec 5, 2013

anikin said:
Not only alive well, but is anxiously waiting for you take it over again Everybody by now is getting tired of receiving nastygrams from me.

I knew there was a reason I almost volunteered, then didn't.

Ken

Ken Nadvornick · Dec 5, 2013

TheToadMen said:
YES!!!!!
I received a large box...

Wow. I've never received such an enthusiastic response! Usually I never even know if the package was ever received.

I do tend to go overboard for these exchanges. It's a chance to do something where I don't have to cut corners all of the time. The difference between a hobby and a job.

This was a fun picture to make, what with the police showing up, the landowner showing up (left that one out of the letter), pedestrians stopping to ask questions (also left that out), and eventually sitting in the dark for an hour while the stand development did its thing (need to buy an 8x10 paper safe to do that next time).

Even more fun was that you enjoyed it so much!

Thanks, Bert. I'll post the scan soon...

Ken

Christopher Walrath · Dec 5, 2013

Well, not to hijack, but since Eugene posted it here, and if it is OK with you all, I would certainly like to take the reins of the BPX once again.

Ken Nadvornick · Dec 5, 2013

I know Eugene has needed to hand it off for awhile. I almost volunteered simply because he's such a nice guy, but I've recently had a run of unexpected time-consuming incidents of my own.

If you're willing and he's agreeable, I think that would be a great idea.

Ken

Christopher Walrath · Dec 5, 2013

Oh, I'm down with it.

anikin · Dec 5, 2013

That great. Thank you Chris! I'm trying to manage an engineering team spread out across three very different time zones and it's getting rather overwhelming... Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.

Christopher Walrath · Dec 5, 2013

Then you are fairly out and I am fairly in. I will wait for the signup thread in January. Carry on.

BLIND PRINT EXCHANGE ROUND 18 (BPX18) - STATUS AND UPDATES

JohnRichard

Ken Nadvornick

MattKing

Moderator

StoneNYC

JohnRichard

MattKing

Moderator

StoneNYC

JohnRichard

BirgerA

Ed Bray

JohnRichard

anikin

TheToadMen

anikin

Christopher Walrath

ataim

anikin

anikin

Ken Nadvornick

Ken Nadvornick

Christopher Walrath

Ken Nadvornick

Christopher Walrath

anikin

Christopher Walrath

BLIND PRINT EXCHANGE ROUND 18 (BPX18) - STATUS AND UPDATES

Moderator

Moderator

Privacy & Transparency

Privacy & Transparency