My personal project: printing it all!

NB23 · Jul 25, 2012

Bob Carnie said:
I do not think he is.

I am doing the exact thing you are doing except I have started this project a bit different.
Over the last three years I have made high resolution scans of all my negatives. I did eliminate some.
I just finished last month and now my wife is starting to do the same thing.
Next is to pick the process for final printing of each series .. some I plan to make enlarger prints, even though I have the scan, others I want to make small platinums and carbons.
The colour work is all slated for a mixture of gum and carbon for both my wife and my colour negs and slides.

The moment we feel that Silver Paper is going to be either crazy expensive or hard to get we buy the big walk in freezer with a few of our friends and bring in enough for 10 years of printing.
What is quite amazing is that you are doing this at a younger age, I am nearing 60 and wish I had done what you are doing now.
For me it will be fun to print everyday for myself and not worry about whether the client will like the print as I will be the client.

I plan to keep the edition numbers small on my general work and when I print I will print the edition.
My solarizations are a bit bigger edition so editing to what I think is my very best work is the hardest part.

Back up your storage in a couple of ways... trust me on this one.

Bob,
I've been following your very interesting posts for a while now. You're an inspiration that's for sure.

NB23 · Jul 25, 2012

artonpaper said:
Oh no, Dude, I am totally serious. I have close to 50 years of negatives, mostly unprinted. I wish I had you determination. I agree about the digital part. It can be mind numbing.

Start as soon as you can. Go 5x7 and you'll go through them in a breeze. The only problem with starting small is that soon wnough you'll start planing to go bigger for your favorites and then you'll want them all big.
But sometimes small is best.

NB23 · Jul 25, 2012

Bob Carnie said:
Where are you located.
I would like to see some of these prints someday.

Yes, I'll post some pictures soon for the fun of it.
I'd also like to show you real prints in person. I'm in Montreal... Not really far from you.

NB23 · Jul 25, 2012

Dinesh said:
Don't tell Bob where you live!

Trust me.

FWIW, I as well, admire you for undertaking this task.

NB23 · Jul 25, 2012

padraigm said:
Yes I am very impressed well done. I am doing something slightly similar. I am only posting printed material for a least a year. If its worth showing it's worth printing.

That's the spirit.

Thomas Bertilsson · Jul 25, 2012

Good for you! I'm very happy to see someone with such dedication to the craft and the art.

I don't print everything I shoot as it would be way more expensive than I can afford. But I do find that when I go into the darkroom, and I start exploring a single roll of negatives, I find that I still like many of the ideas I had when I shot them. And if I didn't go through this process of printing more negs per roll than usual, all those 'good ideas' would never see the light of day or my enlarger.

Keep it up, and I wish I could be in Bob's office when you bring a few boxes of prints.

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