I'm doing alt processes for about two years now, and I take every note that will potentially be useful for me in the future. I heard someone saying, notes can be important for the collectors if they acquire your photo someday, but I'm not worried about that for now, as I'm not selling my prints, nor I plan to anytime soon.
I take these notes digitally, in a txt file for each print, and I have template that I developed over time, so the notes are uniform for each photo.
However, I'm thinking about putting some notes on the back of the print itself, but I'm hesitating for the moment, as I'm trying to find the best way to do that. So far, I have 200+ prints and I'd like to find the way to note them, so I don't have to experiment too much and change in the future. For me, the back of the print is also important, the handwriting, the layout of the information. It can be sloppy, like as if you don't care, or it can be done in a nice way.
It's been two years since I'm doing alt processed, mainly platinum palladium, and I found the right template for the digital notes, which I didn't changed for the last year or more, and I think I'm ready to mark my prints too, but I'd like to see some examples from people who do this much longer than me, maybe get some ideas, or get inspired how to do it in a nice way. So please, if you have them, please post here.
Btw, I also never put my signature on a single print, because I don't actually have one. I used my ugly signature only for signing forms and I don't want it on any of my prints. I feel I need to come up with something better and stick with it, but as I already said, I don't plan to sell my prints, so I never had a chance to do this, even though I want and I will. I'm just not rushing, but I think the signature and few notes is a cool thing to have on a print. I put a lot of time, money and effort in these photographs and prints, and they will sure outlive me, so it will be good to do it while I'm still around
I take these notes digitally, in a txt file for each print, and I have template that I developed over time, so the notes are uniform for each photo.
However, I'm thinking about putting some notes on the back of the print itself, but I'm hesitating for the moment, as I'm trying to find the best way to do that. So far, I have 200+ prints and I'd like to find the way to note them, so I don't have to experiment too much and change in the future. For me, the back of the print is also important, the handwriting, the layout of the information. It can be sloppy, like as if you don't care, or it can be done in a nice way.
It's been two years since I'm doing alt processed, mainly platinum palladium, and I found the right template for the digital notes, which I didn't changed for the last year or more, and I think I'm ready to mark my prints too, but I'd like to see some examples from people who do this much longer than me, maybe get some ideas, or get inspired how to do it in a nice way. So please, if you have them, please post here.
Btw, I also never put my signature on a single print, because I don't actually have one. I used my ugly signature only for signing forms and I don't want it on any of my prints. I feel I need to come up with something better and stick with it, but as I already said, I don't plan to sell my prints, so I never had a chance to do this, even though I want and I will. I'm just not rushing, but I think the signature and few notes is a cool thing to have on a print. I put a lot of time, money and effort in these photographs and prints, and they will sure outlive me, so it will be good to do it while I'm still around
