Postcard Exchange : Round 7

[David A. Goldfarb]

I think that's one extra New York in there for good measure.

I finally just bought a package of labels in the same format as Nige's. It was getting annoying having to reformat them for the 1x4" labels of which I seem to have an endless supply.

 

[mikeg]

David's is amusing... New York, New York, NY... The postman might burst into song! Also, MikeG's lengthy address was even longer!

Sorry about my address!! It is all needed, but you can put the postcode on the same line as the county if it makes it fit better on the label. So, something like;

Shropshire. SY......,
UK

or even

Shropshire. SY......, UK.

As a last resort you can miss off the county completely but you have to be absolutely sure that you've got the postcode correct.

You wouldn't believe the problems I've had typing my address into US websites which believe that an address should be a maximum of 2 or 3 lines long!

Cheers

Mike

 

[Derek Lofgreen]

I just got Gary and Mick's cards today. Great job. Mick, tell your brother it isn't your photography skills that need help.

D.

 

[Markok765]

I got a postcard but havent gotton the adresses for the other people

 

[tommy5c]

the list of addresses was sent to your e-mail. if you didn't get it you were supposed to inform nige.

And I too reiceved Mick's card, it was great.

 

[Nige]

Marko, have sent you the list again. I reckon its your gmail account doing some filtering...

 

[highpeak]

TOday is my happy day! Got postcards from Daniel, glbeas, Mick, and Chris Pandino. I love them all. It's interesting to see what a difference of style and subject from a same piece of paper.

Mick, your brother must be thrilled to have a portrait like this.

My postcards going out on coming Monday.

 

[pandino]

I got GaryB's postcard today. Gorgeous print! It clearly blows away the RC stuff I'm using. Would you be willing divulge the print/paper/dev/exposure details to this ign'ant printer?

That one print alone was worth the price of admission...

 

[glbeas]

I got GaryB's postcard today. Gorgeous print! It clearly blows away the RC stuff I'm using. Would you be willing divulge the print/paper/dev/exposure details to this ign'ant printer?

That one print alone was worth the price of admission...

It's just fiber base kodabromide postcard paper, very old stuff. It's lost speed and contrast but I could compensate with a contrasty negative, a 4x5 time exposure on Ektapan. RC has some very good uses but knock your socks off aint one of them!

 

[Shmoo]

Boy, I don't know how you guys can get these things printed in 1-2 hrs!!! Took me about 3.5 hrs. Oh well, it took just about as long to get the postage from the USPS...I guess adding up stamp values is not one of their strengths. At any rate, they are printed and posted as of today!!! Yea!

S

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Just printed rounds 6 and 7. This is the first time I've done it with the Metrolux timer, and I don't know how I lived without one for so long. I was using print times of 1.8 and 1.5 sec with my cold light head and zipping them out, and there was no exposure drift at all.

I ran out of postcard stock, so I continued on 8x10" MGIV RC Portfolio using a Saunders 4-up proofing easel, and that also made things easier, until of course I ran out of MGIV RC, and had to figure out a new exposure for MGIV FB--which turned out to be the same as RC for this particular print.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Boy, I don't know how you guys can get these things printed in 1-2 hrs!!! Took me about 3.5 hrs. Oh well, it took just about as long to get the postage from the USPS...I guess adding up stamp values is not one of their strengths. At any rate, they are printed and posted as of today!!! Yea!

S

Probably what most of us do to grind them out in an hour or two is to put four or five or six of them through the dev, stop and fix together. You don't need a paper safe - just use an empty paper packet to put them in as you go, until you have your five or so. Then just put them through together, making sure to rotate them in the dishes. That way, you will get through them pretty quickly.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

With the proofing easel, I print four to a sheet and develop two 8x10" sheets back-to-back in an 8x10" or 11x14" tray. In a larger tray you can shuffle a stack of them. Another approach for printing a large stack of prints is to set up two or three developer trays and cycle the prints from one tray to the next and back, and use deep trays for stop/rinse and fix.

 

[BirgerA]

Just received the first ones

Hello all

I received the first three postcards yesterday, Gary Beasley, Mick Fagan and Daniel (SimulatorDan). If the remaining ones are as inspirational as these, then this will prove to be an even better kick in my rear end for getting back into the darkroom and start printing. I got hold of the paper yesterday, so I will get at it during the upcoming week.

Best wishes from Norway, where summer suddenly arrived.

Birger A.

 

[Buster6X6]

I made my first batch of 30 post cards today. With my wife after me to do things I have to continue tomorrow with the rest . All should be out by Wednesday.

Cheers Greg

 

[simulatordan]

Thanks to Mark Fisher and glbeas for your postcards which arrived this morning; 12th June. Similar use of 'perspective' in very different images. I find I like using the same idea in some of my shots.

Both great shots, like them very much.

regards Daniel

 

[metod]

Hi folks!
Slowly but surely the cards making their way to Montréal. Big thanks so far to Chris Pandino, Daniel (simulatordan) and Mark Fisher. Nice stuff…I just sent mine today.
This should make for interesting summer.
Cheers!

Metod

 

[simulatordan]

Hello Shmoo,

Your postcard arrive in this morning's post.Another shot with great perspective combined with depth created by the reflections on the marble? floor. Really great, well seen.

Regards Daniel

 

[Nicole]

My goodness, I'm so snowed under with work right now and you have your finished and out the door already?? I have a big display happening in an upcoming expo this weekend so have not had time for anything else. I'll get a little more time in the next 2-3 weeks. I apologise in advance if I run a little behind.

 

[BWKate]

We do have some time so don't worry, Nicole. Some of us have not either shot the negative they are going to use or picked the negative they are going to print.

I usually write on every single postcard so it usually takes me a bit of time. I don't mind. It's kind of fun trying to write something different on each one!

 

[BWKate]

I received 4 postcards from Gary Beasley, Daniel, Mick Fagan, and Chris Pandino.

All great and all so different. How did you make that cool uneven border, Chris? I like it. Great portait Mick, does your brother like it? Cool perspective Gary and Daniel!

 

[pandino]

How did you make that cool uneven border, Chris?

Kate,
Thanks for the compliment! That was my first attempt at a black border of this type. Each print was exposed twice. The first exposure was for the border, and the second for the negative.

For the border, I created the mask by scoring the paper to the desired dimensions, then slowly tearing away at the score. The mask was made of some kind of thick, black, pulpy paper that I had laying around.

I laid the mask on top of each print and exposed sans negative. I cranked through all 50 in about 5-10 minutes, so some may not be perfectly squared with the edges. I then set up my neg for the second exposure.

 

[metod]

My goodness, I'm so snowed under with work right now and you have your finished and out the door already?? I have a big display happening in an upcoming expo this weekend so have not had time for anything else. I'll get a little more time in the next 2-3 weeks. I apologise in advance if I run a little behind.

Nicole, just like Kate have mentioned, no worries. Some of us are busier than others….I am sure the wait will be worth it

 

[glbeas]

Shmoo, I got yours, and Art, yours too. Thanks!

 

[Derek Lofgreen]

I got Shmoo and Daniels today. Good stuff you two.

D.