Didn't know it even existed.
I'll probably participate more when I retire
It does only come up in "New Posts" when someone responds to the sign-up or comments threads - and it may be under some kind of workflow description that hides it from people.
Fair enough - but it doesn't take very long to make a dozen postcards. I think I can do it in half an hour.....
I'll probably participate more when I retire
I work with carbon transfer, gum overs, etc. Takes longer than half hour.
I don’t currently have a way to print.
Compelling lack of interest.
Most people are on the internet for the bla-bla-bla, not to actually do photography.
But you could just make some rc print postcards....
Walmart makes prints.
We all know you don't actually use the cameras - unless caressing them counts
I do like to argue....
Can't you wait three years??
...people interested in photography as much as so many people here seem to be would like to take part in postcard or print exchanges
me tooI have to admit bla bla is basically what I'm on here for. I found PE on APUG from a google search for something or other and stuck around, more or less, on and off. I do photography though.
I guess I don't see the connection between sending postcards and photography. Also, with respect to print exchanges, what do I do with the prints, especially the ones I don't like? I dunno... just seems to be all that interesting to me.
This is only anecdotal but my guess is a lower proportion of the currently active APUG/Photrio membership makes prints compared with earlier on in my time here. I didn't participate in any of this stuff back then either, but it seems to me that these sorts of things were quite a bit more active then. Even the gallery here was quite different.
ine a birdcage? Make paper airplanes? What does it matter?
It matters because it takes time. Why would I spend time doing something that doesn't interest me? And why is it so difficult to accept that many others find no interest in this?
I scan most of my negatives, and make wet prints from them. I still contact some of my 8x10's directly for carbon transfers, etc. The printmaker part of me will never leave! I used to be quite involved in print exchanges over at the LF Forum, but lost interest for reasons that I'll keep to myself.
I can understand why someone would not want to put a lot of effort into something that basically goes out into the wind and blows away. The expectation is that you hear nothing back. I view these things as just the enjoyment of doing something for a reason - rather than my normal make-prints-stick-them-in-a-box.
it makes me curious when someone volunteers that they're not particularly interested in what they're talking about
Why do so few people take part in the member organized functions? I would assume that people interested in photography as much as so many people here seem to be would like to take part in postcard or print exchanges - especially those people that do have a well-established presence here. But I think there are currently around 8 people signed up for the blind print exchange. A few more signed up for postcard exchange.
Unfortunately, most film enthusiasts do not have darkrooms so they can't make prints, postcard size or otherwise, to exchange. Nothing left to do but share scans in the gallery. Personally, I just don't have much interest in making and mailing around postcard prints, so I don't participate in the exchange. However, I am glad the exchange has been organized for those who would like to participate. If exchanging postcard prints is something you think you would like like to do, I'd say give it a go and see how it turns out.Fair enough - but it doesn't take very long to make a dozen postcards. I think I can do it in half an hour.....
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