Category: overnight notes

sumday: Mar 2/25

Posted on Posted in labnotes, overnight notes, The Other

Mostly lab notes. a summary day of many smaller entries.

Keeping track is part of the continuous life of working as maker. The darkroom is where I spent much of my work life. Writing under that circumstance meant paper and plastic. As important to the process of markers is a notebook. It can be as casual as the one shown or as formal as the one I used with dye transfer.

I make small reference marks on the prints. These are also noted in the notebook in which the full comments are written. This book becomes stuffed with test-print portions which serve as prompts for remake or guides to process alteration, such as developer addenda. [talas ]

rl workbook exposure

if in doubt, check definitions from working groups, special societies. Academics have the motivation to define, refine, until it provides advantage to a field.

keep small bottles of ready to use Addenda. These are for use with paper developers– amidol in this instance.

limits to enlargement: least discussed is ‘system flare’ — MTF of process chain is most often discussed; it can be calculated. System flare must be measured.

Stayin Alive. Aware

Posted on Posted in A Symbol Life, overnight notes

…avoiding distractions. Keeping away from the keep away crowds — those zeros counting the zeros of their worth.


“I did all kinds of commercial work that you could imagine—weddings, bar mitzvahs, and some high price stuff. I’ve always made half of my living doing commercial assignments and the other half teaching. I have made time each day though to do my own work. That’s the center—I photograph every day!” — Phillip Perkis.

keeping away from noise sources is central to having a table. Maintain readiness, the
pre-theoretic [~methodological. Look softly, like riding a young horse.

one notices — the shadow cast by words upon truth – auden

Distractions are reductions of awareness work,  of yourself has to come from awareness of yourself and without

[… I am quite used to quick reviews. No problem keeping it focused. As to what, show what you think matters. What you think is important to see.. 2014-08-16 22:24..St. Regis.]