Category: overnight notes

check batt day

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One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one’s capacity.”-– Pierre-Auguste Renoir 

the first of the month; time to check electronics in the studio and the lab.

in or out? when you put the camera, meter, whatsit away, what is your cleanup and storage protocol? Perhaps you haven’t considered the question. When you’re done, do you leave stuff in the bag or on a shelf.

In my commercial world, the process of ending one thing was prep for the next.

In the age of the professional studio every assignment had a set up and a teardown time. cameras along with all equipment were cleaned at shoots end; repairs needed were noted.. before a shoot the equipment was checked; this included batteries for those portable electric items. items which were stored a long time while being assumed always at the ready were checked monthly; batteries being swapped out, freshly charged ones being put into service. For Equipment cage operations someone in charge of the cage followed the procedure with every equipment check-in and check-out. Schools of journalism instilled the discipline in their students which likely spread throughout that industry.

I keep batteries out of infrequently used darkroom equipment, but do keep batteries in the actively used cameras. Lightmeters are not stored more than a week with batteries enclosed. When the meter is being stored, it is stored with its battery put into a bag-box with a tag marked with dates. If the meter is going out pn location it is tested with vtvm. Field kits always include tested spares.

Equipment Poor:

It is also a time to prune, to dead-head equipment. If it isn’t being used, since I’m not a collector, and it is a dust collector, I consider passing it along. 

Emergency in the gun-belt states. Most of the US experiences competitive power failures. So the Free Markup has devised the house-batt. I keep batteries in flashlights; along side these are 8-hour candles. And so it goes.

There remains the ground of difference between being awake and being aware

When you Rise.

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when you awake do you look for what’s right, or what’s failed overnight.

growth or gloom .

upon first viewing, do you look for what’s best in the photograph, or what’s the worst . do you teach by pointing out their errors — or, … can you complete the line

can you get past the photograph . can you get past the subject of the photograph.. can you get past the limit you set yourself..

American Photographs — Weston to Beaumong Newhall, “I want the Walker Evans book. He is certainly one of our finest. When I see a photograph reproduced that I like, I usuallly find it is by Walker Evans.”  — september 23, 1938.

g: Dye Transfer, webionaire

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googling has become retroid — I aksed gemini(goog) to characterize “dye transfer webionaire” Err responded with:

[The term "dye transfer" on the photography blog Webionaire refers to critical commentary, historical notes, and technical lamentations regarding the legendary, obsolete Kodak Dye Transfer color printing process. [1, 2]  
The content on the site regarding this topic highlights: 

• The Death of the Medium: Discussions on how the specialized materials, matrix films, and papers required for the process are practically extinct. 
• Online Communities: Critiques of online forum behavior and self-appointed experts discussing a craft most have never actively practiced. 
• Technical Realities: Detailed breakdowns of specialized tools like the matrix punch and registration boards used in traditional labs. [5]

Err provided links to posts.. the only impressive part was the speed of response. Helps being able to speed read, and to have read ahead.

Not certain ’bout those lamentations —