I have a boy and two daughters. They are all great people.... Now.....but those daughters nearly gave me a heart attack a few times.
I have a boy and two daughters. They are all great people.... Now.....but those daughters nearly gave me a heart attack a few times.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
2-4 hours. But, NEVER enough time. I would guess I'd need a good 8-10 to do everything the way I wanted to from start to finish.
That's my dream. Maybe when I retire.
I have to set up everything in my bathroom and darkroom where mu NuArc is. I only print carbon and try for four negatives per session. Most times I nail the prints....... or I'm real close and then final prints the next day. With carbon it takes a long time from start to finish but the fine print does come without a lot of waste.
I keep the wet time to 4 hours so I can maintain full mental concentration - after that I'm not sufficiently critical of my work. But since I have a home darkroom, I can set up my first negative and put out all my trays and the night before. Then in the morning I can get right to it and work through to a late lunch. Clean-up, setting up the next day's negatives and drying prints go on for another 4 hours. I set a modest goal of working only on 2 or 3 negatives each day, so that if one turns out to be a beast I won't get impatient. It's a leisurely pace, but I want to love it, not be manic about it.
I've talked to other photographers who boast of doing all-nighters or marathon sessions. Half of those refer to it as a former hobby - wonder why? The other half are just more driven than I, I guess.
I was talking of yesteryear. The boys are almost 17 years old now. The situation changed dramatically 4 years ago. The boys are now with me for a fortnight, then with their mom for a fortnight. Keeps one on one's toes! Balancing the boys, work, photography, new house (needs work!) and a girlfriend...keeps you young by killing you before you have the chance to get old!
Mark -- perhaps I'll drop by with some prints someday. I head to SoCal once a year or so. But it is difficult to get me out of San Clemente once I arrive there to visit family. I was born and raised in Alhambra, so I use to know your part of the woods. The boys and I prefer to just hang out at the beach.
John -- it is just a matter of doing it when one can! As the saying goes, an artist gets to work when the pain of not-working gets too strong. People just have different pain thresholds...
If I ever think I can legitimately complain about my working conditions or trying to find time to print, I just think of Jim F. -- he is nuts! But in a great way!
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
Yes, I am nuts!!! Now I've put my three boys through college so I can now do my thing! I find ways to print however I can. My workshop students have no excuses after they have seen how I have to work. One day soon a real darkroom!!
keeps you young by killing you before you have the chance to get old!
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Or, I'd rather wear out than rust out! Either way is a difficult path.
I take a day of six hours, generally 3h on morning, then go to walk with the dog, another 3h session on the afternoon. I tone on an other day.
It depends..I have a tiny darkroom with the Nova 8*10 set up as a standard, filled with chemistry, so I can start printing in 1-2 minutes. I usually have a few short sessions during the week (after dinner, before putting the kids to bed), mostly proofing 4*5 negative on 8*10 RC paper or developing something. These proofs are the base (some of them at least) for FB enlargements (mostly 30*40 cm) in longer sessions, and before such a session I remove the Nova, install 4 trays (will just fit) and print for 4-6 hours. When doing a lith print session, all day until the chemistry is exhausted (20 minutes or more development time)
best,
Cor
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