safe haven for tiny formats

[Ari]

The first one is by far the better shot, Austin.
Great work, as always.

[Leigh]

I think the first one is by far the stronger shot, FWIW.

- Leigh

[tuco]

And another vote for the 1st one. It has emotion radiating from it.

[ian kraus]

Austin - Thanks and +1 first shot also.

[austin granger]

Thanks guys. I respect your opinions. The thing that bums me out the most is that I didn't get his hands in focus. My dad's been laboring with his hands for over fifty years and showing them properly would have better helped tell his story. It just kills me that this element was right there in front of me and I completely wasted it. I don't shoot open very often and I misjudged the DOF. Damn. Well, getting the pictures at all was a victory, and we had a good talk there in his kitchen besides. That's more important than anything and I won't forget it. Thanks again.

[Roger Cole]

I agree the first one is better, but he doesn't seem weary or weighted down to me, rather pensive, lost in thought, gazing away but his thoughts farther away than his gaze.

[rdenney]

In hindsight I figured it was because of the drum scanners prejudice and lousy software, because you could make a fine enlarger print from a 35mm neg so the sharpness was there, just not the willingness on the prepress side. They really clung to their chrome workflow until the bitter end.

Wasn't it that the pre-press guys didn't want to be responsible for interpreting color? The slide provided a reference for color (not always correct, of course, but always definite).

Rick "whose last magazine cover (from a 35mm chrome) was 1994 or so, but whose magazine photos since then have been supplied digitally" Denney

[Frank Petronio]

Yeah that was the rationale. In the mid-90s it was a battle for my business because they didn't want to give up the super-high rates they charged for scans and retouching, I was undercutting them at $400/hour. Those were the days but there were some harsh words exchanged and more than a little bullshit when I would give a printer a harddrive ready to output into separations. They would still find a few grand worth of things to adjust ;-p

Then around 1996 every damn Art Director got a copy of Photoshop and started doing it themselves, so I only had a 3-year window to rake in the dough ;-p Of course the ADs did horrendous work for the next ten years-plus.

Luckily the internet happened and people paid stupid money for websites that would be basically freebies now.

[austin granger]

Spent some time walking around my old home town last weekend.

Hallway through Weathered Plexiglass Window, Otis Elementary School, Alameda


Units, Alameda


Seagulls, Early Morning, Alameda


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[C4D]

That Plexiglass capture is pretty damn unique Austin!