Bloggage has declined precipitously around here lately for one simple reason: Real Work.<\/p>\n
I’m in the process of creating a new website for a local photographer. I enjoy doing photography websites because I like seeing what the client chooses for the portfolio sections. In this case, the client is a longtime fixture in Midland; he’s been a professional photographer longer than I’ve been alive, which is pretty astounding. As you would expect, he’s got a large body of work, and he’s picked about 200 photos to go on his website.<\/p>\n
The catch is that he’s Old School. He’s done just fine with film over the years and he has no intention of switching to digital. I certainly won’t second guess his decision, but what that means for the project is that I have to scan 200 prints and make them web-friendly.<\/p>\n
Besides the sheer volume of the work, there are two basic problems.<\/p>\n
The first is that all the prints are on satin finish paper. This means that there’s no reasonable way for me to make the scans look as sharp as if they’d come from glossy paper. The client understands that and is fine with it.<\/p>\n
The second issue is dust. When you’re showcasing someone’s photographic talents, the appearance of dust motes on the image is a very bad thing. Unfortunately, next to heat, our most common natural resource in west Texas is dust. And it’s amazing at how the smallest particle jumps out in an otherwise flawless photo. As a result, I have two choices. I can do quick scans and then use Photoshop to remove the dust spots, or I can apply canned air and a dry dust rag to each print and the scanner bed before every pass. I’ve elected to do the latter, counting on an ounce of prevention and all that.<\/p>\n
On the positive side, my new Canon scanner and SilverFast software are working together beautifully, and the client has been quite pleased with what we’ve accomplished thus far.<\/p>\n
I hope to return to more consistent posting soon…but I’ve got to process 72 scanned photos of high school seniors. Such is the glamorous life of a pixel pusher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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