Some goodies from the Trade Joes. I really like that Soy Milk & Toasted oatmeal flakes LOL.

I know I don’t need this new $7000 Leica M9. I can do everything that the M9 can pull with my current camera. However, the portability and the simplicity of the Leica is fatally irresistible.

It was my 4th year attending the Photo LA. This year I felt like there were lot less galleries participating in the exhibition. However, many of photographers fine works were still inspirational and provoking.

This year’s Photo LA booklet contained lot less pages than previous 3 years ….  :(

please make a donation by texting ” Haiti ” to number 90999 .

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH

A photograph produced for the purpose of being presented and displayed as a work of fine art. Photographs made by the artist or under the direct supervision of the artist are considered to be of the finest pedigree, such photographs are made with conservation in mind using only finest quality papers, photo-chemicals and inks. Most fine art photographs are handled and signed by the artist. In certain circumstance some photographs are produced posthumously by the artist’s estate and notated as such on the actual photograph. With fine art photographs it is recommended that they are stored, framed and conserved using only museum quality acid free materials.

 PHOTOGRAVURE

The most aesthetically beautiful process for reproducing a photographic image using ink. Photogravures are noted for their subtle tonal range. A gravure is an image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a copper plate and etched in. Hand pulled photogravures were a popular method for early photographers to reproduce their work for publication purposes, a fine example of this can be found in the photogravures that were produced for the photographic journal, Camera Work (1902-1917). Alfred Stieglitz, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand were all masters of photography who employed this process for the reproduction of their early works.

GELATIN SILVER PRINT

Is a black & white photograph printed on a cotton rag fiber based paper which is coated with gelatin and light sensitive silver salts. Prints are made in a dark room employing a photo chemical process by the photographer or by a professional printer under the supervision of the photographer. This is the most permanent and archivally sound method of producing a black and white photograph from an negative onto photographic light sensitive paper. This type of print is also sometimes referred to as a silver bromide print.

PLATINUM PALLADIUM PRINT

A platinum print shows an extra ordinary tonal richness and gives the longest permanency of any printing process. A positive printing technique that employs light-sensitive iron salts to form a provisional image that is subsequently made visible by conversion into platinum metal.

CONTACT PRINT

A print made directly from a negative by placing light sensitive paper directly onto the negative and exposing it to light. Contact prints have an exceptionally sharp resolution and high tonal ranges as they are direct impressions from the negative without any enlargement thus not loosing any resolution which normally occurs when the scale of the image is increased.

AUTOCHROME

An early form of color photography using plates coated with dyed starch grains and patented by the Lumiere brothers in 1904. images with glass plates. Invented in 1904 in France.

VINTAGE PRINT

A print that was typically made by the photographer close to the time the picture was actually taken. Like a fine wine, these prints are known as vintage prints and usually command a higher monetary value. A print made within 5 years from the date that the negative was originally produced is considered a vintage print.

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I’ve been following Josef Hoflehner’s work since early 2007. His photography inspired many of my own works. Attending Photo LA in previous years and looking at his prints in person gave me excitement and motivations to go out and capture the moments… Thank you Mr. Hoflehner

Finally picked up my prints from the A&I photo process, I was excited like a little boy at a toy store. I was lead to the back door to check my prints on the table right away. I was very glad how the prints turned out. I ordered custom sized matt and picked up 20 x 20 black bordered frame from the Aaron Brothers. I will post finished product pictures later this week .

드디어 A&I 에서 나의 사진 프린트를 픽업하였다, 생각했던것처럼 프린트가 나와주어서 너무나도 기뻤다. 사진을 그 자리에서 확인하느라 스태프들만들어갈수있는 출입지역에 들어갈수있는 기회가 생겼었다. 집적 눈으로 여러종류의 프린팅 장비 기계를 확인할수있는 좋은 경험이였다. 사진을 넣을 액자와 그리고 매트를 주문하고 이제 남은 일은 이쁘게 액자에 사진 넣기만하면된다 : )

정말로 거대한 크기의 프린팅 장비들 … (+_+)

꼭 112863 숫자가 11월28일63년생으로 보인다.. 하지만 아니다! 나는 아직 20대중반이라고하고싶다 … 하지만 한국 나이로는 …벌써 30살이 내일모래글피 ㅠㅠ

액자에 넣으면 너무나도 이쁠것같은 나의 2008년1월 작품

I don’t really watch animations but this was very special … great talent to whoever made this mix haha