Printing, Photographing, Happy Mother's Day!

I received my shipment from Freestyle:  the Awagami papers of bamboo which I ordered two different types (thin white and a cream color).  They do provide you with three 8x10 sheets to practice on.  One of them didn't have the test sheets, so I called Freestyle and they said they would ship them the next day!  I love Freestyle's customer service.  I have not tried them yet for several reasons.  I also purchased a box of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of Museo Silver Rag made by www.museofineart.com   And I must say THAT WAS THE BIG SURPRISE OF THE DAY for me!!

My photographer friend from NYC, Dave Beckerman, had written about this paper on his website several years ago.  I remembered it and also wanted to try that one out too.  It is an archival fine art inkjet paper, 100% cotton, gloss finish, and is 300 gsm, which makes it a heavier paper.  The results are extremely similar to a print from the darkroom - and maybe even better! ; )  I thought I was just going to try 'one' for the evening the other night.  I made about eight prints of some of my images of Bodie Ghost Town.  It is truly amazing.  This paper makes everything else look like crap!  My eyes have been opened up to a whole new world.  But dang this stuff is expensive!  I paid $40 for a box of 25- 8 1/2 x 11.  For me to buy the 13x19 size of 25 sheets, it will be $100!  But then I'm thinking it would be worth it.  The strange thing to me is that Freestyle gave it a 'B' rating.  In my book I would give it an A+.

The last two days I've been at High Hand Gallery taking photos of the bra entries for the Artful Bra Show.  I will be uploading photos soon, re-sizing, printing them on bid sheets for each entry and I need to have this done early next week.  Monday I am teaching a one-on-one class on photo transfers.

In the meantime, I'd like to wish all the mothers out there a wonderful and Happy Mother's Day!  And for those of us who no longer have our mothers around any longer - relive the memories, over and over!