{"id":35,"date":"2008-05-14T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=35"},"modified":"2008-05-14T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:53:40","slug":"ive-got-a-hangup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"I’ve Got a Hangup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people say their love affair with photography came when they first picked up a camera. It didn’t happen that way with me. I had been idly making snapshots with my first 35mm camera — a Pentax — for months before I felt a moment of magic, and that happened not with my eye in a viewfinder, but with my hands in a tray of developer. I fell in love with the print<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The first time I saw an image form on a piece of wet photo paper I was hooked. Even though that first image only lasted seconds before it turned black (because I had overexposed it in the enlarger), that we enough.<\/p>\n

When I shot film, I came to live for the print because the print enabled me to see the image I’d made. Later, as I switched to digital I realized I didn’t need the print to experience the excitement of the image<\/strong>. There it was, on the computer, large and vibrant. I still enjoyed the “darkroom” work — enhancing contrast, extending tone, shaping color — but now the darkroom was dry and digital instead of damp and chemical, so I stopped printing.<\/p>\n

Until now.<\/p>\n

I have a show this week of photos I made in connection with a cookbook I wrote and photographed about organic food from Marin County (Organic Marin, Recipes from Land to Table<\/em>, Andrews McMeel<\/a>, July 2008).<\/p>\n

It is a small show — 13 photos (one of them is above) — and is part of a month-long arts salon put on by Marin Magazine, which I do a lot of photography for, and a local home decor showroom.<\/p>\n

At first, I was reluctant to do the show. Digital printing is dicey, at best, these days, with quality varying from printer to printer; and framing is expensive. But with some trial and error, I found good people to do both<\/strong> (Alesha Rogness at Vivid Imaging in Sausalito, 415-331-8272, and Bob Woodrum at Sausalito Picture Framing<\/a>) and when I saw the finished prints, 20 x 30 and framed, that old excitement returned.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned to loved the print again.<\/p>\n

The show is up this week at California Closets Showroom 610 Dubois St., San Rafael. The party is Thursday, May 15, from 6-9 p.m, free music, snacks and wine. C’mon by if you can.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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