{"id":1706,"date":"2011-02-16T15:14:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T06:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-02-16\/1706"},"modified":"2011-02-16T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T06:14:36","slug":"dabbling-in-some-fine-art-printing-for-my-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-02-16\/1706","title":{"rendered":"Dabbling in Some Fine-Art Printing for My Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1706'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"064047\" href='\/i\/JF7_064047.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_064047_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"397\"\nalt=\"My Home Office brightened up with a bit of art on the wall -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2011 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i064047\"\ntitle=\"My Home Office brightened up with a bit of art on the wall -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2011 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>40 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_064047.jpg'>full exif<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>My Home Office<\/span>\n<br\/>brightened up with a bit of art on the wall\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class='h'>The Problem<\/p>\n\n<p>The room I use as my office at home has <span class='nobr'>a layout<\/span> not good for much of anything but the bedroom it was designed to be, but\nspace is always tight in Japan, so one makes do as best one can. <span class='nobr'>In this case<\/span>, my desk is &#8220;floating&#8221; (not up against <span class='nobr'>a\nwall<\/span> as I <a href='\/blog\/2008-02-02\/710'>used to have it<\/a> when <span class='nobr'>I used<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a different<\/span> room for my\noffice) and faces <span class='nobr'>a set<\/span> of floor-to-ceiling closet doors. This unorthodox arrangement allows the rest of the room to be\ngainfully employed with bookshelves, exercise stuff, and <span class='nobr'>a bigger<\/span>-than-most-Japanese-houses La-Z-Boy we brought with us\nfrom The States.<\/p>\n\n<p>The down side is that I face a bland wall of floor-to-ceiling closet doors, but that has recently been remedied with some\nartwork.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#post1706 p.h { font-size: 110%; font-weight:bold }<\/style>\n\n<p class='h'>An Idea Presents Itself<\/p>\n\n<p>A friend recently got a very nice printer (an <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.epson.com\/cgi-bin\/Store\/jsp\/Pro\/SeriesStylusPro3880\/Overview.do'>Epson Stylus Pro 3880<\/a>), and kindly\noffered to let me use it. <span class='nobr'>It can print<\/span> paper up to 17&Prime; wide, which means it can handle A2 paper, about like <span class='nobr'>a\nmedium<\/span>-sized poster. <span class='nobr'>It can produce<\/span> <i>very<\/i> nice results, but it's pricey: one set of ink cartridges (just the\n<i>ink<\/i>!) costs 3&times; what my own consumer all-in-one printer\/scanner\/copier cost in the first place.<\/p>\n\n<p>The printer I already have can print photos, of course, but <span class='nobr'>I rarely<\/span>\nprint anything because <span class='nobr'>I seem<\/span> to have <span class='nobr'>a huge<\/span> mental block about the\n<i>commitment<\/i> of rendering to <span class='nobr'>a physical<\/span> medium. <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> quite\nunderstand this silly mental limitation, but it's hard to overcome; this\nopportunity to use large paper with <span class='nobr'>a nice<\/span> printer gives me <span class='nobr'>a chance<\/span> to try\n(to overcome) in <span class='nobr'>a meaningful<\/span> way.<\/p>\n\n<p>I did a test, printing <a href='\/blog\/2010-06-26\/1554#030510'>this shot of Anthony<\/a>, fitting it\ninto <span class='nobr'>a frame<\/span> we already had with <span class='nobr'>a green<\/span> mat that matches the new photo perfectly.<\/p>\n\n<p class='h'><span class='nobr'>A Solution<\/span> Unfolds<\/p>\n\n<p>I got particularly excited about the prospects when <span class='nobr'>I realized<\/span> that the floor-to-ceiling closet doors that my desk faces\nwould make <span class='nobr'>a perfect<\/span> place to display some prints. After some testing, <span class='nobr'>I decided<\/span> that the fairly tall\/narrow &#8220;A3+&#8221; paper\nsize (&#8220;<i>A3 nobi<\/i>&#8221; in Japanese, about 13&Prime; &times; 19&Prime;) would fit very nicely.<\/p>\n\n<p>I found some excellent frames at <span class='nobr'>a local<\/span> shop.... <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B0015BCDFI'>simple black metal\nframes by Hakuba<\/a> that are quite heavy duty and very well constructed. <span class='nobr'>I'd have easily<\/span> paid $50 for them, but happily\nthey were less than $15 each! <span class='nobr'>I chose<\/span> black because <span class='nobr'>I figured<\/span> that <span class='nobr'>a thin<\/span> black border would nicely set off the print\nfrom the off-white color of the closet doors. <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> put something on the four middle doors, keeping balance by leaving\nthe edge doors blank. <span class='nobr'>To mount<\/span> the frames, <span class='nobr'>I used<\/span> <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000FKDEGW'>3M &#8220;Command Mini Hooks&#8221;\nStrips<\/a> (sort of like Velcro&trade;, but better for this kind of application).<\/p>\n\n<p class='h'>Choices, Choices...<\/p>\n\n<p>I've got 100,000+ photos in my Lightroom catalog, and have published <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of nice ones on my blog over the years (<a\nhref='\/blog\/photos-2010'>2,559 photos total last year alone<\/a>, of which at least some can be <a\nhref='\/blog\/photostream\/main.html#random'>considered nice<\/a>). <span class='nobr'>So when I<\/span> sat down to consider which\nfew photos to print and display, <span class='nobr'>I suddenly<\/span> felt overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n<p>As I got into it, <span class='nobr'>I started<\/span> to realize that my bar for what might make <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> print was <i>much<\/i> higher than what\nmight make <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> photo online. Part of this is my aforementioned mental block about printing, but part is also an\nextension of what one naturally notices. <span class='nobr'>An ugly utility<\/span> pole among fall foliage, for example, <a\nhref='\/blog\/2007-09-29\/590#023229'>like this<\/a>, sticks out in <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> like <span class='nobr'>a sore<\/span> thumb because one\nsees the entire scene in focus at once, whereas in real life most people's attention is drawn elsewhere (the foliage)\nand the wires and such are not even noticed. (That <span class='nobr'>a photographer<\/span> <i>does<\/i> notice them, and proactively considers\nthem during composition, is part of what makes <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> photographer good.) So, with that idea extended to <span class='nobr'>a print<\/span> hung on\n<span class='nobr'>a wall,<\/span> suddenly any little imperfection jumps out.<\/p>\n\n<p>Also, a photo on screen is generally seen in just one general environment (on screen right in front of the viewer),\nbut <span class='nobr'>a print<\/span> on <span class='nobr'>a wall<\/span> must look good from across the room where fine detail is lost, yet withstand up-close inspection\nwhere little imperfections become big.<\/p>\n\n<p>I eventually realized that I could hide imperfections, as well as lend <span class='nobr'>a less<\/span> sterile look to the prints, by giving\nthem a &#8220;painted look&#8221; with <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.corel.com\/servlet\/Satellite\/us\/en\/Product\/1190317151777#tabview=tab0'>Corel Painter Essentials<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>I'd played<\/span> with before, <a href='\/blog\/2007-09-01\/560'>as <span class='nobr'>I described<\/span> several years ago<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>I think<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span>\nhigher artistic standards now, but to <span class='nobr'>a geek<\/span> like me, &#8220;artistic standards&#8221; is always an oxymoron. <span class='nobr'>You can get<\/span> some\nreally wonderful results from Corel Painter Essentials, but it's quite an ordeal because Corel's software design is\n<i>ridiculously<\/i> bad. This will all be the subject of <span class='nobr'>a later<\/span> post.<\/p>\n\n<p>Oh, and the hiding of imperfections also meant that <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> blow up from <span class='nobr'>a smaller<\/span> crop, using only <span class='nobr'>a portion<\/span> of <span class='nobr'>a\nphoto.<\/span> This gave me more options, since the prints were to be tall and narrow, but my tendency in taking pictures has\nbeen toward the landscape orientation that presents itself better in <span class='nobr'>a blog<\/span> setting.<\/p>\n\n<p class='h'>Results<\/p>\n\n<p>It took the better part of a week (the &#8220;busy with <span class='nobr'>a project<\/span>&#8221; mentioned last month on\n\n&#8220;<a href=\"\/blog\/2011-01-17\/1695\" class='pt'>Feeding Frenzy on the Kamo River<\/a>&#8221;), but <span class='nobr'>I finally<\/span> came\nup with <span class='nobr'>a dozen<\/span> or so items to print. <span class='nobr'>The selection<\/span> process was an emotionally anguishing task... it's really hard to choose which\ntreatment to give which photo, from among the infinite possibilities to be found in 100,000 photos!\nI'll eventually\nprint more than <span class='nobr'>I can<\/span> display at once so that <span class='nobr'>I can<\/span> cycle them in sync with the seasons, but for now here are the ones\nI've printed...<\/p>\n\n<p><small>(But note that <span class='nobr'>I generated<\/span> these for print, so even clicking through to the larger version gives only an imperfect sense of the printed result.)<\/small><\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:456px; height:648px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='456' height='648'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_UL\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_U\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_UR\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_L\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_R\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BL\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_B\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BR\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_036253-chalk-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_036253-chalk-2_sm.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Rootstown, Ohio, USA\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_036253_chalk_2_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Rootstown, Ohio, USA\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption'>Jogging Around the Lake<\/div>\n  a &#8220;chalk drawing&#8221; interpretation of <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> from\n<span class='nobr'>&#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2010-08-11\/1604#036253'>Jogging with Grandpa<\/a>&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:450px; height:648px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='450' height='648'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_ULx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='310'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"310\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Ux2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_URx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Lx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Rx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BLx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='310'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"310\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Bx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BRx2\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_038804-nice-colored-pencil-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_038804-nice-colored-pencil-3_sm.jpg\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya Nishi Ward, Aichi, Japan -- https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_038804_nice_colored_pencil_3_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya Nishi Ward, Aichi, Japan -- https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption'>My Honeys<\/div>\n  a &#8220;colored pencil drawing&#8221; interpretation of <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> from\n<span class='nobr'>&#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2010-10-03\/1629#038804'>Fumie's Brother Shogo Weds Namiko<\/a>&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:450px; height:648px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='450' height='648'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_ULx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='310'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"310\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Ux3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_URx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Lx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Rx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BLx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='310'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"310\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Bx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BRx3\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_029262-bw.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_029262-bw_sm.jpg\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Nanto, Toyama, Japan\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_029262_bw_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Nanto, Toyama, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption' style='line-height:120%'>Bridge and Snow<\/div>\n  a &#8220;pencil drawing&#8221; interpretation of <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> taken at the same time as\n  <span class='nobr'>&#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2010-04-12\/1490'>Bridge Over Icy Water<\/a>&#8221;<\/span>\n<br\/><span style='font-size:90%' class='subtle-less'>( <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have really liked to use the originally-posted photo, but it wouldn't fit the tall\/narrow format <span class='nobr'>I needed<\/span> here )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:456px; height:648px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='456' height='648'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_ULx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Ux4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_URx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Lx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Rx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BLx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Bx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BRx4\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_032534-colored-pencil.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_032534-colored-pencil_sm.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Shimogamo Shrine -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_032534_colored_pencil_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Shimogamo Shrine -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption'>Mounted Archer<\/div>\nfrom the event presented in\n<span class='nobr'>&#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2010-05-04\/1513' class='pt'>Yabusame Mounted Archery Rite at the Shimogamo Shrine<\/a>&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I also did an A2-sized print (about 24&Prime; &times; 17&Prime;) in portrait mode for <span class='nobr'>a side<\/span> wall...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:738px; height:535px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='738' height='535'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_ULx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='598'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"598\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Ux5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_URx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='395'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"395\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Lx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='395'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"395\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Rx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BLx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='598'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"598\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Bx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BRx5\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_038134-oil2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_038134-oil2_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"487\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_038134_oil2_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption'>Preparation<\/div>\nFumie prepares her shoes for ballet class\n<\/div>\n\n<p>... and another A3+ print as well...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n  <div style='position:relative; width:456px; height:648px; background-color:black; margin: 0 auto; border: solid 1px #222; margin-bottom:5px'>\n    <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='456' height='648'>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_ULx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-U.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Ux6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-UR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_URx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-L.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Lx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td><\/td>\n        <td width='70' height='508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-R.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"508\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Rx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BL.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BLx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='316'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-B.gif\" width=\"316\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_Bx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td>\n        <td width='70'  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/blackframe-BR.gif\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iblackframe_BRx6\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n   <a href='\/i\/JF7_009948-colored-pencil.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_009948-colored-pencil_sm.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Kinosaki -- Yoyooka, Hyogo, Japan\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"JF7_009948_colored_pencil_jpg\"\nstyle=\"position:absolute; top:25px; left:25px\"\ntitle=\"Kinosaki -- Yoyooka, Hyogo, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='caption'>Silly Faces With George<\/div>\n from &#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2009-03-29\/1171' class='pt'>All Dressed Up in Kinosaki<\/a>&#8221;\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I printed them on <a href='http:\/\/www.epson.com\/cgi-bin\/Store\/ProductMediaSpec.jsp?oid=-9824'>Epson professional &#8220;Velvet Fine Art&#8221; paper<\/a>,\nwhich is very matte (that is, not glossy or shiny like common photo paper). Combined with the professional printer and inks, the quality is much\nbetter than consumer-level stuff like my own printer. <span class='nobr'>I put them<\/span> in frames without any glass cover, so reflections don't mar the view.<\/p>\n\n<p>You'll notice that these were all prepared so that they don't require <span class='nobr'>a\nmat.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>A straight<\/span>-up photo generally looks better with <span class='nobr'>a mat,<\/span> so the ability\nto generate good faux matting is an <a\nhref='\/blog\/2011-02-04\/1702'>ongoing project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, <span class='nobr'>I'm really<\/span> happy with the results, and they make the room so much more alive and balanced.<\/p>\n\n<p>It took a week to produce the images for print, but it took <span class='nobr'>a month<\/span> to\nprepare this post up because it took that long before <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> around to\ncleaning my room enough to hazard <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> of it. <span class='nobr'>In the end<\/span>, <span class='nobr'>I got sick<\/span> of\nthe delay so just shoved all the clutter to the back of the room (because,\nyou know, <a href='\/blog\/2007-10-14\/606' class='pt'>if\nit's not in frame, it doesn't exist<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<p>The desktop backgrounds seen on the\nmonitors in the home-office photo above are the ones that just happened to\nbe showing when <span class='nobr'>I snapped<\/span> the photo. I've got them configured to cycle every so\noften, via images from the RSS feeds on <a\nhref='\/blog\/photostream\/bg_w.html#random'>my widescreen\ndesktop-background photostream<\/a> and <a\nhref='\/blog\/photostream\/bg_v.html#random'>my vertical\ndesktop-background photostream<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>The ones showing<\/span> in the photo are from <a\nhref='\/blog\/2007-11-06\/627'>this post<\/a> and <a\nhref='\/blog\/2008-12-07\/1019'>this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The room I use as my office at home has a layout not good for much of anything but the bedroom it was designed to be, but space is always tight in Japan, so one makes do as best one can. In this case, my desk is \"floating\" (not up against a wall as I used to have it when I used a different room for my office) and faces a set of floor-to-ceiling closet doors. 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