I <3 transit & infrastructure & photos
Hello!
I've wanted to have one of my better Diana shots blown up for some time now, but huge. And I didn't want a digital enlargement either -- I could do that -- I wanted light to pass through my negative at varying degrees of intensity and fall on light-sensitive paper, to put it most literally. And I wanted the Tri-X grain to be the size of breakfast cereal. This kind of thing is much harder to find these days than you'd expect, though a chat with my photog uncle has led me to Silvano Imaging, a place that takes great pride in its old-school photo lab. Let's see if they'll follow me down the treacherous rabbit-hole of insanely blurry and chunky photo enlargements without insisting that I'm crazy and don't know what I'm asking for and that the results won't please me and would-I-please-pay-in-advance-kthxbye.
I'm having troubles deciding between the following two photos, though. I can already guess which would look better on a living room wall, but my favourite is the other one, the more striking one. Any input would be great.
My Dundas St East photo is probably in the running, too, but I was leaning towards one of the monochrome shots. Thoughts?
January 6th, 2010 - 21:35
Both would look really great, but if you want an answer that is not on the fence, I’d say the second shot. :p
January 9th, 2010 - 14:01
I side with the second shot, too: the abstraction, the asymmetry, the lack of that garish “STOP” warning that figures so heavily in the first one…
thanks for your input.
January 10th, 2010 - 22:14
both are great shots for different reasons; if I wanted one in my living room it would be the second one – it has “more space” for the viewer to be part of the scene. Great work on your flickr site.
January 23rd, 2010 - 14:09
For old school enlargements, what of Ed Burtynksy’s shop Toronto Image Works or the b&w studio/gallery elevator?
You don’t want digital printouts, but I’ve designed large entrance display images for trade shows – a 4 colour b&w that was stunning. Yes, back lit. That means you get 4’s the creamyness – or for starker contrast, just b&w…..
As for which image….You’re having problems deciding, imagine what it’s like for us? lol.