![]() Printing Takes A Giant Leap Forward - The ET-8550 The Epson ET-8550 next to its big brother the P700 in my Man CaveĮpson called me a few months ago, and after signing my life away with NDAs, they shared with me two new printers they were releasing, the ET (Eco-Tank) 8550 printer and its smaller cousin, the ET-8500. Making prints from your mobile device is as easy as hitting the Print button. There is nothing to be afraid of or intimidated by anymore. Take home a printer, plug it in, hook it up to Wi-Fi, select the paper you are using, and push Print. My oh my, how times have changed.įinally, the same can be said of making color prints. You go to Costco buy a 60-inch flat-screen TV, bring it home, plug it into the wall and hook up the cable, turn it on, and BAM! Perfect color right out of the box. But it was a big deal to have a color TV. The point is getting good color was hard and subjective, and the resolution back then just plain sucked. When he left the room I would adjust it, and he would always come back in claiming the picture looked good because of him. My father would always take charge of the color, but he was really bad at it. There were brightness, contrast, color, tint, and hue settings. We would then select one of three TV channels and then have to adjust the color. It would take maybe a minute for it to power up. I remember we would manhandle the TV into the house, hook up an antenna and turn it on. She picked the one that had a wood cabinet that looked best in our house. ![]() How were you supposed to buy a color TV if the color didn’t look right? My mom had a way. You’d go to an appliance store and see rows upon rows of color TVs all showing color pictures, and not one of them looked the same. Some of you will know what I am talking about. I equate this to the early days of color television. No wonder many people didn’t make prints. It was downright intimidating to use a print dialog box from applications like Lightroom, Photoshop and others. This is what scared so many photographers away from making prints. Until recently, you practically needed a Ph.D. Let me tell you, I know complicated and frustrating printing. We pioneered CRT, LED, and laser and inkjet printing. It was an opportunity and experience of a lifetime. Don Burrell, the founder of the lab, saw the future and asked Mike Williams and me to find a way to take Burrell Colour into the digital age. Back in the 90s, I worked at a very well-known color lab, Burrell Colour. I also was lucky enough to be on the cutting edge of digital printing. You can see one of my old darkrooms, as well as learn more about my passion for printing, from a previous article “Saving Your Memories - Make Prints” I had a large darkroom back in the day and would spend hours making the finest prints I could from a negative. I have been making prints for 50-plus years. It has arrived Printing Is Hard and Frustrating? NOPE! Where will these images be 1 year, 5 years, 20 years or longer from now? The only true photograph is one that is tangible and can give you that tactile feel - a print that truly brings out all the beauty of a memory captured by your camera. The images are up in the cloud or buried in the memory of your phone or tablet. While looking at images on our phones and tablets can give us instant satisfaction as well as access to thousands of images, it doesn’t put it in our hands. Call me old-school if you like, but I don’t believe you have a photograph until it is a print and you are holding it in your hand. HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL - Seminal Sydney annual photographic event.Printing Doesn’t Get Any Easier The Epson ET-8550 Here is a link to the Australian supplier Discount Digital Photographics: ĬOLOUR CORRECTING GELS FOR TORCHES - This is a retail outlet in Alexandria where I buy my coloured gels for my torches: ĮL WIRE KITS - Online store based in Sydney : I run demonstrations of the Pixelstick at my workshops and talks. The Pixelstick can output complex images and write them into you long exposure images. PIXELSTICK LED LIGHT - The latest sensation in long-exposure photography. LIGHT PAINTING BRUSHES - A revolutionary product range that allows 'Light Painting' photographers to connect their torches to a wide array of clever light-modifying devices via a universal adaptor: Jervis BayĢ017 Radio interview with Peter on Eastside Radio 89.7FM discussing his exhibition 'Luminous'Ģ016 Video of Peter working during his artist residency at Hill EndĢ009 Photo Review Magazine - Profile Sep 2009 ![]() 2018 Video of the Valley of Light event - Science Week, Centennial ParkĢ018 Slide Show of images created at the See of Light Event.
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