Busy Printing and Framing

I just finished framing one of my larger prints. Remember no S&H on all orders for the rest of the year. If your planning on giving a print as a gift please have your order in by the 15th to make sure you get it in time for Christmas.

Matt
www.mattebbers.com

Picture of the Day

Smoke Abstract.

Picture of the Day

The Event Horizon.

Print of the Month

The print of the Month for November is "Standing Tall" Each month I offer one of my original prints at a special size and price. This is a great way to own a very affordable fine-art photograph. The print measures 8"X12" and comes matted and ready to frame. All for $30 and with the holidays coming up all of my prints... are for sale with FREE shipping. Yep No shipping and handling charges through the end of the year!!
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Picture of the Day

Print of the Month

Only 4 more days to get "Gibbon River Falls" at the special Print of the Month size and price.
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Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

I am giving you 2 today. To make up for not posting yesterday and because I couldn't decide between the color version and the monochrome. What do you think? What one do you like better?

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

I have been slacking the last few day on my "Picture of the day". The family and I were hit with some food poisoning over the weekend. Its been a little slow going. If anyone is looking for a quick weight loss program I can recommend a restaurant in central Wisconsin! We should be back to normal tomorrow with a new Picture of the Day.

Matt

Picture of the Day

I Cheated a bit, I took this one yesterday. Have a great weekend.

Picture of the Day

Print of the Month

For the month of September I am offering a 7.5" X 12" print of "Hennepin Ave. Bridge". This print will sell for $30.00 plus s&h.

I will be printing this on Epsons Exhibition Fiber paper. With Archival pigment inks.

The print is single matted on acid free mat board. The matted size is 12" X 16". You will receive the print ready to frame.

Go to http://www.mattebbers.com/ and click on portfolio and "print of the month" Add it to your cart. Its that easy. Thank you. Matt

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Picture of the day

Picture of the Day

Do you “Back That Thing Up?”

No, not that thing! Your hard drive on your computer. With just about everyone shooting digital these days and keeping all our photographs on our computers you need to back that thing up. The fact of the matter is your hard drive will fail at some time. It’s not a matter of if but when.

Nothing would be worse than to go and print that cute picture of little Johnny’s 1^st birthday for Grandma and your hard drive has crashed. It is going to be ether impossible or very very expensive to have some computer guy work his magic and pull those pictures off your crashed drive. If you’re not prepared you could risk loosing everything. And come on, do you really want some 17 year old computer genius working at Best Buy to see those pictures you and your wife that you took in Mexico last year!!!

Don’t worry its easier than you think to make a back up. Most operating systems can do it for you. There are 3^rd party programs also. You can set them up on a schedule so they take care of themselves. All you have to do is pick a day, time and frequency and it dose the rest. I back mine up once a week. You will want to back up your pictures, tax files, music, phone numbers or what ever onto something and with how cheap external hard drives are now they are the best bang for your buck.

The more the merrier when your backing that thing up. If your going to make one copy of your important files why not make 2. Take that 2^nd external drive copy of your hard drive and take it over to a friend or relatives house. That way should something bad happen to your house, fire, water damage, tornado, you will still have all your important stuff safe and secure. You can back this one up once a month.

So take a few minutes and put together a plan for backing up your important files on your computers hard drive. No one wants to loose everything.

Print of the Month

For the month of August I am offering a 8" X 12" print of "Radiating". This print will sell for $30.00 plus s&h.

I will be printing this on Ilfords Gold Fiber Silk paper. With Archival pigment inks.

The print is single matted on acid free mat board. The matted size is 12" X 16". You will receive the print ready to frame.

Go to http://www.mattebbers.com/ and click on portfolio and "print of the month" Add it to your cart. I use paypal so payment is easy! Thank you.

It's about time!!!

I finally updated my website! Its still a little rough around the edges but much better than the old one. Stop over and check it out. http://www.mattebbers.com/ Yes even a new url! Much has changed with more and better things to come.

Success!

I just made my first platinum palladium print. I must say that for just taking a B&W image and making it a negative in Photoshop, it didn't turn out half bad. I guessed on the exposure time. started with 5 minutes and then checked it. I decided to give it one more minute for a total of 6 minutes. Pouring the developer on was fun. My wife was there to enjoy it with me.

That one was for fun now comes the work of testing and celebrating everything. figuring out my exposure times and perfecting my brushing on of the emulsion.

Everything is cleaned up. I think this deserves dipping into the good Scotch tonight.

Platinum update.

Its been a little over a month since my last post. A lot has happened since them. My supplies arrived from Bostic & Sullivan. I have completed my UV light box, pictures to follow. At one point I was reading 3 books on Pt/Pd printing and every little bit I could find on the internet. Needless to say I did get a little burned out for about a week. My brain turned to mush for a couple of days trying to cram as much information as possible. But all that is behind me now and its time to start doing! So in the next couple of week I plan on getting things set up and start making some test prints.

Platinum Printing

I am discovering in myself that I am as much a photographer as I am a printer. I have written in the past about my love for the print. The tactile qualities that come with holding, feeling, seeing up close the image on the paper. The ability to see an image in all its glory, matted and framed, hanging on the wall. Well in my printing quest I have been doing some research into Platinum/Palladium printing. For those who are not familiar with the process href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_prints">


I have read several articles on the internet as well as a few books. It is time to start making prints. My supplies are on order and my plans are drawn for building a UV light box. So over the next couple of months I will be trying my hand at Pt/Pl printing. As much as I can I will update with what I have found works as well as what does not. I’m sure I will have more of the not’s at first. If anyone has made PT prints and has any tips or tricks that could help me along please feel free to drop me a note. Wish me luck.