How many of you guys are old enough to remember making test strips in the darkroom? That's how we used to figure out print exposures. We'd tear off a piece of print paper, put it under the enlarger, hit the timer, throw it in the developer and see how close we were. It might take two or three tries, but eventually we got close, and only then did we risk a whole sheet. It saved money and avoided wasting materials, and I still do it today. Only now I'm doing it with inkjet printers.
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I spend a lot of time talking and teaching about digital workflow. And when I'm out shooting, I try to live what I teach. If you follow my blog entries, you'll know that this is the time of year I do one of my larger jobs, and workflow is the key to it.
Okay, it's December 22nd, and if you're not done with your Christmas shopping, time's running out. You can either join everybody else fighting the traffic and crowds, or sit comfortably at home. Your choice.
I'm just back from Peru and Mexico City, where I finished the last two international training sessions for the Associated Press (whew!). And I saw something I never expected to in Mexico City - outdoor ice skating.
