Changes Changes

So, I left the portraiture studio and now work second shift pre-press at a billboard/banner printing company called Indy Imaging. It offers quite a bit of insight into the world of production and what one should and should not send to a printer. The schedule is incredibly flexible and it offers a great place to get my own work printed.


Real late one night I decided to snap some pictures in the pre-press room and use Photoshop's Photomerge to put them all together. Of course, it doesn't do a perfect job, but its pretty dang good for not having to do anything but pick the files. The key is to take a lot of pictures so it has the most to work with when piecing it all together. The downside of that being that the more pictures you use, the harder on the computer it is. My 2.0GHz AMD and 2GB of RAM took a few minutes to get it done.

Anyway, I'm enjoying the new and pulling in a few freelance jobs here and there. Mostly web design, but this fall I've been asked to do some engagement photos, senior photos, and next year I've got at least one wedding. So, it's going to be an interesting year combining that with taking a semester off between schools to work as much as possible.

If I keep up at this rate I'll be able to get that Nikon D80 I've had my eye on pretty soon; which would be amazing.

I went out to a class-mate's gallery opening on Mass. Ave last night and talked with some gallery owners. One of which is apparently moving down the street and might have some room to show my work. I guess he doesn't take a cut of the sale, he just charges for the wall space per month. So, theres that and apparently Ivy Tech has struck up a deal with the Stutz Gallery to get the students a month of gallery space and a special event; which will be exciting.

Well, until next time.
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