Hey Gang,
So, due to a complex set of events, I find myself in possession of a number of prints that I had planned to display as part of a show that went south in a hurry (and I’m not talking about New Mexico). Having just moved to a much smaller apartment, I really don’t have the room for them right now and I don’t really know what to do with them. I thought that a print giveaway might be kind of a neat thing to do with my friends who appreciate trains as much as I do.
Before we get to how the giveaway will work, I first want you all to understand what you would be getting. These are traditional RA-4 color prints done with a Lightjet by a professional lab in Denver. I think these will be my last Lightjet prints as I’m hoping to pick up my own archival pigment inkjet printer in the next month or two. The Lightjet was great in its day, but some of the new printers from Canon and Epson just blow the doors off of the RA-4 color prints in terms of gamut and archivability.
Additionally, these are NOT, (I stress NOT) archival prints because of how I mounted them. I had intended for these to be very temporary displays at the show, so I mounted them to self adhesive gatorfoam. Additionally, I’m not pleased with the gatorfoam I got. It’s got a lot of imperfections so there are a few bumps and such on the print. From a distance, you will not be able to notice. If you’re looking at the images up close, though, it will be apparent. The person that did the mounting didn’t do the greatest job, either. Unfortunately I have to look in the mirror to place any blame for that. I’ll try to make sure I call out any egregiously bad mountings in my descriptions.
I tried to figure out how to make this fair, and I’ve come up with the following method. This Thursday at 10:00AM MDT (give or take a few minutes) I will post Part II of this giveaway that will have an image and a short description of the prints I have available. Once I have made my post, I will ask that
