[pure-silver] Re: Getting Organized

Elias

I am pretty good at keeping my negatives organized, much less so my prints.

I shoot mostly large format (4x5), and the negative sheets for 4x5 hold four 
negatives per sheet.   I print up cards which allow me to record my exposure 
information, as well as other details of the shot (date, time, film, etc)   
When I have the camera set up, I fill out the card and usually expose both 
sheets of film in the film holder.   In most cases I will develop one sheet 
first, and if I want to, I then have the possibility of changing my development 
for the second sheet.   I now put the two negatives, the card, and a contact 
print into one negative holder sheet,  and the sheets go into the 3 ring 
binders for negatives and are stored according to subject.

When printing I usually write on the back of each print what my exposure 
information is, and what I have done on that print (f8, 32 seconds, grade 3.2, 
dodging in upper left corner), but the prints tend to either end up in the 
trash, or in a box, with no organization whatsoever.

Mark


--- On Mon, 5/25/09, Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Getting Organized
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, May 25, 2009, 8:39 PM

At the risk of revealing too much about my worst habit, the lack of habits, I'm 
going to ask if anyone else has the same problem I'm having. Two years into 
photography, I now have sheets and sheets of negatives, prints experimenting 
with every sort of technique or paper or developer, and no order to any of it. 
I'm at a point now where it's getting hard to move forward with any 
photographic project without looking for something under something else...
   I'm going to assume I'm not the only one who has an obsession with this 
craft and is also very busy (with paying work). I've got some ideas of how to 
dig out, straighten up and fly right, but I'm curious how some of you have 
dealt with putting your house in order? Not only about storage and retrieval, 
or record keeping, but about anything pertaining to managing current projects 
and planning future projects. I could use some inspiration, and some good ideas.

Elias
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