Jim Dockery
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Hi everyone, this looks like a great forum. I've been a member of photo.net for some years, and still enjoy it, but have recently found some good discussion/answers here with some web searches so signed up.
I've been taking pictures for over 40 years, mostly of climbing and back-country skiing trips. In the mid 80s I had access to a top notch color darkroom where I finally really felt like an artist. I let photography rest for a few years and got into video as a creative outlet, but digital finally caught up to film and I gladly transitioned and haven't looked back.
I'm looking to retire from 30+ years of elementary school teaching in another year and plan on devoting more time and effort into my photography and hope to at least make as much as I spend. To this end I recently bought an Epson 7900 (with the $1000 rebate still available) which will enable me to print some of my panoramas on canvas thus avoiding the prohibitive cost of framing and mating such large pieces. I've had a web site for some years and printed on a 2200, but this is a big step forward and I'm going to be joining lots of discussions about the business of Fine Art Photography, and large format printing.
I've been taking pictures for over 40 years, mostly of climbing and back-country skiing trips. In the mid 80s I had access to a top notch color darkroom where I finally really felt like an artist. I let photography rest for a few years and got into video as a creative outlet, but digital finally caught up to film and I gladly transitioned and haven't looked back.
I'm looking to retire from 30+ years of elementary school teaching in another year and plan on devoting more time and effort into my photography and hope to at least make as much as I spend. To this end I recently bought an Epson 7900 (with the $1000 rebate still available) which will enable me to print some of my panoramas on canvas thus avoiding the prohibitive cost of framing and mating such large pieces. I've had a web site for some years and printed on a 2200, but this is a big step forward and I'm going to be joining lots of discussions about the business of Fine Art Photography, and large format printing.
