Brackley Beach, PEI print now up at Starbucks Dartmouth

The print is back from Atlantic Photo Supply and they did an amazing job. The skin tones look really great. I was up at 6am on a Saturday to get there before they opened so I could hang it. It will be up for a week or two before I move both the Nova Scotia and PEI prints to PEI.

Facebook fan Page

Still getting the Facebook page setup, it's just an easier way to watch the project as I take it across the country and display prints. Check it out here

Second Print going to Starbucks/Chapters in Dartmouth

The test print can back from the lab on friday and I just had a few color adjustments to make. The changes have been made and it's going to the lab on Monday to be printed. I spoke to Starbucks in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia today and they gave me the go ahead to hang the PEI print. The second print location is great (photo above) because it is right beside where people lineup to order. I hope to have it up the first week of February and will hang there until the 13th then it is goes to PEI. I will be doing some PR work with the prints to get geared up for the summer. So I need to have both print near by until that is done. Still looking for a place in PEI to hang both prints but I should have an up date on that over the next couple weeks.

Canvas print is at the lab

I just finished building the digital file that will be used to create the final large canvas print. It takes a couple days to get the layout right and make sure that the white is true white. I am now just waiting on a proof print to review the skin tones before the large print is made. These images were taken over two days and each day was about 10 hours long. There is a wide range of exposers and color to all the images. As a large print the skin tones will become a dominate factor in the feel of the print. It's important to take my time printing and review each photo so that skin tones are as true as I can get them. Too pink or too yellow and it be distracting to look at.

Images from PEI are in the mail well your email.

Check your email inbox or junk box. I have started to send out the final edited files, day one has been sent. You will get an email like the one above, click the link inside. You will be taken to a page where you login and download the high res files.
I learned a big lesson on my PEI trip, "Have people type their email addresses". Reading hand written email addresses takes too long. One of my main goals with PEI was to test the studio setup outside of where I live. When I am done this summer I will have photographed a couple thousand people. Tracking emails, names and images is key to not pulling my hair out. I have purchased a netbook and I am testing ways to collect and track this information on location. Thanks again to everyone that took part in PEI. I am currently setting up a separate web site for this project. I am making good progress in getting things ready to travel across Canada this summer.

Day one is PEI was great.

Started the day off right with a big thing of blueberry pancakes, which are really great at this place. I was at the Brackley Beach at 9:30 am and wrapped up around 6:00 pm. I am blogging on this blog and my main blog I will post some picture and a video tomorrow on my main blog be sure to stop back. I will be resting Saturday getting ready for day 2 on sunday.

Long drive to PEI

It was a really long drive to PEI in the rain. I didn't get out of Halifax until 10:00 am and I got to Brackley beach around 4:00 pm to scout out the location. Things are good for friday morning at 9:30 am for a setup time. They are calling for a very hot day which would be great and get a lot of people out to the beach.