San Francisco has a nice mid-range fine-art print shop called Photoworks (in the Castro District) that makes excellent photographic enlargements.
Up until yesterday, I'd have described them as "high-end," but that was before I found this print shop in Alexandria, VA. I'm moving into a new place, blank walls to decorate, so I sent them three of my favorite files and asked for a quote.
TIL: They don't want my business. My photos don't qualify as "fine art," not by their lights.
Oh, well. 😲
This is one of my favorites: the lighthouse near Bajamar, Tenerife, Spain. El Faro de la Punta del Hidalgo. I rented a room near this lighthouse in Dec 2023 specifically to photograph it. For this shot, I spent 30 minutes late on Christmas Eve taking test shots before I dialed in the right exposure settings.
#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 21mm F3.2 Limited. ƒ/7/1, 30 FREAKING SECONDS @ ISO 400. CPL used as an ND filter to stretch out exposure time.
All the effort and patience in the world do not, by themselves, confer "art" on a bad photograph. The magic still has to happen.
By my lights, it's a nifty shot. Maybe good old Photoworks back in SF would agree to print it for me?
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