Well, things have been interesting since the last post. We found out that we're going to get an exhibition in the Library Stairwell gallery at college for our bronzecasting work, and I did a digital photography subject at college, which was a hoot to work on.

The really fun news was that I topped second year art history, and have a nice cheque to show for my efforts.

The holidays stretch in front of me, and I've got a month or two of free time to finish writing book 4 of Surfing The Deathline *bliss*

Nine weeks of classes, and my two pieces are done. This is the first time I've worked in bronze, and I freaking love it. It's been a long process, gruelling and painful. My hands are sore and cramped... but oh, the results

Supanova table is booked. This'll be my 4th supanova, and my prepping arrangements are pretty much a sorted routine now.

The proofs for the reprints of the first two books arrived, as did the book 3 proof, and they're looking *rowr*

the world of printing is a terrible one

proof, tweak, proof, tweak *twitch*

ARGH

*sets self on fire and jumps out window*

I had my first encounter with a negative scanner today.

such a painful and slow process.

the upside is i'll be able to get copies of all the film i shot last year that didn't go to print. it also answered a question about film vs digital resolutions.

film scanners do about 4000ppi at 100% size when scanning. that's 5669x3780 pixels, or, if my calculations are right, about 21mp.

so, if I want a digital camera that will give me film resolution, that's the golden mark to aim for.

currently that's the canon eos 5d mkII. the main competitor for that is the nikon d700, but it's "only" 12.1mp. i've heard nothing but glowing praise for the d700, and a few grumblings about the 5d. it's hard to know which way to move. i can wait a while longer though.

i know i want to print, big.

in other news - jebus my back and chest are sore. can't breathe deeply at the moment