I found instruction on how to “wet mount” my film in my epson 4990 flatbed scanner and will be trying it soon. I have an interest in shooting more color film in large format with the intent of making very large prints, but I have known that I need better scans. wet mounting is supposed to eliminate the grain and help the details come out in the shadows and highlights. since I can’t afford drum scanning, or even a used drum scanner, this should give me results close enough for government work.

melanie and I got back from kentucky for the christmas season a couple days ago. now that we are rested up from the trip, I wanted to share some of the great art I found. my grandmother’s 85th birthday was the 26th, so we went to lunch with her. afterwards, mel, my sister and her husband went with me to the “peddler’s mall”, which is a chain of flea markets throughout central kentucky. while in there we discovered a local artists showing their wares. here are a few pictures…

this is dave, my brother-in-law, deep in introspect brought on by the delicate use of paper mache’

and finally, ginny standing next to one for scale, and giving her critique…