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Wednesday
Jan182012

Returning from Antarctica

Our technical guru and nature photographer extraordinaire, Andy Biggs, recently returned from a trip to the bottom of the earth. He writes about his experience on his blog, which we reposted here with his permission.

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Thursday
Nov102011

Austin Photo Expo 2011

If you happen to be in Austin this weekend (and, really, who won't be), the annual two-day Austin Photo Expo kicks off on Saturday, November 12th at the Norris Conference Center.  

Not counting the size of Texas, there will be two very big things happening at the expo: First, Andy Biggs will be giving his famous presentation on fine art printing on Saturday @ 2:10pm.  Second, all the seminars will be free and open to the public.

Since the seminars are free, entry is on a first-come, first-seated basis, so make sure you arrive early and plan to spend the day.

Monday
Aug292011

How to ship your (Moab) prints

We are often asked how to protect Moab prints for shipment, so we thought to ask Andy Biggs, the one person we know who ships his images all over the globe. Here's what he had to say:

"As far as shipping a print, the best way is to ship it flat. I do this by placing my print in a clear bag from clearbags.com, and then I tape the corners onto a flat piece of cardboard. I then cut out similar sized pieces of cardboard and sandwich them in front and in back of the original piece of cardboard. I will typically have 5 to 7 pieces of cardboard in total. I then tape all edges together, which then makes for a very rigid shipping item.

If shipping flat isn't an option, as in when I ship large prints 20x30 and up, I will wrap the print in between two pieces of glassine or tissue paper. I will tape up the package after I place the print into a durable shipping tube, as I want the diameter of the print to be the same as the inside of the tube. So I place the print in about 1/3 of the way, letting the print expand slowly to match the inside diameter of the tube. I then tape the rolled up print onto itself (actually the tissue paper). Then I let the whole thing down into the tube.

Voila! I recommend tubes from Yazoo Mills. Great product and they ship out quickly."

Sunday
Jun262011

Portfolios for Photographers

Andy Biggs, the "Global Photographer" (and Moab Master) "put together a video here in the studio to show many of the different portfolio options that are on the market today. The idea was to put forth some tangible ideas for your own photo portfolios, and the products in the video range from around $5.50 to around $400."

In addition to some great products from Lost Luggage, PortfolioBox and Dane Creek Portfolios, the video includes our Chinle Ice Nine Portfolios, Chinle Digital Books and Chinle Economy Folios.

Portfolios for Photographers by Andy Biggs from Andy Biggs on Vimeo.

Monday
Jun062011

Print Like a Pro

We're bringing in the big guns for this camera and printing seminar in Chicago on Wednesday, June 22nd. Join Brian Matsumoto and Andy Biggs for their seminar entitled, Capture. Print. Present. Simplifying the Journey of the Digital Print.

This full-day seminar on Canon's Chicago campus in Itasca will unravel the mystery behind getting the best image from capture to the final output so you can tackle the digital photographic workflow with ease. There will be extensive Q&A as well as hands-on shooting and printing.

Free prints of your favorite image will be printed out on Canon's large format imagePROGRAF printers (on Moab paper of course).  Registration is $30, which is credited toward any Moab and Canon products purchased through IT Supplies. Lunch will be provided.