Painterly Effects

**zaphodeist** · 10 October 2009, 06:01 PM

Have you ever considered publishing a 'coffee table' type book of your local pictures? Not a touristy thing, but the local tourist board might well be interested in sponsoring it in some way. I'd buy it!

**gdavidson** · 10 October 2009, 07:21 PM

John, that might be an idea

My only current venue for my works is Google Earth, Flickr and one on a local calendar. It would be great to have a little story beside each one, but my literary talents and knowledge of local history are sadly lacking!

**zaphodeist** · 10 October 2009, 07:38 PM

That's where the local history society would come in. As long as you don't let them turn it into a poorly produced effort with more text than images and available only in libraries or on-line. I really think your images - straight and doctored - deserve a good, solid book to themselves.

**gdavidson** · 10 October 2009, 08:18 PM

John, I'm really flattered that you think the images are bookworthy!

I had intended printing and framing many of them but due to my storage environment, I lost most of my frames to corrosion of the gold effect lining on the frame

Prints themselves are very difficult to store so I ended up not printing any unless I had frames to put them in. Apallingly, I have a rather large format roll printer not doing anything!

It's hard to describe the feeling you get when when you frame your first picture...