Big Frame if Madonna Apple Photograph

Did up a large picture of the Madonna-Apple photograph tonight. Made the digital print (13x15 inches) on glossy and mat papers (chose the glossy for now). Cut the glass for the frame (20x24 inches). Cut the mat board, only took 1 try! And, placed everything in the frame.

Everything looks nice and professional!

Note* The frame is a nice new specimen I picked up a year ago, for $5.59 CAD, with 2 others (plus 3 others in another design) at Goodwill on the Southside Edmonton.

Note•• the frame measures 26x30 inches, some kinda imitation wood, but looks very nice..

Khun Apple, Madonna, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok 2025

 

Love the 6-Ply Mat Board

The 6-Ply mat board has a great look, the problem is I cannot cut it myself and must order it in. I love the depth of the window, a very high end gallery look.

Photo is of Kuhn Apple after doin YaBa, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY.

Hung a 10x15 Inch Digital Print!!

$2 CAD Goodwill frame and mat used to hang a 10x15 digi print of Khun Apple, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY.

Printed on Moah, Estrada Natural Rag, 300 weight paper. I like the look of the paper and the 300 weight gives the piece a sense of  more substance.

More 10x15 Digi Prints

Did up 11 large digi mat paper prints, 10x15 inches each. Cannot show 2 here because of Facebook’s nakedness freak out.. 

I will probably make up another 5 or 10. It is nice to finally see them in print form. Also going to try a 14x19 inch version for my big frames. 

From the project THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE INDER THE FREEWAY. I am very happy I decided to retire and spend my first 4 months in Thailand creating pictures. No retirement , no trip, equals, NO PHOTOS. 

Note* the paper is bright white in real life.

Desperate for an Exhibition!!!

I have one magazine and 2 talks for THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THEE FREEWAY, that's nice, but I need an exhibition!! I am desperate to show this work!!

FRAMES Magazine, Publishing Date Confirmed

Note* They pay $200 USD, the money will be used to help the people in the pictures. 

I Think I Missed Posting this on the Blog, ARTIST TALK AT IMAGES ALBERTA CAMERA CLUB in Edmonton

The date will be in either April or May of 2026. It will be fun to get back to my old stomping grounds.

Epson Prints, Turned Out Pretty Nice!

I want to try to print the recent Thai work in Platinum and Salt but first decided to give my Epson P800 a go. Made up some 10x13 inch prints on a high gloss (left photo) and a mat paper. Am not sure which I prefer. I am not really a digi print type of guy, but these turned out quite nice.

It is important to print photographs, they need to be viewed on paper, held in your hands. It was nice today to see the prints on paper, instead of a digital screen of some kind. They seem more real that way!

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY,, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

2nd Social Documentary Photography Talk

Got a second social documentary photography talk scheduled. This one is at CAPS, Central Alberta Photography Society, the first is at at Images Alberta Camera Club. They are ways off, giving me time to improve my PowerPoint presentation. The talks will be in April/May 2026.

Carpentry, Frame Making Room

One of my many retirement projects is to clean out the room behind the garage and to use that space and the accompanying out door area to do wood working . My carpentry shop so to speak (even thou I have very limited skills).

The plan is to use this large working area to build big diptych and triptych frames for the coming 20x24 and 24x24 inch Ambrotypes. 2 pic diptych and 3 pic triptych stories, for the AMBROTOS KANATA project. 

I can see Ultra Large format framed Ambrotyoe triptychs in my minds eye. Ambrotypes of the coastlines, mountains, forests, cities ad industry of Canada. Works that do not exist yet but that I know will be made.

I do not have the ambrotypes or exhibitions yet but I will have a place to make large frames!!! 

Been working on this the last 4 days but as you can see a LONG way to go,

Khun May , #1 and #2, after Doing Meth, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

Khun May , #1 and #2, after doing meth, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

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Khun May heating meth in pipe, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY

Since my return to Canada I have not had much time to edit photos from the trip. Will try to do more of that in the next few weeks.

Khun May heating meth in pipe, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei Slum, Bangkok, Thailand 2025

First 2 of 100 Books, to Read in Retirement

 

Swimming Under Water

 

VIDEO: Gelli Transfer Prints

Some leaf gelli prints, kinda like them. I am having all kinds of trouble transferring photographic vimages of any kind. Other people online seem to do it quite easily, but not me. I want to try this acrylic paint process to do some of my social documentary photographs.

Someone Tried to Break Into Wetplate Trailer, NEW SECURITY CAMERA

Facebook Stuff after my Return to Canada