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Epson R2400 Watercolor paper grayed out
Headshot Photography Los Angeles
The other day I changed the Photo Black Ink for my Epson 2400 to Matt Black. I wanted to print one of my projects on watercolor paper. Unlike the old 2200, the 2400 does not require you to delete the printer from the printer list, turn off the printer, turn on the printer and re-add the printer again. Instead, the 2400 only requires that you “confirm” the new ink. On a Mac, all you have to do is go to the Printer Setup Utility, select the Stylus Photo R2400 from the list and click on Utility button. Then, click the Epson Status Monitor and click on the black ink cartridge to verify the new ink.
If after you have verified your ink, you are still unable to print on the appropriate paper, then Epson doesn’t make it easy to figure out why. When I went to print on Watercolor paper, the paper profile would show up (under “printer profile” when you hit print), however when I continued to print, and went to “print settings”, the watercolor paper was grayed out under “media type”. It took me a while to figure it out. Turns out that the printer driver the 2400 was printing from was somehow incorrect. Once I downloaded the correct driver, I was able to see all the media types in the drop down!
The Holidays in Black & White
Our project for Ambient LA this month was to shoot “The Holidays” in black and white.
I’ve been wanting to shoot something during one of our beautiful LA sunsets. So the first thing that came to mind was an elaborately wrapped gift with the natural golden light and some Christmas lights in the background. So I went to the park and with the help of my boyfriend, put up some lights on a tree. We hooked up the lights to an inverter that was hooked up to a car battery. I’d like to say we had plenty of time to setup, but in reality it was a fight against time. Finding the right spot to shoot and not losing light was a challenge, but I got my shot.
Initially, I thought the color one was nicer, but once I turned it to black and white, I actually liked it better!
the original christmas photo
Christmas in Black and White
Purple Project
Headshot Photographers Los Angeles
Not too long ago, I was invited to join a photography networking group called Ambient LA.
Besides getting together monthly and sharing information, one of our goals is to bring a different creative outlet into our lives, by shooting projects for personal gratification rather than for work (not that that’s not gratifying, because if it’s not, why would you still be a photographer?).
Our assignment for the month of October was called “Purple”.
This is my interpretation.
Purple
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