Wow! Your thread is still going. I haven't been on FM much until the last couple of days. Beautiful bracelet. Good luck with the computer and people issues.
What an interesting thread! I loved the images that you shared here and the stories that went with each one of them. I found the way you get fresh water from the ice interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Majik_Imaje wrote:
I have owned and built 16 color darkrooms.
I made a ton of money teaching complete rookies how simple it was / is to process gorgeous color enlargments.
How to shoot from the hip, without ever using a light meter.
A small portion of #15, in Kennewick Washington 1979
Well, doing it the old fashioned way, required GREAT SKILL to process film and prints to achieve a color corrected print. Now anyone can do it blind!
In 1983 after my second whale hunt, I decided to fly to Anchorage to process my film & prints. Using snow as a water source was just too time consuming and I had a ton of work to do to process hundreds of rolls of film and make the prints.
I rented an one room apt. and turned that into my darkroom !!
Now I had running water and I could process .. .. effectively and quickly !!
A semi-automatic print process for sheets up to and including 16 x 20.
Majik_Imaje wrote:
Well, doing it the old fashioned way, required GREAT SKILL to process film and prints to achieve a color corrected print. Now anyone can do it blind!
...wow...I beg to differ with the latter bit of that statement. In fact, I would argue that 99% of prints that people (not professionals in the print industry) create are not color corrected accuarately.
The ice is my domain. the temps are 20 - 50 below zero with strong winds.
we are located here in this image, some 7 miles out on the ocean ice pack, the ice has cracked, the lead has opened and animals will migrate through that lead opening.
this is why we have to be out here, long before it ever cracks open. How do they know where it is going to crack open ? In thirty years up here going out there.. I have yet to figure out .. .. how they know where to wait.
This is how we harvest FOOD, it sure beats waiting in line @ some grocery store, and it is much more exciting !
What a fantastic thread. I've been reading for hours, enjoying your stories and photos. Thank you for sharing all of this with us. The Inupiaq lifestyle is fascinating!
You mention that all parts of the animals are used. Nothing is wasted. With the seals above, I understand that meat is eaten and skin is sold or used to dress dolls. What about the bones, eyes, whiskers, and everything else?
