Earlier this year I read an interesting post on The Online Photographer blog about doing a photo print each day as an exercise in improving your post-processing skills specifically in relation to achieving good photo prints.

It is something that appealed to me, but I put it off at the time, as I had been travelling for work, and have been very busy. However, as I have a few weeks holidays at the moment, I thought I would give it a try during my break from work.



I am using a Canon Pixma iP4300 inkjet printer that is a few years old, with genuine Canon ink on 6x4" Canon glossy photo paper.

Previous experience has shown the colour rendition of my printer is very close to that of my calibrated monitors, so the complexities of printer calibration is something I don't have to concern myself with.



Rather than printing photos I have previously spent time post-processing, I am selecting a variety of photos from my archives that I have never post-processed, interspersing landscapes, macro and portraits.

Only photos that particularly appeal to me are being chosen. Some photos were taken a while ago, and I haven't got around to post-processing them. Others photos are more recent - with today's print being a photo that I took earlier today.



I started last week Saturday, so today is day six, and I have six prints hanging on the cupboard door in my home office, as shown in the photo above.

In a couple of weeks I'll post a followup on this print a day project, with some comments on what worked for me, what didn't work, and what I learnt from the project.



Today's print is one of the photos I took earlier today. As I'm currently on holidays from work, I was able to attend an excursion with the year three class that my 8 year old son is in. We spent the morning at Cohuna Wildlife Park, and the afternoon at the Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre.

Both locations provided a very hands-on experience for the kids, with a wide variety of animals. It was a great day, and I managed to get some great photos of the animals, the kids, and the kids interacting with the animals.

Three Lizards

top: unknown; middle: Pygmy Spiny Tailed Skink; bottom: Western Bearded Dragon

Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre, Armadale, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @70mm, 1/25 sec, f/4.5, ISO1000