FRAME WRITING?

[Darryl Roberts]

https://www.wmbarchphoto.com/2017/7/12/mt4tjtifqr884ac2cgx3lweucbk5cr

Hi, do you know how to write on a frame as this photographer did/does?

Thank you.

 

[MattKing]

Written using black ink in a technical pen in the rebate area of a 4x5 negative. Most likely prior to contact printing the negative, but it could be an enlargement using a masked, oversize glass carrier.

 

[radiant]

There are many gateway drug effects to large format photography ..

 

[AgX]

Written using black ink in a technical pen in the rebate area of a 4x5 negative.

The film type may have been a positive transparency mounted over a cutout of the cassette flap. Though in this case its exposure seems to me a bit too equal seen the image detail next to it.

 

[removed account4]

could have been done a handful of ways...
not hard to get a stylus and pad these days and write on prints using photoshop
have you approached the photographer ? they might have contact info on their website and be willing to tell you how they did it..

 

[ic-racer]

not hard to get a stylus and pad these days and write on prints using photoshop

That makes no sense. Seems actually impossible without some specialized computer graphics equipment.

 

[foc]

That makes no sense. Seems actually impossible without some specialized computer graphics equipment.

I have done that in Photoshop many times. Very easy to do. All you need is a scanner.

If you want to do it optically, then just use lith film, shoot the signature or whatever and sandwich the neg & lith and optically print.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Sakura Pigma Micron 0.1 archival ink pen. Been doing it that way for years.

 

[BAC1967]

Not in the frame but these negatives I scanned from the 1950’s were all numbered with a black marker pen. These were 4X5 shoots taken at a factory. Each number corresponded to a log book entry that gave details how the shot was taken, and what it was. The details included date, time, exposure, film, flash bulb, etc., plus a note on the subject manner. I’m pretty sure they were marked after development but the marks were opposite the emulsion side of the negative. I think they would crop the number out of some photos when they printed them based on some masking I found on one. Many of them were mundane shots of equipment, product and factory construction but there were some interesting ones as well.

Aluminum Bus Punch by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

 

[Roger Thoms]

You may find this thread over on LFPF helpful. https://www.largeformatphotography....es-HABS-amp-HAER-guidance-2020&highlight=Habs
https://www.largeformatphotography....es-HABS-amp-HAER-guidance-2020&highlight=Habs
Roger

 

[Darryl Roberts]

Sakura Pigma Micron 0.1 archival ink pen. Been doing it that way for years.

Thank you, it's white ink?

 

[MattKing]

Thank you, it's white ink?

No, it is black ink on the negative, applied before the negative is printed.
Whatever you write in black on the negative shows as white on the print.
As you are printing in the clear rebate, the writing shows up as white on black in the print.

 

[Darryl Roberts]

No, it is black ink on the negative, applied before the negative is printed.
Whatever you write in black on the negative shows as white on the print.
As you are printing in the clear rebate, the writing shows up as white on black in the print.

Thank you I look forward to trying it.

 

[Nodda Duma]

I write on a sheet of glass that lays over the photo paper. This scrap print was written on with a fine point red sharpie

 

[radiant]

I write on a sheet of glass that lays over the photo paper. This scrap print was written on with a fine point red sharpie

Nice idea, looks good!