Living where I do, far from the madding crowds and in close proximity to wilderness has its benefits, but a small & thinly spread population makes such finds almost impossible.
Yup, isolation is a relative thing...people in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut probably chuckle at me thinking I live in an out of the way spot.Murray, Madison County NC is hardly a teeming metropolis! The seller, a Hungarian artist, lives in a hamlet an hour east of me, in Bakersville, not far from the Penland School for crafts. I lucked out — this is a lovely press that he brought with him from Europe.
One last before the end of 2023: A platinum-toned kallitype of the Triboro Bridge, developed with sodium acetate on Revere Platinum paper.
Interesting, unique photo... certainly not what I was expecting from the title.One last before the end of 2023: A platinum-toned kallitype of the Triboro Bridge, developed with sodium acetate on Revere Platinum paper.
Very nice Frank!Four new untoned salt prints from digital negatives, all from exposures made earlier in December...
Very nice Frank!
The second one has a very interesting feel to it.. there's a kind of rhythm with the trees and shadows. It almost feels like a theater set with lighting and the church painted into a backdrop. This was made with a pinhole camera projecting onto ground glass? Now I want to try that
I finally feel as if I'm getting close to making the kallitype process work for me with human subjects. Here's a photo I made of Melanie when we lived in Boca Raton ten years ago. I have a huge catalog of nudes -- might need to look back and reprint a few more as kallitypes.
I just ordered some new cyanotype chemicals - still hooked on that dark blue for some reason.
My aging 3880 has been giving me fits - yesterday I was ready to order a new P900, but after a couple of hours messing with it this morning, I was able to get it running again.... we will see
let me know if you tested those 365nm UV LED banks you mentioned- I would like to build a new UV LED burner (the one at my studio take 45 minutes) and I was not ready to invest $500-$600 in the Jon Cone LED strips.
You can influence the shadows and highlights quite a bit by judiciously wiping the plate.
Look into Charbonnel "Prussian Blue" ink -- it should give a tone similar to cyanotypes.
Clay uses a P800 and is spending time this weekend figuring out how his P800 workflow compares to the P900. He did mention to me that his usual P800 printer settings do NOT work well with the 3880. When you get your printer sorted out, check back in with Clay -- I'm sure he can help.
I found a Chinese supplier of 365nm lights that look like Cone's 5-meter strips for less than half of what Cone charges. I've ordered four reels. As soon as I receive them, Clay and I will test them and see how they compare.
Not many masochists around. Nice work guys! Here is a recent gum print after a long layoff due to trying to improve my curve (If anyone has similar issues I can thoroughly recommend "TruNeg.com") for gum prints I was doubtful but his system came through after 2 iterations! I had to because of using cheapo inks on my printer resort to a UV colour blokker to get the highlight region to print. 4 Layers of Sennelier Lamp Black 1 HiLight, 1 MidTone & 2 Shadow. Paper Arches Grain Fine 300grm. Preshrunk & sized 2X with PvA-Gesso mix.
Calvin's "Wet Print"
Very nice!2 Gum Prints 1 neg. multiple layers. Image taken along the shore of the Deadsea.
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