Re: 6 years......with inkjet
What was the biggest obstacle or problem you feel you had to overcome to get to this level of your ink jet process?
What is size print and negative?
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
When you are working in the realm of beautiful data or beautiful negative, it should not matter how the output occurs, the result should matter most.
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
So you like inkjet prints, right?
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
There is no workable darkroom in our house even film processing is awkward (but that is not going!!!!) sold the 5x4 enlarger , and now i have no choice but to make it work, And the prints i am producing from my current set up are amongst the best i have ever done!!Goodbye Durst 1000 . Cheers gary
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
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Kirk Gittings
So......why am i sharing this? Because today....finally (without any question way back in the recesses of my ego) the viability of injet as a quality b&w print medium is totally settled for me. I like to think that I am beyond the need of affirmation of colleagues, but in truth I think I'm not. To some extent that thinking is just a bit of defensiveness.
Like so many other tools, this now works for you. For me, ink will always take a back seat to silver and other alt processes. I have not put in the time that you have in trying to bring forth an inkjet replacement.
Congratulations on your show. It sounds like the greatest reward was the personal achievement. If you can make a living at it, that's good. It's so much better with personal satisfaction.
Only 20 more shows to go and you hit another milestone!
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
Congratulations on the show and on finding a new tool you can rely on for making fine prints.
I have on occasion brought prints to a show in mixed silver/ink formats and been greeted with questions of which was which from people I have considered "in the know". It pleased me to no end.
I like the idea of having multiple tools in the toolbox to render my vision on to paper. I think they are both viable as mediums. I have my prejudices, they are mine, and I am comfortable with that. Will I reach a point where I choose one over the other? Don't know. I will cross (burn) that bridge when I come to it.
R
Re: 6 years......with inkjet
Congratulations Kirk. I am in the midst of a similar process (on a different scale, for sure) and am having glimmers of similar results.
I am curious; have you tried K6/K7 glossy inks? If so, why did you choose matte for the show? In my trials and tribulations, one if the issues I had with matte is that the tonal range did not have the depth of Silver - this greatly affected some images though not others.
K6/K7 Glossy turned out to be the ticket for me. It has its own issues, but they were worth it for the result.
Love to hear your thoughts on this.
George