Paper negatives

[zenny]

8x10 Tachihara,
14" Goerz Goetar F/8
ILFORD RC Multigrade Glossy Paper.
ILFORD PQ Universal developer,
EPSON V700 scan and inverted.

Billy

Wow, the third picture touches the soul! What a wonderful lighting- looks like IR filter was used.

[lkkang]

thanks Jim, appreciated.

Billy,

The third one is lovely.

thanks zenny, no IR filter, nothing is infront of the lens.

Wow, the third picture touches the soul! What a wonderful lighting- looks like IR filter was used.

[Mkillmer]

Ross of London
Rapid Symmetrical 61/4x81/2
Wide open (f/6.6?)
8x10 Agfa paper

[blueribbontea]

This photo was taken with my C-1, a 21 inch Kodak f10 anastigmat at 2 seonds with a coffee mug lens cap shutter. Since then I have acquired a Packard Ideal shutter. I used Ilford Multigrade RC paper rated at ASA 3. The ortho sensitivity of the paper really added to the image. I contact printed the negative on another sheet of the Ilford paper. I have noticed that I must always trim the paper to fit into the film holders. I am thinking that this piece of junk lens (scratched and chipped) will cover 16X20 and am planning a camera project to shoot 16X20 paper negs.

[AldenDarroch]

Dear Mr Gandofil,

I just laid my hands on a nice 18x24 camera.. but unfortunately its really tricky to find film in this format.
I could get 8x10 mags but I kinda like the 18x24 longer look, so decided to experiment on paper..
And so I quickly found You!

I really like your portraits and as I can see, you also shoot in natural light.
Can I ask you, how you do it?
I mean the papers (I tried) are extremely slow, usually I have to take 4-8-10-30 sec exposures.

Could you share some experience??

[AldenDarroch]

a studio portrait at around iso 3.. bad scan...
still no clue how to shoot portraits at sunlight on paper

[John Olsen]

The weather's cold so I'm back inside and returning to the paper negative game. This portrait is on 8x10 Ilford MG RC, shot with a 360 mm Rodenstock lens under hot lights. Exposure was at f8 for 3s. Developed with Dektol 1:2. It seems that the paper speed with tungsten lighting is a little less than 3 ISO, whereas with sunlight it seemed a little more than 3. This is from a PS reversal of the negative with minor brightening and no sharpening adjustment.
My contact prints onto Ilford MG FB all are blurry. The tones are good but I can't seem to get a sharp contact print. What's the trick here? My film contact prints are fine, but they're always onto RC paper. Your suggestions would be appreciated.

[John Olsen]

Another try with the Ilford RC paper negatives. Lighting ratios adjusted a little from the first one, but basically as with previous post. This is fun, and cheap at that. Next I think I'll try using the Ilford contrast filters for a comparison.

[JoeV]

For sharp contact prints with paper negatives I always make sure to apply plenty of pressure onto the cover glass. Rather than using a contact printing frame, I use a thick sheet of window glass over sized so I can apply plenty of pressure along the edges with my hands. I also use the light from my condensor enlarger to contact print by, this might help in getting a bit more sharpness with a collimated beam of light, rather than a more diffused light source.

By the way, your portraits are wonderful, good work.

~Joe

PS- Since you rate the paper negatives at around ISO3, why not try Harman Direct Positive Paper and dispense with the contact printing altogether.

[Emil Schildt]

Dear Mr Gandofil,

I just laid my hands on a nice 18x24 camera.. but unfortunately its really tricky to find film in this format.
I could get 8x10 mags but I kinda like the 18x24 longer look, so decided to experiment on paper..
And so I quickly found You!

I really like your portraits and as I can see, you also shoot in natural light.
Can I ask you, how you do it?
I mean the papers (I tried) are extremely slow, usually I have to take 4-8-10-30 sec exposures.

Could you share some experience??

I missed this post - sorry about that....

18x24 is easy to find - but as I don't know where you're located I don't know what happens in your area... (I'm in Europe, and the 18x24 is an old european size)

I actually mostly use flash for my paper negative portraits. I rate my paper at about 6-8iso (Foma papers are great)

If you tell me where you're from I could mayme give you some links to where to fine the negs... (I love that size too!)

All the best
emil