Some of you may know, I have build a large format camera with a flatbed scanner behind it.
Here more info about the build:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...herlands/page3
I don't have room for a darkroom and to store chemicals needed and I've got a 3 year old daughter running around, so I'm looking for a non-toxic alternative.
The plan is to use a sheet of plywood and cover it with glow in the dark paint. After that, the sheet is placed behind the camera, using it as a film plate. Light travels thru the camera lens, projecting an image on the GITD sheet and creating a temporairy picture. Before the picture fades, I could take a photo with my digital camera. At least, that's the plan.
Right now I'm making something to load a GITD sheet without exposing it to soon to light.
I know it is going to work, sort of. I've tried it before with one of those plastic GITD stars taped to the ground glass and have it exposed for a day. By the end of the day, I had a blurry shape of the tree I was trying to photograph. Probably because of the thickness of the star, the image became blurry. Or to long exposed. I don't know.
And now for my questions:
I've got GITD clear paint. Should I paint the sheet black or white before I apply the GITD paint?
Does two or more coats of paint add to the loading speed?
How long does it take to load the paint and how long does the glow last?
And finally, has anyone ever tried this before or seen it done?
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