I loved doing paper negatives. I wish I had done more of them when I was having fun. why don't you think you will continue?
I loved doing paper negatives. I wish I had done more of them when I was having fun. why don't you think you will continue?
[QUOTE=T.Chabry;1620548]No ones do paper negatives these days?
Yes, I am one of 2300 members of the Facebook group
"Experimenting With Photographic Paper As Film"
I enjoy the medium very much - Using it in antique cameras with antique lenses - giving me the look I like for certain subjects.
Wow! I love it!
Today I took a 4x5 camera out to do some tests but out of 4 photos, I only saved one. I developped the paper with Caffenol thinking it will lower the contrast. It's a bit better but I had to do a lot of computer editing to get what you see. The negative will be useless for contact printing.
Paper negative by T. Chabry, on Flickr
I had some unused caffenol left and I don't like to waste so I took a still life photo in my living room and the photo is a lot better. Here is the result with almost no editing:
Paper negative by T. Chabry, on Flickr
These looks promising with a good range of tones - of course remembering the insensitive of the paper to reds (and therefore partially yellows) can have a significant impact depending on the colours of the subjects. It is this "oddness" of the look of that appeals to me!
After 3 years of doing this I usually come home with 8 out of 10 images well exposed (other factors may still screw them up for different reasons!). When I am serious about an outdoor shoot I will do some test shots before I set out from home to gauge the quality of the daylight (The UV/Blue content of UK light varies considerably across the seasons - as well as with weather time of day).
"I usually come home with 8 out of 10 images well exposed"
Out of how many?
Don't you use a lightmeter when you shoot outside? I do and I have no problem with regular or X-ray film with I'm having a hardtime getting the exposure right with paper. Today I made a couple shots but both were way overexposed.
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