Search:

I just finished building a prototype sheet film day light tank that doesn't use the inversion technique. It's advantage is a smaller amount of developer required per sheet, and absolutely no...

I've had this happen as well, but for me the solution comes from the darkroom. You took the image because you saw something there, but perhaps it's just not coming out on the print. For inspiration...

Thanks for the notes Josh - I didn't think about the long term advantage of having a better shadowed negative as opposed to always fighting with contrasty negative printing-after-printing.

Also...

As I noted in my lengthy question, I?m using a lot of techniques after the film has been developed. I use graded paper and use general overall flashing quite often, more recently latent image...

For the most part I shoot primarily in heavily wooded areas, often in bright sun light with deep shadows. I prefer to create images with bright open shadows, so I am constantly fighting against high...

... and I love it when someone who has never experienced a large format print walks up and says, "oh my gosh, look at all that detail and texture, how do you do that?". To which I say, "My camera...

I too am investigating the materials to use to build an LF camera. As for the outer bellows material, I've been considering using bonded leather used for book making. Do an internet search to find...

I would have to agree with Pete. Flash, burn, bleach and tone at the hands of an accomplished printer would seem to answer the question.

I find more and more that a major part of the final image...

I haven't done 8x10, but I've successfully processed B&W 5x7 film in my CPE2. I had been using the 4x5 tank and loader system before I went up to 5x7 ? so did some experimentation with this larger...

From all of the various courses I?ve taken in both photography and art, and after watching my two sons struggle in college with photography classes, I think the most important aspect of photography...

When I get into situations where I can?t stop down and focus, I use an old range finder that I bought on eBay. Not the camera range finder, but an old fashion optical/mechanical device for...

Unless it?s a really tricky exposure, I usually don't bracket - but I've been using the same film for years and feel comfortable with it's characteristics. But I do shoot two plates and "bracket"...