Great stuff Bryan!
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Great stuff Bryan!
https://www.exploregeorgia.org/dalla...-historic-site
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A nice 12x20 color photo! Rarely seen!
Lovely - at first I thought it was a salt print on textured paper, but then realized thats just paper towels below it. I align my contact prints by taping the edge of the negative and use the top edge of the frame for the paper. For 5x12 I have a thin paper masking guide in an 11x14 frame aligned so that I get 1" around the image on all sides by just dropping the paper on top of the guide and negative. In your larger size it might be a worthy investment to have a custom contact print frame made.
The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Thanks, Martin!
I can only speak for myself here, which may not apply to your situation.
I use a big piece of ANR plexiglass with metal handles on the edge to weigh down the negative and paper. Since there's no lip or edge, I can align the paper and negative easily. Back when I started doing contact prints, I just used 16x20 paper or 20x24 paper cut in half for 8x20 and 12x20 prints exactly. I could tell in the darkroom if the paper / negative was misaligned.
That said, lately I've used 20x24 paper cut down to about 14x24 for contact prints, giving me a bit more wiggle room both for the print and for mounting with the edges showing (about 13x21). I can use the strip I cut off for test strips.
However I am experimenting with photo corners for mounting to foam board as a different way of presentation, so might go back to the exact print size method.
Nice print btw.
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