Monday, April 22, 2013
| 12 | 04.22 |
HaloChrome demo -
- NOTE: I think our demo did not work due to the fixer we use, we will do some tests to sort it out. Some troubleshooting here
- LOTS OF INFO here - also formulas and tips
- Enlarger (color - Besler) on wheels
- will print negatives up to 4x5 in size up to 8' wide
- wall mounted easel can use magnets to keep paper flat
Monday, April 1, 2013
| 9 | 04.01 |
LIQUID LIGHT: Read over instructions here.
FUJI TRANFERS: Read over info here.
FUJI EMULSION LIFT: Read over info here.
SLIDE FILMS still available.
- Use B&W negatives in an enlarger.
- Digital negs for Liquid light should be the same as digital negatives for contact printing on silver gelatin paper.
- More info on Liquid Emulsions
- The "new" Tintype process - info
FUJI TRANFERS: Read over info here.
- Correct film to buy for the Vivitar Slide Printer and Konica Camera - Fuji FP100C
- More info here about keeping your colors bright
FUJI EMULSION LIFT: Read over info here.
SLIDE FILMS still available.
Monday, March 25, 2013
| 8 | 03.25 |
MORE BETTER Palladium info:
MAKING DIGITAL NEGS INFO
MAKING ORTHO-LITHO NEGS WITH MIDTONES developing info
- If you are shooting B&W negs to print palladium prints increase your development time by 1/2 to 2 times
- use good quality paper that can withstand soaking - if you are using fragile paper use the EDTA Clearing bath method in the Alt. Processes Christopher James book (in the cabinet)
MAKING DIGITAL NEGS INFO
- Make you image look good in color
- add a B&W adjustment layer
- Make your image look good in B&W
- Make a Curves adjustment layer and load this curve
- Invert
- Flip
- Print on the 2880 using glossy inks - treat as glossy paper - or try using the B&W driver
MAKING ORTHO-LITHO NEGS WITH MIDTONES developing info
- - expose your film at ISO 3 or 6
- - develop in a tray with 1part Rodinal to 200 parts water
- - use water as Stop Bath
- - use Fixer diluted for silver gelatin paper
- - wash for 5 mins in first wash sink
Monday, March 11, 2013
| 7 | 03.11 |
Gum Printing Overview:
Gum over Cyanotype: link
Toning B&W Silver Gelatin Prints (see books/binder for recipes and more info)
Also read here
- What is a Gum Print? link
- Tony Gonzalez's curve for three color gum C-M-Y - link (see book for workflow)
- Curve for 4 color gum (same as cyanotype - see book for workflow)
Gum over Cyanotype: link
Toning B&W Silver Gelatin Prints (see books/binder for recipes and more info)
Also read here
Monday, February 11, 2013
| 4 | 02.11 |
mini crit - digital printing on non-paper or unusual paper surfaces
van dyke printing
making van dyke negatives
making digital negatives for silver gelatin printing
scanning on the Imacon (if there is time)
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02.18 - no class - holiday
02.25 - no class - jen out of town. will schedule individual meetings to discuss midterm project
03.04 - ! midterm critiques !
van dyke printing
making van dyke negatives
making digital negatives for silver gelatin printing
scanning on the Imacon (if there is time)
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02.18 - no class - holiday
02.25 - no class - jen out of town. will schedule individual meetings to discuss midterm project
03.04 - ! midterm critiques !
Monday, February 4, 2013
| 3 | 02.04 |
toning cyanotypes - mini crit
digital printing on fabric
digital printing on non paper surfaces
reading “The Object Lost and Found” by Matthew Thompson
Scanning on the Imacon
digital printing on fabric
digital printing on non paper surfaces
reading “The Object Lost and Found” by Matthew Thompson
Sunday, January 27, 2013
| 2 | 01.28 |
- toning cyanotypes
- Photoshop in B&W
- making digital negatives for cyanotypes + special curve
- paper types discussed- link
- cyanotypes on fabric - info in alt processes book
(if there is time)
- constructing images in photoshop
- high rez scanning
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
| 1 | 01.22 |
• intro to the class
• survey
• lensless negative production methods (no computers - yet)
- objects on ortho-litho film or silver gelatin paper (photograms)
- objects projected onto ortho-litho film (placed in the negative carrier)
- pinhole cameras
- drawing/collaging on cellophane/acetate/glass
- using photocopier on acetate or thin paper
• cyanotypes