Re: P.O.P and diginegs and babies
Oh yeah, do argyrotype! It is a beautiful bittersweet chocolate color. But
it does contain silver so don't do it in your bathtub or you'll get stains
that are hard to remove, like I did. Speaking of stains, I have struggled
teaching because with what I teach I tend to ruin my clothes. My fave pair
of khakis has a nice drippy argyrotype stain down the one leg, and wouldn't
you know that through 6 months of washing it is not much faded. And, of
course, the brown color is....not very appealing on pants. Need I say more.
Chris
ps thanx for the kongrats, Judy! Lela Grace has certainly supplanted my gum
practice this week...
----- Original Message -----
From: <davidhatton@totalise.co.uk>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: P.O.P and diginegs and babies
Hi Chris,
This certainly is wierd. You say 'Lela' and I say 'Lilly'. Crazy. and I'm
surrounded by girls now.
Thanks for the advice. I think I will have to process in the wild so the
sulphite is a must.
I've just been reading you on Argyrotype and now I'm wondering which to
use, POP or Ag.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
David H
On Sep 13 2006, Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
David,
This is too weird--my grand daughter's name (born a week ago in between my
classes in my home and both the midwife and I missed the birth it was so
fast! or did I already say that onlist, I'm just toooo proud....) is Lela
Grace. She's little enough to bathe in my alt process trays! JUST KIDDING,
FOLKS...
Yes to Polaroid 55 film successfully in a pinhole camera--it was in a
Polaroid 545i holder in both a 4x5 box pinhole and a 4x5 springback
pinhole camera. Watch reciprocity, though. I use Polaroid to test exposure
all the time in those cameras, mostly the color film type 59, though.
Bring sodium sulfite with you in the field--you can plop a couple
tablespoons in a ziploc baggie and add a cup of water, if you want to
clear them in the field.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: To: Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:01 AM
Subject: P.O.P and diginegs and babies
Hi Folks,
Well after a disastrous summer spent > (not)gum-printing, I have adjourned
to the UK pending the arrival > of new grand-daughter, baby Kate. Shortly
thereafter, a somewhat > longer journey to the Antipodes where my son and
his wife are > expecting baby Lilly Grace in Sydney in October. Assuming
no
further birthing or bombing incidents I should be back in Turkey by
February which brings me to my Alt question. I intend visiting >
Cappadocia
in spring, a terrain which lends itself, I believe > nicely, to POP
images. I have a couple of queries. Has anyone eve > used Polaroid 55 film
successfully in a pinhole camera? AND, will > I be able to create digital
negatives capable of printing well > with Centennial POP? Any responses
would be gratefully received as > would any old baby clothes, money etc..
Regards
Grandad David H
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