Re: Single coat gums

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

On May 19, 2007, at 6:00 PM, john@johnbrewerphotography.com wrote:

> Hi Katharine
>
> The instructions are as printed from the magazine, even spelling  
> colour as color ;)
I believe you.  I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the  
information;  I was only trying to remember
how closely the instructions as quoted in this article matched  the  
Zimmerman instructions.  I didn't see anything here about blotters,  
for instance.

> I'll try and get some scans up on my web space for all to see in a  
> day or so. I don't want to damage the magazine as it's perfect  
> bound though. Most of the images, actually all the portraits look  
> quite dark but I think this is intentional indoor lighting on  
> behalf of the photographer. There is one landscape pic that shows a  
> nice range of tones. I'm not sure the development is totally  
> 'automatic' either, there are halos, but not OTT. It's not a method  
> I've tried but I do like the idea, so time permitting, and I do use  
> the potassium salt, I will give it a whirl.
I'll look forward to that; I trust you'll be more successful than I was.

Katharine