RE: curves and gum and Christopher James book
Hi Kees Great to see your gum portraits, thanks for the link, very inspiring. John. www.johnbrewerphotography.com -----Original Message----- From: Kees Brandenburg [mailto:ctb@zeelandnet.nl] Sent: 11 March 2008 21:25 To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: curves and gum and Christopher James book On 11 mrt 2008, at 19:45, Judy Seigel wrote: > I'm trying to follow this discussion (no quizzes please), but at > this point MUST point out that we gum printers don't particularly > concern ourselves with "onscreen image." I myself (and others I > know) tend to *find* the image in the printing, that is with the > variables of sensitizer, development, number of coats, etc. as... > variables Hi Judy, you're absolutely right. As a gumprinter too I love the freedom of the process, but like to start with a negative that has a predictable relation with the image i start with, just to keep some variables constant . My images are not so very 'real' anyway - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kb/sets/72157600195690306/ -kees -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1324 - Release Date: 10/03/2008 19:27
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