[alt-photo] Re: platinum over pigment

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Rene,

Yeah-- I saw that in his book, too.  I tried it, and it was a total  
disaster.  I'm thinking I either missed something, or some little  
something was lost in translation.  When stuff like that happens to  
me, I'm always reminded of my mother who was an amazing cook.  She'd  
give me one of her recipes, and when I made whatever it was-- my final  
result would turn out to be  something totally unrelated to what she  
made, and hardly worth putting on the table.  She'd ask me what I did,  
look at the recipe she'd given me, and then go-- oops-- and explain  
that she'd completely forgotten to add thus and such-- which, nine  
times out of ten, turned out to be a crucial part of the recipe. ;)    
So I'm thinking that I either did something wrong there with James'  
suggestion (I did try it several times), or he left something really  
crucial out of that suggestion.  But if you try it, do let me know how  
it goes for you.

And, yes, the ProjectVedos videos are really done well and very  
helpful, I think.

Diana

On Mar 19, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Rene Hales wrote:

> Diana, thanks, I too used the Platine paper. But recently bought some
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag to try as it was mentioned in Christopher  
> James's book
> second edition. Page 372 "It is a great paper for gum on ink-jet and  
> PT/Pd
> on ink-jet." Have not tried it yet, but I am going to.
>
> Thanks for the video tip. Will check them out.
>
> Rene
> http://www.pbase.com/halesr
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