[alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)

[Paul Viapiano]

Hi Trevor...

It's all very simple (well, a bit harder when I use inkjet waxed paper 
negs), but still very easy...

I thought about using a reg tab system similar to Keith Taylor's , and may 
look into that when I have a block of time (ha!) but for now this works 
great.

Yes, I line up all three negs on a light box, tape them to hold them 
together, move the grouped negs to a piece of corrugated cardboard and push 
three holes through all of them with a simple bulletin board pushpin. I like 
to put two holes at the top (left and right) and one hole at center bottom, 
anywhere on the border of your film that won't be seen when you cut your 
final mat or however you present.

When I expose, I take my paper and one neg, stick the pins through all 3 
holes, then I put the paper on top of the neg , on a lightbox and mark the 
corners of my coating area.

I coat, dry and then reregister the first neg with the pins, tape the neg to 
the paper with low-tack blue tape in three spots, remove the pins, and I'm 
good to go in the contact frame.

Hope this helps...

Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Cunningham" <trevor at chalkjockeys.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:58 AM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)


> So, do you line all three-four negs up at once and then stick em with the 
> pin? I'm trying to figure out which registration system i'd like to use. I 
> found a good site that sells registration tabs and such (posted it several 
> months back), but if the pins work, why fuss and spend the cash? Paul, 
> could you post a shot or two of you reg system?
>
> Paul Viapiano wrote:
>> 2nd layer, perfect registration, no staining, clear highlights
>>
>> I should mention that I am clearing for approx 15-18 minutes, rinsing 
>> gently and drying with a hair dryer on med-low heat, then letting it 
>> air-dry for a bit.
>>
>> After this layer, the pin register holes still line up perfectly!
>>
>> Hope y'all don't mind the updates...
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Viapiano" <viapiano at pacbell.net>
>> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" 
>> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:40 PM
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink
>>
>>
>>> Temp is approx 68 degrees F, no sizing, no nothing...
>>>
>>> Going to do a second layer momentarily...
>>>
>>> p
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Moore" 
>>> <jeremydmoore at gmail.com>
>>> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" 
>>> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:00 PM
>>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink
>>>
>>>
>>>> Paul, what temperature is the water you're developing the print in,
>>>> roundabouts? And are you sizing--if so, with what?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Image is approx 6 x 6 inches...
>>>>>
>>>>> I did this on a lark and am pleasantly surprised to see the pin 
>>>>> register
>>>>> holes line up as I prepare for the 2nd layer ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Moore" 
>>>>> <jeremydmoore at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list"
>>>>> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:53 PM
>>>>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, let's see how the 3rd layer goes on... also, how large is the
>>>>>> image size? It could be an 8x10 on 10x11 paper or a 2x3 on 10x11 
>>>>>> paper
>>>>>> and that would make a difference. I know I can't even get away with a
>>>>>> second coat w/o pre-shrinking at an image size of 12"x12".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, everyone...just wanted to report that yesterday I made a gum 
>>>>>>> print
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> Rives BFK (who the hell knows what flavor), a piece of paper 10 x 11
>>>>>>> inches.
>>>>>>> I did not preshrink. I registered with pinholes and when the first 
>>>>>>> layer
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> complete and dried, the paper lined right up with the pinholes of 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>> layer's negative. No shrinking!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, it seems that for this size of paper/images I can forego
>>>>>>> preshrinking,
>>>>>>> unless of course it raises its ugly head during the next two layer
>>>>>>> cycles...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy printing!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul
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