[alt-photo] Re: Gum over cyanotype question

[Loris Medici]

Ok, I perfectly understand you. I guess it's the clarity / sharpness
of cyanotype that makes people prefer it over a straight gum layer -
the images are more punchy and sharp that way, don't you think?

Well, IME cyanotype is pretty hard to master - to me was a b_tch(!).
(See, I'm talking about getting the possible dmax and the smoothest
tones possible here...) For instance, pt/pd seems sooo easy after
dealing with cyanotype. (At least was so to me!) It's the best
teaching tool actually; it definitely tames (poor) students, and
that's w/o costing them an arm and a leg... ;)

Regards,
Loris.


27 Şubat 2012 23:38 tarihinde Diana Bloomfield
<dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> yazdı:
> ...
> Still, I've never quite understood why, when doing gum, the cyanotype would
> be the choice (instead of pigment).  Not a criticism-- just a valid
> question/observation.   It just seems like an additional step to me,
> somehow.  For me, it just seems easier to use pigments all the way through.
>
> I've used cyanotype over pt/pd quite a lot, but using cyanotype alone always
> seemed troublesome to me (probably not using the right paper!).  My best
> success with cyanotype (by itself) was, in fact, on muslin fabric.