Re: Enlarged negatives
terryroth@earthlink.net
Wed, 13 May 1998 19:02:32 -0700
Jeffrey D. Mathias wrote:
>
> Lukas Werth wrote:
>
> > I intend to learn to print (first, at least) Platinum/Palladium prints.
> > I take photographs with a 4x5" camera, and being unwilling as well as
> > lacking the ressources to buy a larger camera, I want, after first
> > contacting some of my 4x5s for learning, to print at least 8x10s.
> > I think I shall try to print the Interpositives on...
>
> Lukas,
>
> Here are some tips:
>
> Learn to master Pt/Pd printing in 4x5 before attempting large negatives. It is
> critical to have a great negative produced for the Pt/Pd process. Also, you
> WILL spend more money on materials trying to learn negative building and the
> Pt/Pd process than you would to purchase an 8x10 camera.
>
> Learn the Pt/Pd process from someone who does Pt/Pd prints you admire. Do the
> same for negative building.
>
> Do not select just any materials. Find out from someone (whose work you
> admire) what materials they use to achieve those prints you admire.
>
> When you study from someone (whose work you admire), do exactly as they tell
> you. And, do not even think of questioning what they do until you have
> mastered it.
>
> I hope you believe me when I say these suggestions will get you the best
> results in the shortest time. Have fun.
>
> Jeffrey D. Mathias
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Sage advice indeed!! A few years back, I was interested in making 8X10
POP prints and gold-toning them. Paul Macapia, a respected large format
photographer, suggested I use my 4X5 and master the process at this
size. He was right, it was much less expensive to learn the techniques
and the transition to the larger size was painless and I appreciaited
the economy of scale.
--Ter