From: Keith Gerling (keithgerling@att.net)
Date: 01/30/02-12:38:05 PM Z
Paul,
Last week there was a discussion concerning the perceived differences
between Platinum and more affordable processes such as Van Dyke Brown and
kallitype. I believe the consensus was that it was pretty hard to tell a
kallitype from a platinum print. You may want to give that some thought if
cost is an issue.
Speaking for myself, I jumped right in with Platinum and Palladium. That
was back when palladium sold for $125/oz. (I don't recall the price of
platinum). I still uses these metals, but find myself using the Van Dyke
and kallitype processes much more often. Using these silver processes may
not make you a better platinum printer, but you'll get plenty of practice
with coating, clearing, etc., not to mention judging negatives and
exposures - all while saving considerable funds.
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Giblin [mailto:paul_giblin@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:05 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Getting started
Those of you aswim in the world of platinum and
palladium printing I wonder how you got started?
Did you dive right in, or did you spend a long
time with a like (and cheaper) processes first?
Did you take a workshop? What would you do if you
had the learning curve to go through again?
-Paul
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