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Re: Rank Beginner....
Hi:
You do pinhole. I've been using ortho film to make continuous tone
negatives from large pinhole cameras. With the big negatives I can do
cyanotypes, salt prints, gum prints with no need to produced enlarged
negatives, or buy a bigger view camera. Cyanotypes and salt prints can be
printed in the sun fairly easily.
The cameras are made from scrap wood and cardboard. Cyanotype and gum
chemistry is cheap, (salt print chemistry works out to be around the same
as buying b&W paper) the ortho film only costs a few cents a sheet.
I can make alt-proess prints quickly with little expense and no elaborate
equipment. This would be a good way of getting started. Let me know if
you want more information on ortho pinhole negs.
Its great fun.
Gord
On Fri, 3 May 2002 lwilkinson@schilli.com wrote:
> I recently signed on to this list.
>
> And you're all WAY over my head...I'm a simple b&w guy, some pinhole, etc.
> looking to expand my horizons.
>
> Where's the best source for a weekend overview of alt-photo-processes...kind
> of like alt-photo-process lab class 101?
>
> Thanks, Lou
>
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