Re: printing with light bulbs; Swiffers

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lrryr@attbi.com
Date: 09/10/02-12:17:01 PM Z


Wrap some tape around the bulb, leaving a smaller and
smaller area open untill you get what you want. At 7.5
watts heat shouldnt be an issue.

Larry
> My excuse for asking this question is that we discussed a month or so
> ago the fact that Weston printed with a light bulb. It was suggested
> that you could do this nowadays by using a 7 1/2 watt bulb and
> regular silver gelatin paper. I did that today, somewhat
> successfully, but the printing times were really short, like 8
> seconds. The light bulb is about 40" above the paper, as high as I
> can reach. IT's an unfrosted bulb. I had a reflector on it but that
> caused hot spots, so I took it off. How can I slow these times down
> to have more time to manipulate the print? These modern papers are
> shockingly fast! And their scale is shockingly short!
>
> The other burning question is: would Weston have used Swiffers to
> clean his negatives?
>
> --shannon
> --


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