From: Bill Collins (photo@intrex.net)
Date: 09/10/02-12:59:45 PM Z
Install a dimmer switch.
Bill
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From: shannon stoney <sstoney@pdq.net>
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:05:26 -0500
>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
>--
>
---------- Original Message ------------------------
From: shannon stoney <sstoney@pdq.net>
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:05:26 -0500
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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