From: Kris Erickson (kerickso@ryerson.ca)
Date: 02/17/03-02:27:18 PM Z
Yep, silver gelatin is basic black and white photography. Fibre based or
resin coated, the emulsion is in both cases silver gelatin.
Liquid emulsion (such as Liquid Light or it's competitors) is also
silver gelatin, but it allows you to utilise the image on different
substrates (glass, stone, wood, etc.)
Martin Reed's Silver gelatin: a user's guide to liquid photographic
emulsions is a good place to fill in the gaps (if you can find it).
Cheers,
Kris
Steve Bell wrote:
>alright,
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>so i don't want to seem like an idiot, and i very well might with the following question. please remember, i'm a student.
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>anyway, so i was talking to a friend of mine the other day about different photo processes that i want to try, and i mentioned silver gelatin printing. she said 'isn't that what basic black and white is?' now up until then i was sure that silver gelatin was different. i've seen a lot of prints in books that beside them say 'silver gelatin print', and a lot of prints that don't say that. also, i went to alternativephotography.com and there was a silver gelatin gallery there, too. this also has led me to believe my friend is wrong.
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>so what's the deal with silver gelatin? i'd like to give it a shot, but if my friend is right, i've already had my hand in it.
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>can anyone shine some light on the subject?
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>thanks,
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>Steve
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