Use Sun for Salted Paper, was Re: Please comment

Loris,

Consider also using the sun for salt printing. Salted paper is one of
the slowest of all alternative processes and you need a really
powerful light source to avoid very long exposures. Plus, there is
something very fulfilling about printing with old process as they
were originally used. And, since salted paper is a POP process you
can learn to judge exposure by looking at the image, which means that
accurate timing is not as important as with most of the other
alternative processes.

Sandy

>Dear Bert,
>
>I'm writing down your name to my "ask to" list for salted prints
>then ;) I will shortly start to do salted prints.
>
>The process itself is relatively easy if you have suitable negatives
>and a compatible paper. At the start the difficulty for me was the
>absence of a consistent lightsource (I made an UV exposure unit to
>myself thanks to the instructions on eepjon.com site - which are
>from a book whose name I don't recall now), a nice paper that won't
>stain and clears quickly which can show a pleasant tone, to figure
>out how much sensitizer the paper/brush needs + the density
>range/curves adjustment for the digital negative. I still have some
>problems (mostly brushing related; I have to try and learn using a
>coating rod - especially if I'm going to do salted prints) but now I
>feel much better than the time I first started to experiment.
>
>Regards,
>Loris.
>
>P.S. I like your pinhole photos. See mines @
><http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=312114>http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=312114
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:curzon@tegenlicht.com>curzon@tegenlicht.com
>To:
><mailto:alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:17 PM
>Subject: RE: Please comment
>
>Loris,
>Tomorrow I'm going on a weekend course on cyanotype (and kallitype
>and salt printing).
>If I can show this kind of work on sunday, I'll be a very happy guy.
>Although the experts on this list can give you a lot of feedback, i
>think the print is wonderul.
>
>Bert from Holland
>my website <http://www.tegenlicht.com>www.tegenlicht.com
>
Received on Fri Nov 7 19:38:46 2003