Re: Use Sun for Salted Paper, was Re: Please comment

Use Sun for Salted Paper, was Re: Please commentDear Sandy,

Thank you for the warning/suggestion. Will definitely try it with the sun
(because the ambience factor plus I don't like the sharpness loss with my UV
exposure unit) if the weather permits. But I must also tell you about an
observation I've made: my exposure times are somehow shorter with the
exposure unit! For instance I printed a negative in about 14-15 minutes last
week and that same negative have had 20 minutes of exposure under our summer
sun (it was slightly hazy though) in order to print to the same density
(Istanbul, Turkey - when UV index was around 6 - 7
http://www.enka.com/weather/). My exposure unit consist of 40W 24" Philips
actinic tubes (TL'K 40W / 05) placed 3" above the printing frame's glass -
these emit 3x times UV light compared to 20W tubes.

Thank you again & best regards,
Loris.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy King
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 3:21 AM
Subject: 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.
Received on Sat Nov 8 01:36:09 2003