[Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

As far as printing an edition in the darkroom goes read Ansel Adams.
He'll tell you how he went about printing all his portfolios.
Which were all editions of many prints each.
I've printed editions countless times its not big deal.
30, 40, 80 prints of the same image.

Much easier with an Epson Inkjet that's for sure.
But to make editions or to not I don't feel defines the process for me.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Luis Miguel Casta?eda Navas <octabod@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:54:30 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
> 
> 
> On 07/09/2008, at 1:19, Yama Nawabi wrote:
> 
>>  What information should I know to start printing?
> 
> Despite all the things you have heard from some people banging over
> darkroom, silver printing is an art itself, and as every form of
> handcrafted art is time consuming and leads to frustration if you're
> in a hurry for results, skills take a while to come and get sorted
> into your mind.
> 
> Digital printing means production, silver also can be done for
> production with the right stuff, but it's mostly pointless nowadays
> for such target: if you're not going to get the last bit of whatever
> you're doing, or your plans are just a few prints now and then, and
> mostly snaps, better spend your money on a good printer.
> 
> If you stand with silver, start on a community darkroom before
> spending money. Take care that none of the modern chemicals smells (at
> least none of the required ones), and fumes aren't dangerous as long
> as you care for proper ventilation (as much as you do for light
> insulation), there are a lot of myths around this (as well as they are
> a lot of myths about digital processing).
> 
> I do have extensive experience with darkroom and digital (which I
> started to experiment-learn due my former job in the early-mid 90's),
> and I cannot recommend any: at present time I print all my BW, which
> is very personal, in the darkroom, and color (either film or digital)
> digitally. The choice is only yours but I do not think (sorry Ric,
> Daniel) that having your bum sitting in front of a computer is
> different (either socially or from you family point of view) than
> going into the darkroom, only might be preferred by some :).
> 
> 
> 
> I feel better, to hell with photography, art, women, and all
> E. Weston, 1924
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