Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm more interested in printing the analog way because of the relative difficulty (and the arguable point that it is more 'artistic'). As mentioned before, I am young, and as a result, I like to take these projects on in order to gain a feeling of self-fulfillment. Anyway, I think a public darkroom might be a good idea for now, but I would really hate having to pay my city's $20 fee...although, if I pay it And spend the day there...that doesn't sound too bad. Oh, and if I need a print, I do have a canon 30d and 24-70L... And a coolscan iv. However, I did not take the plunge into film just to scan my negatives and stop there. Thanks everyone for all your help! On 9/7/08, Luis Miguel Casta?eda Navas <octabod@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://luis.imaginarymagnitude.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >