Hi: I don't think platinum would be a good choice as a start to alternative processes - not that its difficult, its just expensive.
You might try salted paper printing, or albumen - maybe even cyanotype Lots of info on albumen and salted paper here: The Albumen and salted paper book: http://albumen.stanford.edu/library/monographs/reilly/ and lots of other albumen salted paper info: http://albumen.stanford.edu/ All of these processes require contact printing under UV light. This means producing an enlarged negative and a UV light source - or the sun Not difficult, but a significant amount of learning for a single show. You might try bromoil. Its kind of like printmaking - I haven't used this process. Its not a quick and easy process to learn though and requires its own specific materials. Its very much a hands-on process. Very much the antithesis of digital :) Bromoil uses a B&W print as its starting point. If you already have a standard B&W darkroom you can make this. Here's a brief summary: http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/faq.html#bromoil more detailed http://home.powertech.no/pervo/bromoil.htm More info here: http://alt-photo.com/alt-photo/bromoil/ http://www.bromoil.com http://members1.clubphoto.com/gene46746/guest-1.phtml http://home.earthlink.net/~trans40/hopperlist/ If you're interested in collodion the place to begin is http://www.collodion.org/ by Mark Osterman and France Scully Osterman Gord On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Catherine Just wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've bene getting the BEST mail lately - Thank you to > everyone who is sending images! I hope you enjoy mine > as well. > > I just spoke with a gallery owner and showed her my > new series of pinholes I shot while in England. My > boyfriend shot images with a digital camera and we are > trying to have a show that has both our work. It's > actually very interesting to see digital versus > pinhole. The oldest technique and the newest, of the > same place. > > He is going to print them in the most recent > developing practice - like Iris printing, and I want > to do an old process like platinum palladium, or > something along those lines and I'm thinking I want to > print BIG. I want 30x40. But may go 20x24. I think he > is printing small. > > Curious if you know of any workshops in alternative > printing practices that you recommend. I've seen some > - there is one in Yosemite on Platinum.palladium that > looks amazing. > > I LOVE the collodion look but that's done on the glass > plate before exposure. ( Can you do collodion with a > pinhole?? ) > > Any workshop experiences or advice will be great. > > I would like to start printing in a month. I just need > to decide which process would look the best for this > type of imagery. Since I was holding the camers for 45 > second exposures - the images are pretty soft. and > have motion to them. > > Sincerely, > > Catherine > > ===== > Catherine Just Photography > Weddings~Portraits~Fine Art > http://www.catherinejust.com > 619.294.3195 > > > "Don't just state your intent, Live it." ~Jerry Seiner Jr. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------
