Just about the time you think you’ve got everything under control, more or less, something insists on changing. At least, this is a happy change. After some years of being convinced that digital was not for me — not, at least, for serious work and for lasting prints — I’ve finally figured out how to [...]
I’m figuring out, at last, how to use digital black and white carbon prints for hand coloring. Turns out the carbon pigment is well bound to the paper — mostly. So what you need to do is remove the loose particles. About 30 seconds under cool running water and an all-over scouring with a paintbrush [...]
I haven’t been able to figure out exactly what is going on here — obviously it’s some kind of digital artifact — but I do love the look. This is taken at ISO 3200 in the garden at twilight, shot into the sky. And good news on the printing front: MIS sent a new ink [...]
photo: Garden leaves, digital black and white, 2010
After a couple weeks of playing with it, I have to say that digital black and white is growing on me. The proof, of course, is in the printing. And that has always been digital’s weak spot. But let’s start with the strengths. Everyone pretty much knows the advantages that digital offers over film in [...]
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