5 posts tagged “sepia tone”
*I want to bring Hand Tinting back into the main stream. Since we have our computers and high tech soft ware we often fail to realize that computer generated imagery or photos are not the same as in the past. The reason is, that the computer generated images lacks Zone "A" and Zone "B". Its merely a copy or a duplicate of a scene. All computer generated photos or prints will oxidize or fade. The sole purpose of making Photographs are to record, document historical events, creating advertisements, family events, weddings and the list goes on. Archiving Photos that are computer generated defeats this goal. In most museums you will only find Black and White Photos, they know that any other type of print won't last long enough to achieve their objective. Digital Photography has its' place, and should be recognized as an Art form based on its content and style.
*When we look back in the early 1800's, most Photo images that were produced have looked as if they were made yesterday. What if our Great masters used pixels to record there Art. They would have never imagined of wasting there time and effort to gain fame by employing methods other than the Classical techniques to create their Art. When history is written, those who have negatives and Hand developed Prints will have works of Arts that will be priceless.
*The Great masters such Van Goghs, Picasso's, Rembrandts, Cezanne's, Seraut's, El greco,s, Constables, Botticellis, Angelico's and Bounnarroti's would not exist today as we know them if they had used digital assisted soft ware to create their works of Art. I have over 50,000 images and over 90,000 negatives that will be worth more than any digital print or digital file made today.
*Photo Art has been around in the main stream for quite some time. No one has change or improved on what George Eastman, Joeseph Niepce, Giovanni Battista, Thomas Wedgwood and Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre attempted . The computer can never allow any one the freedom that gives you the ability to capture an image as on sees it. Ansel Adams was the last person to that gave us a new set of rules and technique.
*I have developed a "2" Zone that takes his ideas and the other great Photographers of the past and improve how we see and reproduce our Photos.
Don't miss out, if you can have the luck of buying a old Photo of the past, you will own tomorrows Picassos' Van Goghs' or even an Rembrandt.
*The only worth while investment in todays Art Market will be a Hand Tinted Photograph. The other Great works of Art merely exchange owners and becomes more expensive in the process.
Printmaking is the most exciting aspects of Photography. Black and
White Print making lends itself towards a leisurely creation. You can
fine tune the image-by enlarging it and altering the tones of White
through Black. You can also reduce or increase the contrast between
them. Cropping the edges readys the Print for final viewing.
** Photo Printing Paper is coated with a light-sensitive emulsion
containing crystals of silver atoms combined with bromine or chlorine
atoms or both. Light is passed through the negative and onto the paper.
After the print is exposed it is placed in a developer where chemical
action converts the crystals into a dark metallic silver. Then the
Print is place in a stop bath to halt the action of the developer, then
fixer, which removes undeveloped and unexposed crystals, and finally it
is washed and dried.
** All of my Black and White Photos are in the
range of zone "IV" through zone "VII". This allows the Hand Tinting to
take on it's on Mood. The colors have a tendency to jump from the
Paper.
**What makes my Black and White Photo Art Unique ? I use
only color film to my Print Black and White Photos the Classic way. It
gives me a wonderful guide to know the true colors of the scene for
future Tinting. With Black and White film you will only have shades of
greys for reference.
**Color films has more contrast due to the
nature of it emulsion. In color film red is red, blue is blue, and
yellow is yellow. Black and White Print paper responds well in the toe
and shoulder areas. Density becomes more apparent in the shadows zones.
The color of any toned print depends on many factors, such as the type of paper, type of developer, development time, type and dilution of toner and toning time. Commercially available toners can change the image color to various shades of brown, blue, red or orange. Most toners are used primarily to increase the life of the print by preventing deterioration of the Silver image. [URL=http://www.oneeyeskinny.com/photo_1.html
I want to bring Hand Tinting back in the main stream. Since we have our
computers and high tech soft ware we fail to realize that computer
generated imagery or photos are not the same as in the past. The reason
is, that the computer lacks Zone "A" and Zone "B". Its merely a copy.
All computer generated photos or prints will oxidize or fade. The sole
purpose of making Photographs are to record and document historical
events. Archiving Photos that are computer generated defeats this goal.
In museums you will only find Black and White Photos, they know that
any other type of print won't last long enough to achieve their
objective.
The Great masters such Van Goghs, Picasso's, rembrandts, Cezanne's, Seraut's, El greco,s, Constables, Botticellis, Angelico's and Bounnarroti's would not exist today as we know them if they had used digital assisted soft ware to create their works of Art. I have over 50,000 images and over 90,000 negatives that will be worth more than any digital print made today.
Photo Art has been around in the main stream for quite some time. No one has change or improved on what George Eastman, Joeseph Niepce, Giovanni Battista, Thomas Wedgwood and Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre attempted . The computer can never allow any one the freedom that gives you the ability to capture an image as on sees it. Ansel Adams was the last person to that gave us a new set of rules and technique.
I have develop a "2" Zone that takes his ideas and the other great Photographers of the past and improve how we see and reproduce our Photos.
Don't miss out, if you can have the luck of buying a old Photo of the past, you will own tommorrows Picassos' Van Goghs' or even an Rembrandt.
The only worth while investment in todays Art Market will be a Hand Tinted Photograph. The other Great works of Art merely exchange owners and becomes more expensive in the process.
I Hand Tint Black and White Photos the Classic way. I have developed a
2 zone technique. In Zone "A" which is subject or object to film. Zone
"B" which is film to print. In zone "A" I look for points of interest
in the fore ground, middle ground and back ground. I will also look for
points of interest at the bottom, in the middle and top. I shoot
between f/5.6-f/8.0. Exposure time is usually around 1/60- 1/250.
I
develop my Black and White prints using the same f/stops that photo was
exposed in Zone "A". I expose my prints in the dark room the using the
same f/stops which prints were shot. In Zone "B" my Exposure time under
my enlarger is about 10%-20%. I process my prints using Archival
methods which require stripping my prints and then toning them either
Selenium, gold, Copper, Sepia, Platinum-Palladium, Antique, Coffee,
Tea, Nickel, or Burgundy wine.
When I Hand Tint my Prints, my
Points of interest will be Hand colored to give the print a three
dimensional effect. I have control of my depth of field, balance and
proportion, and composition. The results are based on each scene. I can
take any negative even though I did'nt shoot Zone "A" and obtain a work
of Art. I can manipulate Zone "B" and create Real eye candy. Pacco J
Pompei