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Platinum/Palladium Printing - #PT/PD-001 This workshop will be conducted by DF Connors and Robert Borsuk, and is designed to give each participant a good working knowledge of the platinum/palladium printing process (pt/pd). Pt/pd is a contact process, so your negative must be the same size as your print. We will learn how to enlarge negatives - you can bring 35mm, 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 4x5, or 5x7 negatives. We will enlarge onto 8x10 ortho film (work in red light). Pt/pd printing is done in a relatively bright darkroom, so all participants can observe each aspect of the process. When finished with the workshop, you will leave with at least two pt/pd prints suitable for framing/sale. Enrollment is limited to no more than 6 participants and is on a first-come-first-served basis. Covered topics include: |
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Review of the historical & aesthetic position held by pt/pd with a showing of DF Connors' and Robert Borsuk's works |
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Discussion of methods of creating emulsion mixtures & exposing your print |
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Negative enlarging - how to get the best quality for pt/pd - if we have enough interest, DF Connors will demonstrate how to create digital negatives with an inkjet printer |
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Equipment & chemicals: proper safe lights, chemicals, metal salts, mixtures |
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Paper choices and their effects on image quality with examples of different papers |
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Exposing the pt/pd print - how to calculate changes in exposure using a step wedge to save time, chemicals and paper |
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Clearing & drying the pt/pd print |
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Large Format Camera Field Technique - #LF-001 This workshop will be conducted by DF Connors and or Tony Kurdzuk. It is designed for photographers who have experience, but not with large format cameras - photographers who want to gain the advantages that large negatives and transparencies provide. We will learn how to set up, focus, adjust the DOF, calculate bellows extension factors for objects nearer than infinity, calculate Scheimpflug adjustments and load film holders. Demonstrations will be done using Polaroid 4x5 film. Participants will have an opportunity to handle 4x5 and 8x10 cameras: Osaka wood 4x5 and Canham wood field 8x10 (adaptable to 5x7), Linhof TK45S portable and Calumet studio and Sinar studio rigs (including meter probe) - each with a variety of lenses from 75mm to 450mm. Enrollment is limited to no more than 6 participants and is on a first-come-first-served basis. Covered topics include: |
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Finding the correct lens/angle without hauling the camera around |
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Focusing using the hyperfocal distance calculated by measuring the camera rail |
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Use of the loupe to help insure correct focus |
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How to rearrange the position of the DOF by altering the camera standards (Scheimpflug) |
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How to estimate where to place the camera when shooting tabletop or close-ups |
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Maximizing sharpness and DOF |
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Photographic & Digital Imaging Workshops, LLC POB 795 • Rocky Hill, NJ • 08553 Phone: 908.874.6004 x11 • e-mail: info@ppdiw.org |
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