Comments on: Wet Color Printing http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/wet-color-printing/ Thoughts on Photography, Digital Imaging, and Travel Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sam http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/wet-color-printing/#comment-10653 Sam Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:30:56 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=26#comment-10653 Please keep the color printing machine and darkrooms at PCNW. A class with Seth Thompson is a real experience in color printing and color theory, a topic not easily taught using photoshop. Learning to print analog color will really help you in your digital work as well. Please keep the color printing machine and darkrooms at PCNW. A class with Seth Thompson is a real experience in color printing and color theory, a topic not easily taught using photoshop. Learning to print analog color will really help you in your digital work as well.

]]> By: Peter http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/wet-color-printing/#comment-2469 Peter Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:05:46 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=26#comment-2469 I have worked as a color printer in a pro lab in the 80's. Today all of my color work is printed digitally. On the other hand all of my black and white is wet printed, taking it one step further all of my Black and White images since 2000 have bee and will continue to be made on 4X5 film. I have worked as a color printer in a pro lab in the 80′s. Today all of my color work is printed digitally. On the other hand all of my black and white is wet printed, taking it one step further all of my Black and White images since 2000 have bee and will continue to be made on 4X5 film.

]]> By: Larry Gebhardt http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/wet-color-printing/#comment-2190 Larry Gebhardt Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:49:13 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=26#comment-2190 I have recently taken up printing color in the darkroom. I find I can get a 20x24 print much faster and cheaper from 4x5 film in the darkroom than if I were to buy a 24" printer. if the negative is well exposed and doesn't need a lot of manipulation the quality is superb, and is certainly the equal of anything I can do with drum scanning and printing digitally. Digital shines for images that need a lot of manipulation. Where 4x5 and medium format film is to cumbersome I like digital SLRs over 35mm, at least when shooting color. For black and white I have yet to be impressed with digital output, though it keeps getting better. So I still plan on finishing my new darkroom, which will be for both color and b&w. I think you need to keep the color darkroom open, even if it doesn't make tons of money. I learned a lot starting the darkroom work that has carried over into digital imaging as well. I have recently taken up printing color in the darkroom. I find I can get a 20×24 print much faster and cheaper from 4×5 film in the darkroom than if I were to buy a 24″ printer. if the negative is well exposed and doesn’t need a lot of manipulation the quality is superb, and is certainly the equal of anything I can do with drum scanning and printing digitally. Digital shines for images that need a lot of manipulation.

Where 4×5 and medium format film is to cumbersome I like digital SLRs over 35mm, at least when shooting color.

For black and white I have yet to be impressed with digital output, though it keeps getting better.

So I still plan on finishing my new darkroom, which will be for both color and b&w. I think you need to keep the color darkroom open, even if it doesn’t make tons of money. I learned a lot starting the darkroom work that has carried over into digital imaging as well.

]]> By: John Watts http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/wet-color-printing/#comment-2146 John Watts Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:18:18 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=26#comment-2146 Interesting Post... I grew up, like you, playing with the "magic" of Silver Halide, and at times, i still miss the smell of Fixer :-) For almost 19 years, i made Type R prints from slides professionally, and there are some days when I do miss that. I am still in the field professionally, but my business has gone from a product-based business to an education-based business. Truth is, you can still make Silver Halide prints from digital files (in some ways, the best of both worlds) with output from a LightJet, Durst Lambda, Chromira, etc...And yes, this is a bit of a "shameless plug" as I still offer these services.. One of the things that I LOVE about the Digital Realm (from a printing standpoint) is the plethora of choices that it has to offer - -Canvas and Fine Art papers on Inkjet printers, or LightJet output on sensitometric photographic paper,etc. I truly wish that all of the younger folks getting into photography for the first time would have the chance to explore Silver Halide - i believe it would make them better photographers and "photoshoppers"... Cheers, John :-) Interesting Post…

I grew up, like you, playing with the “magic” of Silver Halide, and at times, i still miss the smell of Fixer :-)

For almost 19 years, i made Type R prints from slides professionally, and there are some days when I do miss that. I am still in the field professionally, but my business has gone from a product-based business to an education-based business.

Truth is, you can still make Silver Halide prints from digital files (in some ways, the best of both worlds) with output from a LightJet, Durst Lambda, Chromira, etc…And yes, this is a bit of a “shameless plug” as I still offer these services..

One of the things that I LOVE about the Digital Realm (from a printing standpoint) is the plethora of choices that it has to offer – -Canvas and Fine Art papers on Inkjet printers, or LightJet output on sensitometric photographic paper,etc.

I truly wish that all of the younger folks getting into photography for the first time would have the chance to explore Silver Halide – i believe it would make them better photographers and “photoshoppers”…

Cheers,

John :-)

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