Barry Thornton investigates the switch from darkroom to digital in making fine art inkjet prints from film negatives. This includes advice on 16-bit scanning, tone adjustment and retouching, and the... More > optimum qualities of a negative for scanning, including film processing. Originally published as a four-part series in Ag magazine.< Less
Master printer Keith Taylor explains how to create digital contact negative colour separations for making full-colour gum bichromate prints. First published in Ag magazine.
A facsimile reprint of Theo. L. De Vinne's THE INVENTION OF PRINTING. The digital files utilized for this reprint may contain printer's marks, library marks, copy marks/distortions, or readers' marks... More > on the pages of the book.< Less
I used to love Polaroid cameras. “Your picture in sixty seconds!” That was a great concept: take a picture, and the print is available to you almost instantly. Sometimes I would quickly... More > snap two or three pictures: one for myself, and others to give to people who were in the scene. Of course, Polaroid pictures were expensive at nearly a dollar apiece.
This week I found a solution. I can now take a picture with my digital camera and make a high-quality printed photograph within minutes. I can give copies, even multiple copies of a single picture, to my friends and relatives within minutes after taking their pictures.
Best of all, the solution is rather inexpensive. The required hardware has a modest price tag, and the photo prints cost about thirty-two cents each.< Less
