Gimme that old time feeling
This winter I have been shooting with a combination of plastic Diana lenses, single element optic lenses, and my prized Zeiss Distagon 21mm ƒ2.8. Shooting with a diana lens makes me feel a bit nostalgic for my photographic education. Even though I owned a Leica M5 and a decent Pentax with interchangeable lenses I had to spend my first year at Ohio University shooting with a plastic Diana camera....
Read MoreDigital Negatives Part 2
UPDATE: A new Piezography digital negative process has been made that is compatible with Mark Nelson’s Precision Digital Negatives – CLICK HERE. I had no idea when I blogged my digital negative process that I would be so overwhelmed by questions and queries. So, I best post a more complete explanation of the product itself, the process in how it is used, and how it differs from...
Read MoreDigital negatives
I created my own digital film system for making negatives, back-lits, and film positives on an Epson R2400 printer. Where it usually takes several days to create the QTR master curves architecture for a new printer, this took weeks. The problem is that affordable auto-scan film densitometers are not currently available, or it would be easy to release systems for all the current printers. I had...
Read MorePiezography Glossy Curves library
The is a curves update for QuadTone RIP users of the Piezography MPS Glossy system. Piezography Glossy printing is any type of printing on non-matte papers (including Baryta). These papers require our MPS inks which are both matte and glossy compatible due to additional layers of pigment encapsulation. All Piezography pigment is encapsulated to prevent agglomeration due to static charge. However,...
Read MorePiezography Gallery now Online!
This is where you can buy Piezography prints from practioners of the medium. Initially, I am starting with my own work. Soon I will expand the offerings to other Piezographers. All of the prints are produced at Cone Editions Press so that you can be assured of their authenticity. The plan is to offer different sized prints at different prices. Collectors prints will have signatures of the...
Read Moreno substitute for real world testing
There is no substitute for real world testing…like 20 feet of salt water and 3 months in the direct sun! Its been five years since the tragic devistation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, many parts of Lousiana, Alabamba, Georgia and Florida that sustained terrible damage have still not been completely rebuilt. One of my customers discovered in the aftermath that prints made with...
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