DevaintART Film Alliance Newsletter III

Jan 1, 200928 min read

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Published: Jan 1, 2009

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Today the editors of the dA film Alliance would like to fill you in on all of the wonderful stuff that we have done since the start of our club in November. We have submitted several issues of information for the photographic medium. We do not question the fact that the digital age is upon us we merely like to keep our ways. Every day digital photography becomes more and more advanced in size of mega pixels and definition of colors. The devantART Film photographers alliance is a project to collaborate digital and film photographers for both journalistic and fine art photography. Almost every week our editors strain to get a new issue submitted on to our main page. So with this extended News issue we would like to to join us and see a lager perspective of the photographic medium along with some of our members own submissions.

Some Things that you may want to try

Long Exposures
Long exposures with a camera can create some spectacular effects this is one easiest things to try on a camera. all you need is a camera with a slow shutter speed (or preferably a blub setting) and a tripod.
Steps
1 Get you camera at a low ISO at least 200 ISO or under. (preferable 100 iso )
2 get your camera on your tripod and set it to a low shutter speed
3 take a picture of some moving light (a busy street, you buddy with a cellphone, fairgrounds at night)

Examples:

Gatlinburg- Long Exposure 01 by mercgryph

Sandwiching Negatives
sandwiching refers to printing two or more negatives together to create a multiple image with an unusual, sometime surreal, quality.
The process for printing switching negatives is the same as printing a single negative. Put the negatives together, each emulsion side down, in a negative carrier (referring to a negative carrier in a photographic enlarger.) each emulsion side down (the dull side) in a negative carrier. Project the desired size. and focus. Make a test strip to determine the correct exposure, then expose, develop, stop and fix the print normally
sandwiched negatives are denser then a single negative, so a longer exposure time is required. they also must be dodged and burned (dodging and burning is the technique of either depriving light ,dodging, or giving more light, burning. We will give a more detailed section on this on our next issue.)for a longer time than single negatives. In addition, because one negative is one top of the other, the lens must be stopped down to a small aperture (try f11) to guarantee both negatives print with equal sharpness.[1]
Example:

[1]from Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual (Paperback)

Filters

Filters play an important role in photo by altering the light that reaches the film or photo paper in the same colors or tines as originally seen by the photographers. filters are also used for special purposes, such as creating a soft-focus effect to obliterate minor blemishes on the face of a portrait subject with bizarre colors or unnatural appearance, such as a multiple image. Unfortunately, many photographers- even those who carry several filters in their camera bags- are unfamiliar with filters and their effects.

FROM <a title="The Basic Book of Photography, Fifth Edition (Paperback)"www.amazon.com/Basic-Book-Phot…">The Basic Book of Photography, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

Some filters to try out are Shown Below (All Shown at 58mm, to get a different size go to the Filters section)

Tiffen Yellow #8 </b>

Tiffen Red #25 </b>

Tiffen Orange #21 </b>

Polarizer

DE VERE 504DS Digital Enlarger

While Looking through FreeStylephoto.biz Magazine we found something extraordinary. This photographic enlarger is something for the hybrid photographer. You can now create photographic prints from your digital photos with the DE VERE 504DS Digital Enlarger. This process is now skipping the film developing process and going directly to Printing with almost no effort and cost to the digital photographer. All that is needed is 6 items(At minimum): The Enlarger, Paper developer, Stop Bath, Fixer, Photographic paper, Trays.

The DE VERE 504DS digital enlarger is supplied ready to use, allowing you to create expose both colour and B&W prints from digital files onto standard photographic material.

The complete solution:

    * 17 Megapixel LCD Panel
    * Precision Enlarger Column
    * Front of Baseboard Controls
    * Power Suppy
    * 50mm Rodenstock Lens
    * PC System with DS Software

Choice of two light sources:

    * DigiLite Tungsten
    * LED Technology

The side effects of the hybrid is that you will have almost no grain on your prints due to the fact that your negative is made from a digital file and not an ISO graded film. Prints might look a little "plastic like" or have a "digital look"

We highly recommend this to the photographer who wants to challenge themselves with the field of photography. Or an Analog photographer who wants to try out Digital and still have the feel of processing.

TIPS

For those who are thinking about getting the The DE VERE 504DS digital enlarger we recommend that you also get these items at lost cost:

(Novice)Black and white:

Arista Liquid Paper Developer to Make 1 Gallon

Arista Indicator Stop Bath makes 3 Gallons

Arista Arifix Powder Fixer to Make 1 Gallon

Arista EDU Ultra VC RC Glossy 8x10/25 Sheets

Arista Set of 3 Developing Trays - Accommodates 8x10 inch print size - (White/Red/Buff)

Arista Bamboo Tongs Set of 3

We would also like to show you our members deviations. We enjoy looking at all of the spectacular and magnificent pictures that our members and devantART members submit.

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