Digital BW, The Print

On 6/4/05 1:07 AM, "James Irelan" <james@...> typed:

>> >
>> > He was good at picking stuff.
> 
> Hence his name?  :  )
> 
>> > And shooting white picket fences.
>> > His book I just looked at at Powells last week and his shots didn't
>> > look all
>> > that bad.
> 
> Really?  I couldn't believe how bad his compositions were.
> 
>> >
>> > Give me Ilford Multigrade anyday though.
>> >
> 
> Ilford was ok.  I still think Oriental was better, though. Maybe
> because I learned on Oriental, and could drive up from San Diego to
> Oriental's office in Newport Beach, call Al Belson on the phone (he
> used to say "I'm the world's tallest midget...")  ask him stuff, use
> Oriental's variable contrast head with its "rat" (probe)...  Those
> were the days, though, eh?  I don't miss lots of things about wet
> printing, but I do miss some things...
> 
> James
> 
> 
WAS ok? Past tense how?
I use (present tense) an Aristo Variable contrast cold light head.


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/





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