Digital BW, The Print

Hello Carolyn 

>I print a lot of images on plain old arches watercolor paper, 
>have for years.. black and white, tones, color... I love it.. 

Huh, whadya know...you are full of surprises.  But now that I think
about it, having seen some of your creative work, it's not surprising.


>..printed to arches, and then ironed bees wax into them. 

How did you do this, and can you describe the result?


>Sort of fear saying I use this paper on this list...

Well, you shouldn't have to fear that.  I wish you would post more
often because you have such a broad range of experience and your
contributions are always worthwhile.  Lots of people read this forum
and I'm sure many would benefit from what you have to share.  


As for Arches paper, this print is the closest thing to a platinum
look that I've made.  It is way beyond what I expected.  I have two
books containing what are supposed to be faithful reproductions of
platinum prints, by Stieglitz and Laura Gilpin (one of my favorite
photogs, BTW), and this print bears a strong resemblance to those.  It
would be nice if others would try it and report their results here. 
And especially if other Eboni/BO users would try it.  Eboni's
beautiful tones and BO's luminance are what really make this print
sing.


>If someone wants the ultimate dmax, that's cool.. doesn't  
>mean that it's the be all and end all for everyone's tastes or  
>work... nor the definition of the 'proper' black and white print.

Yes, dmax is important to have when you want it, but it isn't the only
thing that matters.  I was at the library today reading the
introduction in a biography of Walker Evans, and how his approach was
the polar opposite of the "art" approach.  It was a good reminder that
there are so many ways to do BW.

 
>Tyler wrote "Some of these processes have come to fruition, some 
>of them, in the right hands with the right images, can make 
>beautiful art."
> 
> .. perfect ..

Ditto.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm