Digital BW, The Print

Hi, Le Globe Trotteur,
A vary intriguing  thread, and a subject that has interested me since  
the advent of the digital/inkjet age.
As I recall, Dan Burkholder printed his negatives for large contact  
prints through a fine screen on a translucent
Graphic Arts film. Actually, I  recall him saying he sent the larger  
sizes out to have them made.

Someone asked you what material you use to print the digital  
negative, and your answer was a Costco paper
for 8X10, and Illford glossy paper for 11X14.  Are you saying that  
you are printing with "paper negatives"?
It's a very different look, and if done well, brings us full circle  
to the origins on the photographic processes,
but from the sound of your posts, I seem to have gotten the idea that  
your prints have the look of
contemporary (more or less) silver prints.

So am I missing something here?
(Sorry this is so late in the thread - I get these messages in digest  
form)

Clayton Price


On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Le Globe Trotteur wrote:

 > That's why I create digital negative. The best of both worlds. I'm
 > currently in front of photoshop and in the darkroom. I shoot Fuji
 > Pro and the new kodack portra. If you have these films scanned on a
 > Fuji Frontier, you get no grain. It's beautiful. I do portraits so
 > I like Film better.
 > I go in photoshop, convert to B&W, dodge burn....Then I print
 > another contact neg on my Epson R220. I go under my enlarger and
 > turn on the light to expose my Ilford Fiber paper (contact print).
 > I process it in my wet darkroom and I get a print that matches the
 > one on my monitor.

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