You shouldn't be saddened, more went on in those darkrooms than just printing! Lol. And as for sheets of paper not knowing what it is. Yes I have lots of those. Sample packs with ten sheets in, all unmarked. Knowing what profile to use to print on them is now impossible. Jules --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "E Neilsen" <e.neilsen2@...> wrote: > > I am saddened that so many of you suffered in smelly darkrooms. Good > ventilation is the difference between enjoyable darkroom time and > > a dark dangerous place. But you missed the point, the previous post was more > about word creation and I was associating the smell with the words origin. > People could walk into my studio darkroom and smell but a hint of anything > chemical and many wondered if I really did make all those prints there. > > > > How many different boxes of digital paper do you have and the associated > sample packs which for the most part are not individually labeled so after a > few years goes by you have more scrapes of paper that you don't know than > do? At least with a paper safe they were out of sight out of mind ; ) > > > > Eric > > > > Eric Neilsen Photo > > 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9 > > Dallas, TX 75226 > > 214 827-8301 > > > > http://ericneilsenphotography.com > > SKype ejprinter > > > > _____ > > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Shoshanna > Moser > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:04 PM > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:What is a Giclee.... straight from the source > > > > >E Neilsen wrote: > >Have you ever toned with Sepia toner; sulfide stinks. It may be more > >in reference to smell than taste; like or dislike. > > . > It was always a staple in my darkroom, as were blue and (to a lesser > extent) red toners-- and I wholeheartedly agree with you that they stank > to high heaven, but they weren't alone in this. Aromatic unpleasantness > was pretty much part and parcel of many of the other chemicals with > which we regularly worked. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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Darkroom lament and Origin RE: [Digital BW] Re:What is a Giclee.... straight fr
2008-10-13 by Jules
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