Ink Jet Negative Development
Lesson 42 from: Introduction to Alternative Processing in PhotographyDaniel Gregory
Ink Jet Negative Development
Lesson 42 from: Introduction to Alternative Processing in PhotographyDaniel Gregory
Lessons
Class Introduction
03:03 2Overview of the Alternative Process
03:31 3Overview of the Digital Negative Process
10:21 4Working with Black and White Digital: What You Need
09:17 5Working With Black and White Digital Images: Color Settings
08:33 6Working with Black and White Digital Images Lightroom
07:01 7Working With Black and White Digital Images Photoshop
11:57 8Working With Black and White Digital Images 3rd Party Plug-ins
07:29Avoiding Key Artifacts
20:26 10Creating the Step Wedge for Curve Corrections
39:00 11Organizing Your Adobe® Photoshop® Files and Curves
11:20 12Setting Up the Printer
20:24 13Lab Safety and Workspace Set-Up
03:49 14Setting the Maximum Black Time
12:06 15Getting the Initial Curve Test Numbers
20:04 16Correcting the Curve
20:37 17Printing the Curve
06:08 18Sharing Curves
08:50 19Caring for the Digital Negative
12:29 20Intro to Cyanotypes and Safety
07:46 21Paper and Brush Types
05:08 22Coating Process and Cyanotype Chemistry
12:17 23Making the Cyanotype Print
06:41 24Washing the Cyanotype Print
12:29 25Creating Cyanotypes Photograms
14:59 26Toning Cyanotypes and Cleaning Up the Darkroom
18:43 27Introduction to Van Dyke Printing
04:36 28Setting Up the Van Dyke Workstation
05:20 29Van Dyke Paper and Coating
05:10 30Van Dyke Exposure and Developing
32:30 31Van Dyke Troubleshooting and Resources
08:26 32Van Dyke: Split Toning
18:56 33Van Dyke: Wash Cycle and Drying
04:33 34Van Dyke: Clean Up Process
03:51 35Introduction to Platinum / Palladium Printing
14:15 36Platinum/Palladium Coating Chemistry and Safety
09:58 37Platinum/Palladium Paper and Coating Options
22:31 38Platinum/Palladium Exposure and Development
22:31 39Platinum/Palladium: Equipment and Supplies
16:48 40Ink Jet Negative Coating and Exposure
15:25 41Platinum/Palladium Chemistry Options
07:50 42Ink Jet Negative Development
03:45 43Platinum/Palladium Waxing Images
08:40 44Platinum/Palladium Troubleshooting and Resources
27:19 45Sharing Your Work Digitally
14:49 46Archivability
10:39 47Matting and Framing Options
30:22 48Editions and Signing Options
13:54 49Alternative Processes: Further Exploration
07:25Lesson Info
Ink Jet Negative Development
Okay, so now we've got our experiment here that we're gonna pull out. And basically the print now you can't see much more detail in it. And the amount of exposure's gonna be a little bit different because it's going over the ink. So it may have needed longer time. It kinda depends on each image. But we'll go on ahead now. And what that should hopefully do is as it prints, it's gonna allow a little of the color to still come through, but the blacks will come through from the platinum process. So we'll go ahead, and the same process. We pour over the top and now we end up pulling in some of that detail. And I'll let this process for about a minute and then we'll go on ahead and then turn the lights on and see how much of that color got preserved. So with this process, one of the things that you can do, too, is you can come back in and start to really look at how to manipulate the color in that color file and figure out where is the color gonna show through and not show through. And then ...
you can use mask in PhotoShop to paint in and emphasize or de-emphasize certain elements of the color. On the negative, because it's a negative, remember what's black on the negative is gonna block up more of the color and what's white on the negative is gonna let through more color, 'cause it's clear, so it's gonna let more of the light through. So more of the platinum will develop. So you'll have that piece to look at. I was smidge bit off. There's a really black line here on the edge. So smidge bit off on the registration there. But it's a wheat field of moving grass and moving clouds on a long exposure, so it's a good one if you're gonna miss the registration a little bit. I'm not saying that I intentionally picked that one to demo, it was just blind luck. So okay, that'll come out here in just a second. It's then gonna go through the same process. So even though it had that ink underlay I'm still gonna run it through the exact same process. I'm gonna run it through the exact same steps. So we'll go ahead and pull that out of the developer here. And we can go ahead and flip the lights. Everybody in here is gonna blink rapidly for about 30 seconds. All right, so what I end up with now is you can see some of the platinum come through the image. I've got kinda a deeper color in the blue. So I can lay those side by side, there we go. So you can see this is the inkjet print, exact copy of the inkjet print, and then there's what the platinum did as it developed in. So now I ended up with kind of a really nice cool, those blacks really brought out and accentuated some of the color. I got back some of the pop in my yellow because the black is what creates contrast. And so basically what's happened is I've reinserted all the contrast back into the image, but I've been able to use that beautiful, beautiful rich deep black. It's also because I talked about how it pulls the fiber and pulls the chemistry in, it's created additional depth to the print that wasn't there before. So I've got that as kind of a cool little fun technique that I'm not gonna lie to you, I am very glad actually showed up. When you say to yourself, "Oh, I've got this great idea, I'm gonna try this thing." "Have you ever tried it before?" "No, but it's gonna go great."
Class Materials
Bonus Materials with Purchase
Ratings and Reviews
Diordna
For a long time, I have read, studied and tried alternative processing, mainly Platinum/Palladium printing. I want to create longest lasting prints and may be share the info at Creative Live. But this presentation saved me many a hours. A few minutes into the lecture, I purchased the class and as the class progressed, I was extremely glad. Thank you Creative Live, thank you Daniel Gregory.
SFX
Excellent class on Alt Process and fantastic bonus materials included with purchase!!! I have extensive digital printing and darkroom experience but haven't done much alt-process to date. This is perfect timing for me as I have several personal projects that I would like to re-visit using some of these techniques. Thank you Daniel!!!
James H Johnson
I have been making platinum/palladium prints for about 1 year. This is the 3rd workshop that I have attended. The first two were one on one. Daniel has done a fantastic job of covering the material and explained the process it detail and easy to understand. This course is fantastic and highly recommend it.