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Does anyone have a resource for stock imagery of female models in provocative

poses to be used at mass retail? I have a great relationship with Gettyimages

and my rep there has not a clue. I guess I could hire some models and shoot this

myself, but with deadlines and ramping up something like this could kill this

project. IF any of you have images to sell, I am also interested in reviewing as

well. Thanks!

dan

This seems like a statement rather than a question, but this is new to me. (Although I

have some experience printing in platinum / palladium. I am really looking for a pat

on the back and some filling in the holes I have.)

I want to make salt prints since they look very similar to pt/pl printing, but less the

Ferric Oxalate, potassium chlorate, HCL 2% and a developer. Not to mention that this

*seems* much safer than most alt processes. Is the following all I need?

Contrasty negative

UV printing device (sun or some home made solution not there yet)

Contact frame with good contact (foam board under or something)

Ordering lists:

Silver Nitrate (AgNO3) 50g

Sodium Chloride (lab salts)

Citric Acid

Arrowroot or Gelatin

Glass Spreader (puddle pusher)

Standard Kodak Hypo Clear for fixing.

Considerations:

1. When I wash my prints in the 3 baths, can I dump any of my water leftovers down a

normal drain? Sounds like just hypo clear is the only chemistry I am dumping, because

the sodium/gelatin solution is for the paper, and the AgNO 3 is mixed and stored in

bottles, and only used on the paper in very small amounts.

2. Flattening the sized sodium paper, any ideas?

3. any lessons to note on mixing the silver solution? Just dissolve in water? Water first,

then AgNO3? Or vice verca. Will this blow up? Is this only hazardous only when I

actually make the solutions? Is the sensitizer only light sensitive when coated? I can

keep this in a bottle out of the normal sun, but inside is ok in a cool place?

4. Wear neoprene gloves, goggles, chemical/dust respirator mask.

Am I missing anything? Thanks for the time to read, however This may be a nice

search result in the future for someone else learning. ;)

I will be traveling to Hong Kong next month. I wanted to know if anynone knew of a

good shop to buy equipment from? Are there any good medium format dealers, or

used shops; or even knock off dealers in the far east?

Was just thinking, people filed a negative carrier to gain more access to the image. Te

result was a interesting looking border with reflections of the neg carrier. That was

cool for 'analog' process. After seeing your shot, and knowing that you scanned that

on a flatbed, perhaps that tiny little border is the result of *this* process.

I am going to rethink my needs here. Having a small border still demonstrates a 'film'

process. This is what I was looking for, thanks!

I have an old Nikon LS-10e film scanner. I recently have been scanning my film to

make digital prints for art-sake. I miss using my darkroom where I like the filed

negative carrier look of my borders. Since I packed up the darkroom due to chemistry

and paper costs, I lose this technique. I have read a few posts about how to use

Photoshop's Displacement effect. But this seems a bit "forced" and not so natural. I

keep looking at my scanner's film holder and or Gepe's slide holders and wonder if

filing these would produce that natural filed look I desire. Is this a waste of time?

Anyone else with a solution?

Also, how bad would it be to scan a few borders I have already printed in the past and

re-use these around my newer prints to get that effect too? Is that unethical?

Comments appreciated in advance.

All, Thanks for the encouragement. I was concerned that putting together some art to

show, and using old negs was like eating stale bread. But I can see now that as long

as if these images are 'never been viewed before', then this may be ok.

Cheers!

Just wanted to begin some dialogue on the topic of re-using photography. I have

made an investment in some more digital equipment that has allowed me to revisit

some older work that I never pursued. I ask the question because I wanted to begin

working on some photos that I never let go beyond the proof sheet. Now that I have

the ability to dispose of some of my old efforts-- digitally, I thought that I would give

a whirl. Only problem is that I feel a bit 'cheap' in the since that I have had these

negatives sitting in a locker for 5 + years and never did anything with.

Is this ethical? Can I start to arrange a portfolio of outdated images even thought they

have never seen other eyes?