Keep these videos coming! Really well presented and explained - and your example photos are also splendid! Thanks!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Working on some new stuff 👍

Thats the trick i was looking for!! Great video!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it. Hope it helped! Not much out there for dealing with a pretty common problem in printmaking...

So helpful .... thank you

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Super helpful video, thank you! I'm enjoying playing around with film since I'm in a photo class now and can use my university's darkroom and this video has a lot of great info for me to help teach myself! (since it's a beginner class the teacher isn't covering things like pushing and pulling or dodging and burning)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpfull!

great video man! I'm still just trying to figure this stuff out and this is major helpful!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Glad to hear you are getting in the dark!

Solid content!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great tip :-) I'm currently working on a thin negative and this will help me tomorrow :-) Thank you :-)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, have fun!!!

Just found your channel and i enjoy your work in the darkroom, hope for more stuff like this. Have my own darkroom but have not used it for a while, it goes up and down you know but planing to start it up again soon....cheers from Sweden. :)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

I get that. Often It it is tought to find the time to get in the darkroom but I always enjoy it when I can! Cheers!

Genius!! I love your channel... I would like to learn more secrets of the dark room process

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos!

Great content! I would love to see a video on how you take darkroom notes. Particularly how you use the Notebook app. Thanks again for the videos.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have been tryin to streamline my notes a bit so will see if I can cover it for you 👍

@PlanetRandy

3 жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC I look forward to it. I subscribed and hit the bell. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Hey just found your channel, love your darkroom and very jealous of your extraction, would be great to see you work your magic on explaining split grade printing, way beyond monochrome, great book but a tough read. Not a page turner but still a wonderful reference text. Thanks for taking the time to share, Jamie

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch... had to ad the exhaust I was getting bad headaches from some of the lith developers I use... helps a ton! I will see what I can do on the split grade printing 👍

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Split grade vid is live!

@JamieACowan

3 жыл бұрын

Your a gentleman, very kind. It will be this evenings viewing pleasure.

@farwestoutlaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamieACowan I share the same exact feelings. Also thank you for sharing and taking your time. Great content and becoming rare.

So what I did is made a 3x3 grid overlaid on a 2x2 grid at 5x7 (or wherever print size you want) on a sheet of fixed paper. This lets me nail horizons, centering, and symmetry as well as focus accurately all at once. Highly recommend.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Never thought to do this but am sure it would be helpful. Thanks!

Depending on your light source it will be an alternative to add an dimmer to regulate the strength.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea. I am going to look into this as it would be nice to have built in increments if possible! Thanks!

@matneu27

2 жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC the practice seems a bit difficult, ;-) My enlarger has a light bulb with condenser, and I thought to replace the conventional opaque bulb by a daylight LED bulb that's dimmable. Now, I know it's not common that a matte LED bulb also has an even emission. Especially if you close the aperture, you focus more on the bulb's surface and see fuzzy spots. Ok, I found some LED daylight bulbs that had passed the test, but finding a daylight dimmable bulb that has an even emission is impossible without spending lots of money by testing all brands. Before I send more money down the drain, i rather will build a neutral and PWM dimmable source on my own. Sure, halogen and conventional bulbs are dimmable by default with cheap dimmers, but the more you dim, the more the color drifts to warm. IMHO, a neutral light color is better than warm tone if I use mainly multigrade paper with filters. Greetings from Germany, Matthias

Hi, Nice videos! Love all darkroom and analogue stuff. Can I ask you if where did you learned your darkroom skills and set up? Best from Portugal

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, self taught.. A LOT of reading and experimentation with a huge amount of obsession 😬

great video, very interesting. Many greetings from Germany, Cologne. Kersten Zölfel

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend Greetings indeed! Hope alles gut in Deutschland 🙌

@kerstenzolfel1342

3 жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Hi, alles gut

Have you tried or compared a stopped down exposure (F 22) vs ND filter? I will try this but not sure if it is worth it. I like your channel and dark room tips. Keep up the good work.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

4 ай бұрын

I really think it depends on the quality of the lens. With a cheaper lens you will notice more of a difference.

@glennhunt3725

27 күн бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Thanks. CCAD could be "California Corrections, Alcatraz Darkroom. (haha)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

26 күн бұрын

@@glennhunt3725 😂

Any video coming up explaining the "+4" "-5" etc on prints? How do you gauge how much time to burn something?

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

2 жыл бұрын

Different people might do things differently…. But or me the +4 means to burn that area with that filter for four seconds or the -5 would mean to dodge that area with that filter for 5 seconds. You have to evaluate the print. Do you want to lighten or darken something? Add or remove contrast from somewhere? From there guess a percentage darker or brighter and try it out… To save paper you can cut and tape smaller pieces to the easel for this particular areas. You can also make additional test strips with various exposures on the same area. Hope that makes sense. Will hopefully be able to get back in my darkroom soon and will try to cover different ways to approach it 👍

@Adrian-wd4rn

2 жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Cool! I'll give it a shot. Yeah I've heard various things, from "+2 stops" etc, like how tf do you gauge a "stop" of light.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

2 жыл бұрын

@@Adrian-wd4rn one stop more would be twice as much light. One stop less would be half as much light. So to give an 8 sec exposure another stop it would be 16 sec. To give it a stop less you would do 4 sec. Exact same principal as one stop more exposure when taking the picture. Also one of those things that will get easier the more you print 👍

I have problems too to pronounce the reciprothing and say schwarzschild faktor.😉

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Such strange words 😂

Nice video. I'd like to see your split grade printing process, if you use that technique. Thanks.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

You must of read my mind... I was just finishing up a vid on this.... Just Posted it!

Columbus College Art & Design

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you!