[pure-silver] Re: dodging tools
- From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:05:33 -0500
Hi,
I think that we have a language problem here.
Eric Maquiling wrote:
On 11/15/07, Dave V <DValvo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The boards that come with photo paper not not opaque enough to use as
dodging tools..
This is new to me. Do dodging tools need to be opaque? I've always
used black cardboard.
Black cardboard is opaque. Something that is opaque does not let the
light through, so Eric, your black cardboard is opaque and is fine for
the job.
Pinking shears! That was the term I was looking for, the kind my
mother used when she did her sewing and I would use to cut slices of
Pizza. Really, when I was 12-13 ;) Instead of investing in a pair of
sewing pinking shears which be expensive, go the any store or art store
that sells drawing supplies for children. You can get a pair of
childproof (no points) scissors that have different shaped cutting
edges, like pinking shears wwwwwww, some have a wavy cutting edge and
they're cheap too. While there, get some thick black construction paper
which kids use for gluing, its easy to cut with the children's pinking
shears you just bought and you can also get some play dough (plasticine)
for putting on the end of the thin wire used in dodging. I tape a piece
of white paper to the black cardboard so that I can see the image that
is being projected; the underneath is black to avoid unwanted
reflections, as someone pointed out, but on the side facing the enlarger
lens and my eyes, I have the white paper to help see what I am doing.
Since I am holding the paper up close to the lens, the image will be out
of focus but at least I can see where I am dodging; I don't have to look
underneath the cardboard.
Hope this helps and have fun making your tools!
Cheers,
Bogdan
I'm always up to learning something new.
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Bogdan Karasek
Montréal, Québec bogdan (at) bogdanphoto.com
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
"I photograph my reality"
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