--- Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have never learned this way of working. It's a
different work flow.
Does anybody on this list do that?
I can make some "work prints" to send to this show.
That's not a
Great question! I am anxious to see the answers that
come back.
For me, a work print is usually 8x10, just because I
find that size big enough to see what is going on, but
small enough to be able to process relatively quickly
and easily. I go through far more 8x10 paper than any
other size. It could be RC, but for me, is usually
fiber. It is a print which has about the right, if
not exactly right exposure and contrast, but may not
have all of the burning/dodging the way I want it.
The work print will often hang over my desk for a
while (could be months) as I try to figure out where
to go next with it. It does NOT have any spotting
done on it, but other than that, could fall into a
broad range of how happy I am with the print.
As to going to larger sizes, my usual way of doing
that is to start working on 8x10, with a relatively
small aperture on the enlarging lens, one I have the
8x10 print the way I want it, I use an Epson light
meter to measure the illumination on some part of the
image, then raise the head to get the size that I
want, and open the aperture to the get back to the
same amount of illumination. Usually means that the
first exposure on large paper is pretty close to what
I had worked out on the 8x10.
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