One of the more interesting ways of making a dodging tool, that I have heard of, is to make a frame larger than the print (11x14 for an 8x10 print size) out of something light but rigid (black Gatorboard?), then use the lightest weight fishing line (3 or 4 strands) to suspend the 'tool' itself within that frame. This allows you to dodge something in the center of the frame without a shadow from the 'handle' of the dodging tool. The fishing line is too thing to cast a meaningful shadow.
Didja know?? Dodging tools have actually been DISCONTINUED as something that is order-able!I know most people make them themselves anyhoo, but I have a class of students and I am not about to sit down & make all those! So it will be a lesson plan, incorporating the history of film photography's downward spiral, but it is increasingly frustrating to not be able to get what you want as in the days of yore.........Just had to vent! Adrienne Moumin
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