God's Waiting Room

[Stevenmarc]

A perfect example of "The best camera is the one you have with you", was walking back from the library and this popped up.

An iPhone shot with 645Pro, one of the only apps that let you shoot a TIFF file as close to Raw as you are going to get on a phone, edited with Nik Snapseed app and platinum toned with Photo Copier app.

[Celebration]

1. and I love the platinum tone!

You make such good choices! Impressed. I love it that the chair is so close to the edge.

[Stevenmarc]

2. Thank you very much

I'm a bit of a fan of platinum prints, in fact the next series I'm working on I'll process the image digitally but go back to the darkroom for printing, you simply can't get the same depth and richness out of a printer.

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3. I didn't even know you could do that

What are the steps you take to go from a digital image to the darkroom?

[Stevenmarc]

4. You can create a digital negative.

First you edit your photo making whatever corrections you need to make then you convert to black and white, after that you need to apply a curve that corrects for the type of wet process you are using then make the image negative. You print the image on transparency film and then you contact print the transparency and develop the print.

That's the short version, lol.

[Celebration]

5. oh, cool

This is the key--printing it on a transparency film--duh, I wasn't even thinking about that!

Is this something you figured out on your own, or is it taught?

[Stevenmarc]

6. I wish I thought of it

But the information is out there. Dan Burkholder has the definitive book on the subject:

http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/main_pages/book_info_main_page1.htm

If you are in the NYC area The Center for Alternative Photography has classes on digital negatives along with classes on all sorts of old processes.

A good online source:

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/