tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post8142082628047522539..comments2024-03-11T08:59:46.846-08:00Comments on FogBlog: A Foggye Daye In Olde Dundee TowneHerman Sheephousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-32762289212848939422015-01-18T07:56:14.744-09:002015-01-18T07:56:14.744-09:00I stand corrected, but I still rather like the gen...I stand corrected, but I still rather like the gentle contrast. <br />I recently passed on some paper that I'd had stored for some time to a friend, who does a lot of proofing. He found that graded papers survived well, but the variable contrast stuff had became unusable.<br />And where is the final thrilling episode of the Caravan Chronicles? We want the suspects to be summoned to the library, where the guilty ones are induced, by a devilishly cunning subterfuge, to confess all.David Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-88931516563002814682015-01-17T23:30:04.056-09:002015-01-17T23:30:04.056-09:00Thanks for the comments Chaps!
Bruce - I think th...Thanks for the comments Chaps!<br /><br />Bruce - I think the Graded/MG longevity thing has been posted in a few places and it certainly seems to be my experience.<br /><br />David - it really is fog - if I get a chance today I'll try and reprint them on fresh(er) paper.<br /><br />Paul - I've seen boxes of paper photographed open and for sale on eBay . . people haven't got a clue mostly; and you've hit the nail on the head about time - it can be such a hard graft printing, why waste your efforts!Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-78405322604524323612015-01-17T11:14:12.035-09:002015-01-17T11:14:12.035-09:00I had a sampler pack of FB paper from Adorama go b...I had a sampler pack of FB paper from Adorama go bad less than a year after buying it fresh. It was odd blotchy fog though. My storage is normal room temperature which can be a bit warmer than I'd like in summer, but nothing outlandish.<br /><br />This is why I wouldn't ever buy paper I found at, say, a thrift store. No idea how it was stored, for how long, or if any of the store staff or (more likely) customers thinking it is inkjet photo paper might have opened it up to inspect the merch. My darkroom time is sadly at a premium and anything which wastes it is a false economy.Paul Gloverhttp://www.paulglover.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-57999236715160253442015-01-14T09:21:22.096-09:002015-01-14T09:21:22.096-09:00Hello again. Happy New January.
On my nice new scr...Hello again. Happy New January.<br />On my nice new screen, it doesn't look like fog: it looks like a choice to make very soft and delicate prints. Things may seem different with the actual paper in hand. <br />They remind me of Fay Godwin's series Glassworks and Secret Lives. They were one of her first essays in colour but the resemblance seems real to me.<br />David Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-69676144899587856742015-01-13T05:11:57.749-09:002015-01-13T05:11:57.749-09:00I think you hit it on the head, Phil, by highlight...I think you hit it on the head, Phil, by highlighting the difference between graded paper and multicontrast. I got away with packs of Agfa Record Rapid and Kodak Bromide and they're both graded. However, that might have just been good luck brought about by clean living.<br /><br />You should print 1-5 again on fresh paper cos they make a lovely series. And I love the titles - sequence 1.1, 1.2, etc. Just the right amount of pretension. :)Bruce Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888340033630703603noreply@blogger.com