I am leaving the heat of New York City for the heat of Sicily for a couple of weeks, so this is likely to be my last post before I go. I should have lots of exposed film when I return, but I won’t be posting very many photos right away. If all goes well, I will be printing the photos from this trip in platinum/palladium in the fall and creating a nice portfolio. That will be fun to watch, I am sure that learning platinum and palladium will give me lots to blog about when I get back.
See you in July!
Just started reading your blog; keep up the great work and enjoy your well-earned break!
Will look forward to see what you’ve been shooting when you come back!
Cheers
Mat
Hi Dalton,
I read your blog from a couple of weeks. I see you’re coming to Sicily and I’m from Catania! Drop me an email, maybe we can meet somewhere,
Massimo
Ciao, Massimo,
My wife has family in Sicily and I love it there. We will be in Siracusa for a few days at the end of June. I’ll email you and see if it makes sense to meet up!
Dalton
Dalton, i just read a simple process on platinum/pallidium printing and i sounds amazingly fun! i would like to experiment with that as well! Hope all goes well in Sicily and i cant wait to see many photos from you trip! Have a good day!
Seth
p.s. sorry about the double comment error and i am pumped on the latest photo you posted up there! Remindes me of some Bob Thall work! Great Job!
Hey Seth, thanks. I will definitely post a good summary of the trip with a few teaser photos when I get back. I’ve never heard of Bob Thall I will look him up.
I would love to find out about the simple platinum/palladium process, the version I’m looking at looks kind of complicated. Special chemicals, coating your own paper, UV lights… I think it’s going to cost me some $$ to get set up, and a lot of time.
Cheers,
Dalton
Dalton,
I haven’t been able to find much of his work online unfortunately. But one of his books is called: The New American Village and it features Chicago Cityscapes and Suburban life. I found some photos from it in Google Books. Its a good book.
Yeah I did some more research on the process and costs but sadly its quite out of my range and i do not want to mess with those chemicals after reading about them! I was also looking into Kallitype printing. Its cheaper and a similar process but its not archival which is a bummer.
Seth R.