Tag archive: platinum/palladium
Palladium Prints
Cactus, Cefalù - 5x5 Palladium Print
I can’t spend enough time in the darkroom right now. I am printing at a feverish pace.
La Rocca, Cefalù – 5×5 Palladium Print
Lo Zingaro, Sicily
Lo Zingaro - 5x5 Palladium Print
Lo Zingaro is a natural reserve near Scopello on the eastern coast of Sicily. It is rugged and beautiful, but most people are there for the beach rather than for the hiking. The beach is difficult to get to, nestled in a cove and completely sheltered from the outside world.
Testing… testing… is this thing on?
I have been holed up in my basement for the last two weeks, coming up for air only occasionally. I’m pretty sure my wife has forgotten what I look like by now. I’ve been hard at work developing my process for palladium printing with digital negatives. It has been hit-or-miss so far: these test charts represent only about half of the total work I’ve done in the darkroom. Some of the charts are getting close, but I’m still not really happy with any of them.
Weird Science
Plate burner exposing a digital negative on Pt/Pd paper
All of my equipment and chemicals arrived last week, so I’m finally able to get started in the darkroom with platinum and palladium. So far I’m just doing exposure and calibration tests; nothing to report except that things seem to be doing what they’re supposed to be doing and that I’ve got a lot of work to do.
Clearing, Wakehurst Place, by Beth Dow
Just as I am about to begin my own journey into the world of platinum-palladium printing, this gorgeous image arrived in my email inbox courtesy of 20×200.
Clearing, Wakehurst Place, by Beth Dow