Category: overnight notes

Bookmarks

Posted on Posted in overnight notes, the Lab

Factors of failure — 

forumula
-- factors of failure clumping
fixed or malleable minded, knowledge
--- the magnus reads; separations [sep anxiety]
is it skill beyond what anyone has... pencil, doodle, drawing, draftsman

am falling behind in posts, not in notions — I posted about a bookset and brovira, not knowing I’d also put up a draft of that; that draft has become this overnight. No brovira at all.

Instead more about small food fights on the large format site (LFF).. Doremus was called out by the doormouse, revealing how small his imagination; limitations he maintains are strengths.

The exchange prompted my searching Doremus. His website doesn’t have contact info, even though it has a page saying to contact him. So it goes. And that makes me wonder how to contact me…. many do. so they knows

what was noted is a separation, just not what those with lower imagination learned…

the filter does separate the exposing light. in the case of the yellow, it makes it into 2 distinct groups: the Y and the B.

To assemble the image would require transmitted light, rather than reflected light. The image would also appear to lack Reds.

AND … making prints from separations of long ago — the secret is in the light source the seps were made under. Change the exposing set, and the printing set will be in error, looking much like a cross-over, or subject failure. To get a (wide) neutral balance, you loose key, or edge color clarity. By changing the assembly color-set you regain a semblance of balance. That seems to be what was done in the

color carbon printing
on the edge of awareness

The Endless Function

Posted on Posted in A Symbol Life, labnotes, overnight notes

Because of the structure of a recent book, I went to my shelves for similarly formed texts; texts using extensive quotations within the main text. That was the method I used during my teaching at EXS. It seemed very capable of transfering more information, and types of source material to students in an art school. Studio based education needs wide examples

Reading Loves Body, because of its structure, I found a book-marker from sometime ago.

In discovering the Brovira techsheet, I resurrected it, as it returned me, momentarily, to 1970.

the English form of the Brovira instructions.

in seeking the Object we find that math is a simple answer that doesn’t end the question.

infinite questions mean infinite time

even math is an endless task.

Fortunately, paper is finished souping in only minutes.

How Much Wood …

Posted on Posted in overnight notes, the fora, the meta

does it take for an expert to hold your attention.

When you overhear someone on a riddle-me- this, advice for the lost hobbyist forum, how much salt does it take to turn bullshit into stew.

A question was asked about contrast reduction masking making for RA-4 color negatives. They were told that their first thoughts were flawed. They were told this by someone that many, even the mods, consider an expert among them. How did he become that expert. Who gave him that mantle. Simple: there and them. They need to be expert; they satisfy this by believing in each others expertise.

Sometimes, some give very good, well reasoned answers — even correct ones. By correct I mean I would be able to get that to work as stated.

the person did what they should have done — try it.

it worked better than the Forumatti said was possible.

// hc 110, 1995 .. diluted for how many efforts. How much film as masks could someone run using a bottle of HC-110? I leave it as an exercise with these notes:

  • masks are best run singly in trays — one-shot
  • 250 ml solution per mask
  • HC-110 is exhausted at 5ml per 8×10 sheet of Kodak film
  • mask making is at great dilution — D or F

Adage from commercial labs: Mix for 4, use 3 .

The adage means use more developer than you calculate needing; this assures even thorough development.

an expert using 25 year old bottle of concentrate– proof that it stores well — not proof of it being used much.

How many prints does an expert printer make? In this case, not many. His expertise certainly didn’t come from working with this material. Neither the HC-110 for masking, nor the Fujiflex printing.

What does the expert say it takes? How much film? (see: p2.)

rolls of Fujiflex are long enough to make 50 finish prints (30×40).

Making a print a month doesn’t make a productive printer — this is much like the low-use developer expert.

Not much film; not many prints — say hello to the modern, online, snobby hobby expert.