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Single or binocular loupes are often used to observe the effects of the etching on the surface of the copperplate. Depending on the kind of resin or screen used, it is sometimes difficult to view in detail what happens at this level. In some cases would be very useful to take a picture in order …
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The text and the images on this post have been published as an article in the Newsletter No4 (December 2016) from the Analogue Group of the Royal Photographic Society. Reference/Citation: MITJÀ, Carles (2016) A hybrid approach to photogravure on copperplate. Analogue (4) pages 3 to 6. Bath: The Royal Photographic Society. Photogravure was part of …
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Introduction. As in other fine art disciplines, one useful aid to the own progress in photogravure is the critical contemplation of the artwork of other artists, successful or not, famous or not. Although the better valuable way to do that is a direct and alive viewing, in those days of Internet connection, we have also …
Planteamiento Inicial. Ante una determinada escena o situación, el fotógrafo puede tomar al menos dos caminos. El primero y más común es el de documentar la escena y los sujetos que la componen. Aunque esta opción no está privada de una cierta dosis de creatividad, la documentación impone reglas y limita las opciones frente al …
The last post, Digitization System for Film Negatives and Slides (I), was dedicated to comment the oportunity to use a former photographic enlarger head as a part of a film digitization system by means of a digital camera. This second post comments aspects related with the illumination eveness in the diffusser supporting the negatives or …
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