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Blackhand Gorge by mat4226 Photographs made while exploring and documenting Ohio’s State Nature Preserve system. Some of the only places left in the state where nature remains uninterrupted. These lands are underappreciated, underfunded, but rich with a subtle beauty that I revere with my view camera. Tachihara 8x10 Double Extension Schneider G-Claron 355mm f/9 Ilford HP5+ Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 www.marrash.com https://flic.kr/p/P8RGjD

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matmarrash replied to your post: matmarrash replied to your post: Per-Print Costs...

Haha, I try to tinker as little as possible, now that Ive got a workflow thats fairly consistent. ;)Keep in touch if you ever want to get into carbon, as I love demonstrating the process. Once you see a carbon print...

Lol, yeah I think "tinker" may have been a poor choice of word. My process is like clockwork and completely predictable at this point -- with pt/pd at least. I meant more along the lines of enjoying the process for its own sake.

Really looking forward to getting a house so I can do some carbon. Do you make your own glop or do you use the B&S tissue? Both?

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matmarrash replied to your post: Per-Print Costs of Platinum-Palladium Printing

Another variable that few traditional printers consider is time. The time spent producing a Pt/Pd print versus, say a collodion POP print or albument print, or carbon print is significantly less. More money per print, but ultimately less time.

Very true. Although I don't count the time factor so much in my personal work -- part of the fun is in the tinkering. ;) I can see if you make your own carbon tissue though that it could get a little involved. If it wasn't for the space factor, I'd be diving in to all three :). Although hopefully a move is in my near future, so at that point I just need to make sure I've got the right space for a proper work area and.. fingers-crossed.. full darkroom.

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matmarrash replied to your post: Plate Holder Woes

If youre looking for the true 4x5 size, you may want to spring for a holder by Jody Ake: incameraindustries.comThey are made based off the old Graflex pressure film holder design and are superb!

I've been considering that, I saw them over at B&S a while back and have been thinking about it. Too broke at the moment though. 

The worst part is the Chamonix holder could very easily accomodate a full 4x5 sheet with only very minor modification to the design.  Just sanding down the inside of the holder has got it to the point where I can almost fit in a standard sheet. I'll probably pick up a dremel and sand it down a bit more vigorously and that should do the trick. Its such a simple modification, I'm not sure why they don't make it standard in the first place. Beyond that it works great though, no leaks so far and its easy to load material provided it fits...

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Carbon

matmarrash replied to your photoset: Fumed Silica for Platinum/Palladium Printing ...

Im a big fan of the added punch the fumed silica adds to the print. If you ever want to see a little more DMax, you should give carbon transfer a try. ;)

It's funny you mention that, I was going to tweet you about that the other day. I totally drooled all over my keyboard a few weeks back watching your carbon transfer demo vids (not to mention Jim Fitzgerald's excellent walkthrough). My only worries with carbon is either I need to pay a Canadian-whipping-boy premium on shipping ($45 for $39 worth of tissue) from Bostick and Sullivan or give my partner a heart-attack when she sees our kitchen after my first attempts at pouring my own glop. I've already given myself a heart attack seeing the $150 shipping and hazmat fee for full wet-plate kit, not sure I could survive another.

The question I was going to ask over twitter is what your opinion would be on how friendly the process is for small / dual-purpose spaces. I'm living and printing out of a two-bedroom downtown apartment and don't currently have access to a traditional darkroom. My coating station is a galley-kitchen counter, my darkroom and processing area is a tiny bathroom, and my digital negs and exposure station is the bulk of our increasing poorly-named "guest bedroom". 

I'm excited to give it a try, just not sure whether I can feasibly do all the steps in my current space. If I do manage to dive in, it's still 2-3 paydays away minimum. The last couple months have been killer already stocking up on supplies for collodion. But I'm very curious as to your opinion on the feasibility side. At least with wet plate I can go pour (and even shoot) on the balcony. ;-)