Why I use Color Film to create my Photo Art.

By oneeyeskinny on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 3:53 am

Color films records most all the color of the spectrum, nearly all colors can be reproduced by mixing only a few basic or primary colors. Color films are made with three color-sensitive layers, each of which records the wave lengths of lights in a different third of the color spectrum. Colors negative film is processed to be the opposite in colors and density of the original scene; then it is printed onto a sheet of sensitized paper to make a positive color print. This is why I shoot color films to Print out my Black and White Photos the Classic way. Color films gives more details in my prints. The colors remain true and the tones are richer. I use the actual color photo as a guide when my Hand Tinting my Black and White Prints. This is a Color Photo the Classic way. This a Black and White Photo the Classic way, delivered inside my darkroom. This is a Hand Tinted Black and White Photo the Classic way, Never computer aided in any way. Photo Art is Original and signed. My Photo Art is Original. No one does it better. I can use either a Color or Black and White negative to create my Photo Art the Classic way.

The 2 Zone Technique.

By oneeyeskinny on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 3:49 am

 The zone scale  has ten steps and is based on Ansel Adams's description of zones in his book The negative. Zone 0(zero) relates to the deepest black print value that photographic printing paper can produce. Zone V corresponds to a middle gray, the tone of a standard-gray test card of 18 percent reflectance. Zone IX relates to the lightest possible print value-pure white of the paper base.    The Zone System allows you to see how the tones in any scene will look in a print and to choose either a realistic interpretation or a departure from reality. Using the Classic way to develop and expose your prints, and understanding the Zone System will help you get improved result in the final print stages.    This is why I use Color film to produce my Black and White Prints. Color film reacts to Black and White enlargement paper better than your average Black and White film. Color film records the colors as they appear, and Black and White film records tones, which are directly related to each tone scale. Color film gives greater details and contrast than black and White film.    I use the Zone System in my final print stages. This is where I can dodge and burn my details. My Photos are printed in Zones III to VII, it allows me to Hand Tint my Black and White Print with vivid or soft colors. The shades of gray intensifies the hue and tint of each color. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Color Photo Born inside a Camera. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Black and White Photo Delivered in my Dark room the Classic way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hand Tinted Black and White Photo Art. Photo has been Selenium Toned. I apply my Colors in the Fore ground, Middle Ground, And in the Back ground. This is what makes my Black and White Photo Art unique and original. Photo has a Mother of Pearl finish. Limited Edition.

Hand Tinted Black and White Photo Art the Classic way.

By oneeyeskinny on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 9:00 am

*The Great masters such Van Goghs, Picasso's, Rembrandts, Cezanne's, Seraut's, El greco,s, Constables, Botticellis, Angelico's and Bounnarroti's would not exist today as we know them if they had used digital assisted soft ware to create their works of Art. I have over 50,000 images and over 90,000 negatives that will be worth more than any digital print made today. *Photo Art has been around in the main stream for quite some time. No one has change or improved on what George Eastman, Joeseph Niepce, Giovanni Battista, Thomas Wedgwood and Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre attempted . The computer can never allow any one the freedom that gives you the ability to capture an image as on sees it. Ansel Adams was the last person to that gave us a new set of rules and technique. *I have developed a "2" Zone that takes his ideas and the other great Photographers of the past and improve how we see and reproduce our Photos. Don't miss out, if you can have the luck of buying a old Photo of the past, you will own tomorrows Picassos' Van Goghs' or even an Rembrandt. *The only worth while investment in todays Art Market will be a Hand Tinted Photograph. The other Great works of Art merely exchange owners and becomes more expensive in the process. http://www.oneeyeskinny.com/photo_11.html

Hand Tinted Black and White Photo Art the Classic way.

By oneeyeskinny on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 8:51 am

I want to bring Hand Tinting back in the main stream. Since we have our computers and high tech soft ware we fail to realize that computer generated imagery or photos are not the same as in the past. The reason is, that the computer lacks Zone "A" and Zone "B". Its merely a copy. All computer generated photos or prints will oxidize or fade. The sole purpose of making Photographs are to record or document historical events. Archiving Photos that are computer generated defeats this goal. In museums you will only find Black and White Photos, they know that any other type of print won't last long enough to achieve their objective. Digital Photography has its' place, and should be recognized as an Art form based on its content. *When we look back in the early 1800's we see images that were produced that still exist today. What if our Great masters used pixels to record there Art. They would have never dreamed of wasting there time and effort to gain fame by employing methods other than the Classical techniques to create their Art. When history is written, those who have negatives and Hand developed Prints will have works of Arts that will be priceless. www.oneeyeskinny.com/