large format – Luigi Barbano Photography https://barbano.com Photography and Marketing since 1994 Mon, 23 May 2022 13:43:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 DIY UV Box Tested! https://barbano.com/2022/05/diy-uv-box-tested/ Mon, 23 May 2022 13:43:13 +0000 http://barbano.com/?p=2524 DIY UV Box Tested!

It passed quite a while since I built my UV Box but sometime life gets in the middle of our fun projects! Now finally I tested the UV Box and I can say it works great.

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I made a test with two different negatives: a very soft flower subject lighted with painted light and a very sharp subject lighted with a very contrasted light. I wanted to see how this printing process deals with different subjects.

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It passed quite a while since I built my UV Box but sometime life gets in the middle of our fun projects! Now finally I tested the UV Box and I can say it works great.

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I made a test with two different negatives: a very soft flower subject lighted with painted light and a very sharp subject lighted with a very contrasted light. I wanted to see how this printing process deals with different subjects.

I proceeded with some step test to find the corrected exposure for my negatives. I did 2 seconds steps and as you can see in the video I was a little optimist with my first strip of 2,4,6,8 seconds exposure. At the end the correct exposure resulted of 11 minutes.

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You can see the tests I made in the video below.

I was expecting shorter exposure times ’cause I seen some other boxes made with the same LED giving short exposure times with other alternative processes.

Still I like the slow times when I work with film and so I kinda like to have time to think while I wait for the paper to be exposed.

The Arduino timer is working greatly and it’s a pleasure to use this box!

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I have to learn to pose the emulsion better on the paper. The thickness came out not uniform and there are spots where the emulsion did not spread at all on the paper. Still I have a lot to learn but as a fist try I’m quite satisfied of the results.

The LabOldTech2000 kit is very easy to use and complete.

See you next time with new projects!

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5 Steps to PROPERLY start with film photography https://barbano.com/2020/10/5-steps-to-properly-start-with-film-photography/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:14:14 +0000 http://www.barbano.com/?p=2340 5 Steps to PROPERLY start with film photography

Lately I made many videos talking about film photography and equipment. Thanks to that I had been asked, mostly by millenials, how to start with film photography.

Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think.

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Let me know what you think.

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Lately I made many videos talking about film photography and equipment. Thanks to that I had been asked, mostly by millenials, how to start with film photography.

Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think.

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Let me know what you think.

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Black and White Tales, Print#37 https://barbano.com/2020/09/black-and-white-tales-print37/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:12:52 +0000 http://www.barbano.com/?p=2304 Black and White Tales, Print#37

Are we losing the sense of beauty?

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The sense of beauty is what makes us human but we are forgetting that sometimes.

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Are we losing the sense of beauty?

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The sense of beauty is what makes us human but we are forgetting that sometimes.

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