ILFORD LAB DIRECT

Now for the first time our customers will be able to use our secure website to pay for film processing online or upload digital B&W files direct to our server. Alongside our online services we continue to sell process paid films and mailers through popular photographic dealers giving our customers even greater choice.

We believe there will always be demand for traditional silver gelatin prints and we are passionate about making the highest quality black and white prints whether from film or digital files. Our company has 130 years experience of producing the best black and white photographic products, a heritage we are extremely proud of.

http://www.ilfordlab.com/

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pdf Screen shots of all set up menus on Flextight Scanner

pdf Basic Setup for RGB scanning on Flextight Scanner

pdf Advanced Setup for RGB scanning on Flextight Scanner

pdf Automatic Film Holder Setting info – Important!

pdf 16 bit versus 8 bit files

pdf Advanced Setup for B&W scanning on Flextight Scanner

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Infrared, photographing the unseen (or simply create very interesting) images.

Discover where a circuit board may be overheating  - where hot water pipes are buried in masonry – and where heat loss is occurring through a building’s' roof.  This would be an ideal use for infrared film. However: let me quash this myth right  now! You cannot, under any circumstances, photograph heat loss with an infrared film. Infrared film can see the visible spectrum and also the near infrared up to just under 1000 nanometres.

PDF: Infrared, photographing the unseen images

 

Infrared Alert

Creative photographer are always challenging conventions and looking for new ways of coming up with eye-catching images. To kick off the brand new series on Pro Techniques, Lee Frost takes a look at how to get the best out of using infrared film.

PDF: Infrared Alert

 

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A NICER WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HTML & CSS

A book about code that doesn’t read like a 1980′s VCR manual… It’s not just for programmers, it’s written and presented to make it easy for designers, artists, bloggers, content and e-commerce managers, marketers to learn about the code used to write web pages…

Learn how to:
Read and write HTML5 and CSS3
Structure and design web pages and sites
Prepare images, audio and video for the web
Control typography and layout
You will also find lots of helpful hints and practical advice alongside the code

A NICER WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HTML & CSS

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Camera motion causes blur. Though some photographers claim to be able to hand hold a camera steady at slow shutter speeds-V” sec. or even slower-it takes only a slight amount of camera motion during exposure to cause a noticeable blur in an image. If a sharp picture is your aim, using a fast shutter speed or supporting the camera on a tripod is a much surer way to produce an image that will be sharp when enlarged. …

PDF: Lens Performance Getting the Most from a Lens

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Visible light is a stream of energy radiating from a light source (the sun or a lamp). There are four main characteristics of light: …

PDF: Light

 

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1. The Key light or Principal light is the one light which dominates all the others, creating the most noticeable highlights and casting the most important shadows.

2. The Fill-in light is used to illuminate the shadows cast by the Key light, bringing the overall contrast of the subject within the range of the sensitive material.

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PDF: Lighting Diagrams

 

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Many  photographers feel somewhat restricted by conventional, commercial papers.  Surface textures are limited and do not always suit the artistic vision of the individual. One way around this  limitation is by using liquid emulsions, which can be coated onto many surfaces: paper, fabric, stones, tiles, wood, metal, and more. …

PDF: Liquid Emulsion Technique

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The development time determines the amount of  shadow detail. As the development  progresses,  dark grains begin to appear in the shadow areas, clumping together to form the darkest regions of the print. It is  important to decide when to snatch the print from the developer by Judging the shadow density – rather than the highlight detail. … In order to make successful lith prints you must use a chloro-bromide based black and white paper. …

PDF: Lith Printing

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Almost any image from a printed source can be transferred to paper. The best source of material for transfers is a full-color Sunday newspaper supplement. The inks are highly saturated and freshly printed. The paper stock is a light­weight newsprint, and if you wish to transfer duplicate images, you can purchase cheaply several news­papers. …

PDF: Magazine Transfers and Lifts

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Magnification of subject height will  increase exposure by …

PDF: Magnification of Subject and Exposure Increase

 

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The photojournalist generally responds to a situation, whereas the studio photographer creates a situation to fit a pre-conceived image. The ultimate control that the photographer has is the manipulation of the image itself. At its most sophisticated, the photographer can take on the role of an director. By combining studio techniques with photo-composites and re-touching, for example, you can achieve the graphic freedom of an illustration yet retain the basic realism of photographic images. Sophisticated image manipulation such as this is found mainly in advertising, where the commercial results justify the often high cost and lengthy  technical work.

Combining images: by Sandwiching, Projection, and Multiple exposure

PDF: Manipulating the image

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The Massive Dev Chart is the world’s largest source of processing times for developing black & white film

Website: http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php

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Format refers to the size of film that you are using.

Medium format mostly refers to 120 film which will be 6cm wide but depending on the camera you are using can be 4.5,6, or 7cm long and even longer which would go on to a large format camera. Our cameras produce negative that are 6 X 6cm and 6 X 7cm. We would advice that you do not use 220 film as it doesn’t have a paper back and can rip and is difficult to load, also some of our cameras are not designed for this longer film, So please stick to 120 film.

We do have a Polaroid back for the Mamiya RS67 for this you need to buy Polaroid film.

Lots of older medium format cameras don’t have built in light meters and so you will most probably have to use an external light meter. Saying that we do have a metering hood and metering pentaprisim but we would advise you to use a hand held light meter.

Light Meters help to give an accurate light reading which will be converted into the appropriate shutter speeds and fno relative to the film speed ie ISO. When using a light meter first dial in the correct ISO, then set the mode to either ambient, flash non-cord or flash cord, dependant on your lighting. For a general reading point the meter at the subject from the position of the camera and take a reading.

For a brightness-range take a reading from the brightest part and the darkest part then split the difference. Using a grey-card measure the light reflected off it. For incident-light reading use the white plastic diffusing dome then meter the light that is fallin’g This methods will not take into account close-up work, filters on the camera or very long or very short exposures.

Most medium format cameras require you to both cock the lens and wind the film on as two separate actions unlike most compacts and 35mm cameras where both these actions are carried out simply by winding the film on.

PDF: Medium format

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How do you utilise mixed lighting indoors? What problem arise and how can you solve them? This article by David Askham will give some of the answers, based on the author’s experience in a wide range of commercial assigments in work places, stately homes and domestic interiors. …

PDF: Mixed Lighting Indoors

 

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A introduction and step by step guide to making an exposure on the 5×4 camera

PDF: Monorail camera

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Light from any source – a window, a continuously burning lamp, a flash – foltows the same general rule: The light falls off (gets dimmer) the farther the light source is from an object. But light from a flash comes and goes so fast that you can’t see the effect of the flash on a scene at the time you are taking the picture. Special exposure meters are designed for use with flash; you can’t use an ordinary exposure meter to meas.

PDF: More About Flash, How to Position It

 

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Perspective: the impression of depth. Few lenses (except for the fisheye) noticeably dis­tort the scene they show. The perspective in a photograph-the apparent size and shape of objects and the impression of depth-is what you would see if you were standing at camera position. …

PDF: Perspective How a Photograph Shows Depth

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A photogram is a picture made without using a camera; it records not the image of an object produced by a lens but the shadow cast by the object itself i. e. using the photographic printing process but without using a negative. They tend to be strong-silhouetted images. With experimenting you can create a fairly intricate image using marks, shapes and textures. …

PDF: Photograms

 

The only real limit to this technique is your imagination. With photograms you have total control over all the elements and you aren’t dependent on the weather. …

PDF: Technique File

 

It’s pants!

Using the age-old technique of photograms, Kirsty Mackay creates images of underwear, from the sensible to the saucy. Sarah Jackson takes a peek. …

PDF: It’s pants!

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Process Supplies
13-25 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AR, 020 7837 2179

Calumet
93-103 Drummond Street
London NW1 2HJ
020 7380 1144

Jessops
63-69 New Oxford Street, Holborn
London WC1A 1DG
020 7240 6077

Kingsely Photographic
93 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 4HL
020 7436 8700

Jacobs
74 New Oxford Street, Holborn
London WC1A 1EU
020 7436 5544

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Albumen print

The first glossy coated photographic print. In general use c. 1855-1890.  Thin paper was  first coated with a mixture of whisked egg white and salt, then sensitized with silver nitrate.  It was usually printed-out in sunlight under the negative in a printing frame.

C-type print

Photographic colour print made from a colour negative: the most widely-used form of colour photograph today. …

PDF: Photographic Processes and Terms

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Michael Dyers Associates
81a Endell Street
London WC2H 9DX
Large scale colour and black and white hand prints from negatives. Some dgital services including giclee printing
020 7836 8354

Metro Imaging
32 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0NB
Monday to Friday 8am-7pm
Digital and analogue printing & processing for colour and black and white. Print Mounting
020 7865 0000

Powerprint
254-258 Goswell Road
LondonEC1V 7EB
digital C-type (Lambda up to 48”/125cm wide) and Giclee inkjet printing. Print Mounting
020 7250 1700

The Print Space
74 Kingsland Road
London E2 8DL
Self service scanning & retouching booth hire, digital C-type (up to 30”/76cm wide) and Giclee inkjet printing. Print Mounting
020 7739 1060

ArtChroma

Snappy Snaps
191 Wardour Street
London W1F 8ZE
Budget medium format & 35mm processing and printing
020 7494 3926

Spectrum Photographic
Unit 10 Hove Business Centre
Fonthill Road,
Hove East Sussex BN3 6HA
digital C-type (Lambda up to 48”/125cm wide) and Giclee inkjet printing. Mounting and Face mounting to Perspex
01273 708222

Rapid Eye (Digital)
91 Brick Lane
Unit 43 on the 4th floor
London E1 6QL
Hasselblad X5 scanner to hire
020 7729 0031

Bayeux Ltd
78 Newman Street
London W1T 3EP
Film processing and printing
020 7436 1066

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In this extensive article photographer Robert Thomas explains how blend modes work in Photoshop. He shows how to manipulate blend layers through keyboard shortcuts, as well explains the actual mathematical operations that drives each mode.

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The attached file are Slade’s recommended colour settings for Photoshop when working to any print output in colour or greyscale.

slade-recommended.csf

Once downloaded, goto Photoshop and from the menu Edit > Color Settings, and use the load button to locate this file. Quit and relaunch Photoshop.

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This Quick Reference Guide allows you to search and filter through a database of Photoshop CS6 shortcuts, tools, and more. You can search for the path of a menu item, help links, shortcuts, and descriptions all in one place.

 

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Pinhole photography is photography at it’s most basic. In terms of equipment, materials and the physics of light it couldn’t  be simpler.  It is the grounding for all photography.

Materials Required:

Cardboard box or any blacked out container that you can fix a pinhole to and hold light sensitive material i.e. film or paper.

Thin sheet of shim or soft drinks can to make pinhole aperture out of.

Pin and light emery paper.

Black and white photographic paper and or sheet film.

Other materials required may be black paper or black paint, gafa tape and masking tape, knife, scissors …

PDF: Pinhole Camera Workshop

 

How to Make and Use a Pinhole Camera

By using common household materials, you can make a camera that will produce pictures. Making and using a pinhole camera will acquaint you with the basic elements of photography while providing an inexpensive and interesting way to take pictures. This bulletin explains how to make and use two types of pinhole cameras-a cartridge pinhole camera and a can or box pinhole camera. You’ll be proud of the pictures you can take with the camera you have constructed.

PDF: How to Make and Use a Pinhole Camera

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Printing Ink Technology and Manufacture
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If you are thinking of buying a new digital camera, make sure to read reviews on Digital Photography Review. Professional and indepth testing and reviews of all digital cameras.

Website: http://www.dpreview.com/

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Reclaimed frames, new frames and artist materials. Frames start from £5!
Location: 4 Morris Place London N4 3JG
www.johnjones.co.uk
info@johnjones.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7281 5439

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Got a broken TV to dispose of, or want to know how to recycle batteries, bulbs or an old laptop? Find out how to recycle an array of household products and electrical appliances here.
Select the product you’re interested in and we’ll let you know if and how you can recycle it, plus share insider tips from Which? experts on how to make money recycling certain products and the range of recycling services available to you.

web: http://www.which.co.uk/environment-and-saving-energy/

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ONLY switch the Pack ‘ON’ AFTER the Flash Heads have been correctly connected. Never disconnect the Flash Head cables with out first switching the power off.  High voltage goes through these cables and care should always be taken when using them.

PDF: Safe Use of the Bowens Duo 2400 Power Pack

 

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Eye-fi are like SD memory cards – fit into a wide range of cameras,
but will automatically, with wifi, send your images directly to
whatever website of server you pick

http://s.coop/eyefi

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I use interparcel.com for most shipments I send. They are a broker for all the major couriers. They are much more reliable and helpful than other brokers. This means they offer low costs of major account holders. I find the “Interparcel Standard” service the best. This is UPS in disguise. Same day pickup with next day delivery. You only have to print one A5 label an attach to the parcel, no extra paperwork like TNT or Fedex.

Interparcel have major accounts with the world’s largest and most trusted courier companies. Thanks to our massive buying power we have secured huge discounts off their normal selling rates. This allows us to offer you some of the lowest parcel delivery prices in the country!
	We’re the UK’s largest online parcel broker
	Excellent Customer Service
	Largest range of courier services
	Telephone, Email & Live Chat Support

They will even ship crates up to an insured value of £1000.

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Controlling the exposure. Both shutter speed and aperture affect the amount of light reaching the film. To get a correctly exposed negative, one that is neither too light nor too dark, you need to find a combination of shutter speed and aperture that will let in the right amount of light for a particular scene and film.

PDF: Shutter speed and aperture

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Many fine portraits have been made using simple lighting setups. You don’t need a complicated arrangement of lights to make a good portrait. In fact, the simpler the setup, the more comfortable and relaxed your subject is likely to be.

PDF: Simple Portrait Lighting

 

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The 35mm Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera is fundamentally a 45° hinged mirror set behind a lens which reflects the image up to a focusing screen on the camera top. As the shutter release is pressed the mirror flips up to:
i) Form a seal under the focusing screen to prevent light from entering the camera through the viewing lens.
ii) Move out of the way of the lens and film. When the mirror reaches the horizontal position it fires a focal plane shutter just in front of the film to make an exposure. Distances are arranged so that the lens, mirror and focusing screen equal the the lens to film distance and everything appearing on the focusing screen is focused correctly. ’35mm’ refers to the width of the film this camera uses. Each frame is a standard 24mm x 36mm format.

SLR ADVANTAGES
-The camera gives you the ability to precisely frame up the picture, focus, and observe depth of field.
-35mm types offer you the choice of fast, accurate modes for setting correct exposure by using through-the-Iens measurement of subject lighting (including flash).
-Key iformation such as correct exposure an focus, shutter speed and f-number, are signalled direct to your eye from alongside the focusing screen.
- There is a vast back-up range of lenses and accessories. This makes SLR outfits versatile ‘unit systems’ – able to tackle most photography well.
- Fully AF (auto-focus) models adjust the lens faster than you can focus it by hand. And they work with a range of lenses.

SLR DISADVANTAGES
- You cannot see through the viewfinder while the exposure is taking place. This can be a nuisance during long exposures or when panning at slow shutter speeds.
- When you are viewing at open aperture (having set a small aperture) it is easy to forget the changes that increased depth of field will give to your picture.
- The camera is electronically and mechanically more complex (and noisy) than other designs. By offering many options it tends to be more complicated to use than, say, a compact. Most SLRs also rely heavily on battery power to function.
- The range of speed settings for use with flash is limited (unless your flash gun provides a long peak.

PDF: SLR Camera Summary
PDF: SLR more detailed overview

Guide covering:
Inside a Single-Lens Reflex Camera
Loading film into the camera
Focusing and setting the exposure
Exposure readout
Exposing the film
What will you photograph?

PDF: SLR Camera

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One of the few remaining places to have slides made from digital files. 35mm, medium format and large format. Also offer negatives printing.

http://www.gammatech.com

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Flash used normally will freeze moving object and if the exposure is correct, will evenly  illuminate everything within its range. But, as in every aspect of photography, creating rule braking can produce stunning results; and this is particularly the unorthodox technique of slow sync flash.

PDF: Slow Sync Flash

 

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Want to play around with SLR Camera settings and see how it affects your photo, but without actually using an SLR? Well, you can do just that with the Online SLR Camera Simulator. This simple application allows you to choose the lighting, ISO, shutter speed and aperture. A great tool to teach someone the basics of photography.

Website: http://camerasim.com/camera-simulator.html

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There are many applications available at UCL Clusters that would be useful to Slade students, such as Photoshop

It’s worth noting that some Clusters, such as those in UCL Libraries, are open 24 hours at certain times of year.