Platinum prints I've seen (and made in class) have much deeper blacks than the one in the video, but we used digital negatives and modified the curve to pull those blacks all the way down.
Hey Matt, thank you for the videos. With platinum is it a case of needing to do digital negatives to be cost effective in printing. It seems like printing from an analogue negative requires some specific considerations at the time of exposure, things like a red filter to create some contrast. Is it even reasonable to consider creating platinum prints from a straight analogue negative? I’m not averse to a challenge 😊
Regarding the platinum print, if you used a digital negative to control contrast and printed it neutral, how close would the look be to a silver gelatin print?
Stupid question but : if you use a lower contrast filter and do some toning at the end, can you get a result with silver gelatin that is closer to what you get with platinum ?
This is awesome, I have a couple backwards images that won't be a reprint yet because I'll pick my favorites to be improved elsewhere. Thanks for the idea.
Is there a way to get a different finish on the Platinum prints? Or is it all matte, all the time? Had never considered that until seeing both processes next to each other...
From this I don't see any reason to justify platinum tbh. Even if the feel is what you really want to go for (which, I admit, is very nice), couldn't you just make a slightly flat, silver gelatin print; underexpose it ever so slightly, then tone it afterwards? Even with expensive toners, you'd still come out cheaper. The only reason I see is the archival aspect. But then again, archival silver gelatin comes a long way.
Platinum prints I've seen (and made in class) have much deeper blacks than the one in the video, but we used digital negatives and modified the curve to pull those blacks all the way down.
or make a second negative processed for Platinum. The two process want different contrast ranges built or baked in the negatives
This is a great comparison Matt. Bravo. Thanks for making this video for us.
Hey Matt, thank you for the videos. With platinum is it a case of needing to do digital negatives to be cost effective in printing. It seems like printing from an analogue negative requires some specific considerations at the time of exposure, things like a red filter to create some contrast. Is it even reasonable to consider creating platinum prints from a straight analogue negative? I’m not averse to a challenge 😊
Silver Gelatin print is the best look.
Regarding the platinum print, if you used a digital negative to control contrast and printed it neutral, how close would the look be to a silver gelatin print?
Stupid question but : if you use a lower contrast filter and do some toning at the end, can you get a result with silver gelatin that is closer to what you get with platinum ?
This is awesome, I have a couple backwards images that won't be a reprint yet because I'll pick my favorites to be improved elsewhere. Thanks for the idea.
That was actually super helpful. Now I don’t feel so guilty gravitating to super punchy prints sometimes and can still work toward a pp print.
Is there a way to get a different finish on the Platinum prints? Or is it all matte, all the time? Had never considered that until seeing both processes next to each other...
Those are terrible pt/pd prints.
From this I don't see any reason to justify platinum tbh. Even if the feel is what you really want to go for (which, I admit, is very nice), couldn't you just make a slightly flat, silver gelatin print; underexpose it ever so slightly, then tone it afterwards? Even with expensive toners, you'd still come out cheaper.
The only reason I see is the archival aspect. But then again, archival silver gelatin comes a long way.
Those are terrible pt/pd prints.