Filters for Black and White Shooting

Filter - a photographic filter is made up of transparent material - glass, plastic or gelatin - with dyes incorporated so that it selectively removes specific colors or wave lengths of light that pass through it.

Additive Primaries

Red, Blue Green
Red + Blue = Magenta
Blue + Green = Cyan
Red + Green = Yellow

EX. A red filter is ideal o expose for sky. It blocks or darkens green and blue (cyan).

• a red filter appears red because it allows red light to pass, absorbing other colors of light (blue and green)
• red filter, filters our cyan, blue and green light
• in general, in the print a filter darkens most strongly its complimentary color

Full Frame

How

• using an 8x10 easel
• size down image area to fit inside the frame
• for clean boarders use one of the four bladed 11x14 easels
• size image as desired on 8x10 paper and but in the edges of easel to block the rough edges of neg carrier

Black Borders

1. File down edges of neg carrier to include rebate of neg in print

• you can also make your own neg carrier out of foamcore

2.

a)Frame full frame of image on 8x10 paper
b) Determine density and contrast, burning and dodging, feather edges, etc.
c) Make exposure, cut out a piece of opaque cardboard that is slightly smaller than the size of your image on the print.
d) Place the cardboard down over the area.
3) Expose print a second time (with or without neg) for as long as you need to make black border.

Multiple Printing: printing multiple negatives as one image

1. Expose one image over another in camera - underexpose both images to make one properly exposed negative
2. Combine two negs in the neg carrier and print through both - best to use underexposed negs

Enlarger Blending

1. Select two or more negatives.
2. Decide where you want them to blend.