A (possible) fresh start. I got super motivated today. After Jeanne and I went for our walk around the mesa, I got busy preparing some Half Plate glass to make some negatives.
The Half Plate size seemed small to me after working in the Whole Plate format for so long. They’re a lot easier to handle and a lot faster to process overall. I would spend a full day of making three Whole Plate negatives and prints. I spent a half day doing these - half plate equals half day! ;-) Sounds about right!
I like these a lot. They feel right to me. The prints are drying now, I’ll post the dried color and contrast later. I accidentally printed the “Medicine Wheel” (aka Plate #1HP) upside down. I measured out the 8x10 Revere Platinum paper so I would be able to bind the prints into book form on the left side. The idea is that you can see the landscape orientation will not be a problem.
Excited to pursue this some more. I’ll have to make a decision at some point, but need time to really think it over. I keep going back to the idea of showing a book of this work, allowing one or two people at a time to see the prints and read the text. That really appeals to me. I think I’m over the mat and frame prints and hang them in a gallery. I want this to be the way this is shown and, moreover, experienced.
Stay tuned.
Plate #1HP - “Medicine Wheel” - Half Plate Kallitype (Palladium toned K2) - Revere Platinum paper.
Plate #2HP - “Buffalo Head & Antlers” - Half Plate Kallitype (Palladium toned K2) - Revere Platinum paper.
Plate #3HP - “Aster & Dead Pine” - Half Plate Kallitype (Palladium toned K2) - Revere Platinum paper.
The three Half Plate prints straight from the wash sitting on my cutting board. This size fits the 8x10 paper so well!