Postby Ray Heath » 06 Dec 2012, 13:58
Thnx for the interest and support guys.
Maris, I agree with your assessment, the rendition of skin tones on other than panchromatic materials is at times un-acceptable to some sitters.
As an example see the image of my daughter posted on this same board.
I have tried a few shots on graded paper and a few on variable contrast papers but have yet to do enough test shots to establish a workable technique. I did try a yellow filter on RC paper and got no exposure but I'm unsure what type of paper it was.
Most of my work to date has been on old graded FB paper of unknown age. Some is even slightly fogged but all work really well for my purposes.
The biggest problem I've had with RC multi-contrast paper is that exposure seems to vary with the intensity of sunlight and how much overcast is present. I suspect that the problem is actually more to do with how much UV light is present.
Ray
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's photographs are "a bridge that spans the widening gulf of time" (Michael Hiley 1979, 5).