Darryl C. Nicholas

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Processing Medium Format C 41 Film
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jan 01, 1998

Processing with C-41 is relatively
easy to perform. The chemicals involved are not overly sensitive or
difficult to work with. In fact, even the time and temperatures involved
are not real critical. If the time and/orte...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Setting The Black Point; A Key Step In Getting The Right Tonal Range
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Sep 01, 2004

One of the secrets to making great ink jet prints is to set the black point correctly in the image file before sending the image to the printer. The black point in an image is the group of pixels that should be printed as solid, D-max, black. If this...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom In 2000 to 2001
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Dec 01, 2000

While conventional photography
(as opposed to digital) continues to be the main stream of the industry,
conventional darkroom activity has declined over the past few years. Today,
most conventional darkroom activity seems to be in the area of fine art...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Using A Density Meter
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 2000

A density meter is a small battery-powered device that measures light. A density meter is to an enlarger what a light meter is to a camera. I can't imagine working in a darkroom without one.

Most density meters measure only...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Using The Ilford EM-10 Density Meter
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 1999

I love gadgets. In fact, if it has blinking lights, beeping noises or a flashing LCD display, I usually can't live without it. Years ago when I was working with a dichroic enlarger I discovered the joys of the EM-10, and I haven't been without one since. If you use a continuous-light...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Using The Right Enlarger Lens, Exception To The Rules
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2001

Almost all enlargers will accept lenses of different focal lengths, designed so you can match the focal length of the lens to the size of the negative that you are printing. If you do not, your negative might not print correctly.

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Wall Mounting Enlargers
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2000

If you have a medium format
or a 35mm format enlarger, then you probably do not need to wall mount
your enlarger. However, if you have a 4x5enlarger...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
A Gallery Of Filters; Something For Everyone In Photoshop CS
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 2004

The new Photoshop CS has a greatly expanded Filter section. One of the new filter options is called Filter Gallery. The Filter Gallery is so extensive it just boggles the mind! In order to give you a little introduction into this feature-rich area of...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Contrast Control Masking; (Using Adobe’s Photoshop)
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Mar 01, 2005

Years ago in the old-fashioned wet darkrooms we used to constantly fight the problem of originals that were too high in contrast to print well onto paper. Typically, slides and other chromes simply gave us fits. At that time, if you wanted to print slides onto Cibachrome (later called Ilfochrome), you just about had to perform some sort of contrast control masking in order to have...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Correcting Distortion In The Digital Darkroom
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jun 01, 2002

Remember in the old days how you used to tilt the easel when you made a print under the enlarger if you wanted to correct for some optical distortion? Well, there is a way to do something similar using Photoshop when you are working in the digital...

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