Hand coloring is it done any more?
Feb 27, 2017 10:40:26 #
I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?
Feb 27, 2017 10:44:14 #
Google search produces some interesting information and sites on how-to. Here are two:
http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2015/05/hand-colored-photographs.html
http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/introduction-to-hand-coloring.147257/
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http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2015/05/hand-colored-photographs.html
http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/introduction-to-hand-coloring.147257/
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Feb 27, 2017 10:52:10 #
I used a local artist here in Kansas City to create a portrait I shot to match the portraits of previous deans of our university. All of the past portraits were hand colored. Excellent work. She works through H&H Color Lab.
Feb 27, 2017 11:25:07 #
drklrd wrote:
I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?
A very good friend of mine, who passed a couple of years ago, shot LF landscape. His hand coloring was phenomenal.
Feb 27, 2017 11:38:15 #
I believe what your refering to is
"Marshall's Photo Oil Coloring System"
knew somebody that did it a lot of years ago, Bob.
"Marshall's Photo Oil Coloring System"
knew somebody that did it a lot of years ago, Bob.
Feb 27, 2017 14:37:35 #
[quote=drklrd]I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?[/quoteI
I do not see any reason, why people that were doing this, would all of a sudden stop doing it!
I do not see any reason, why people that were doing this, would all of a sudden stop doing it!
Feb 27, 2017 14:54:05 #
[quote=speters][quote=drklrd]I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?[/quoteI
I do not see any reason, why people that were doing this, would all of a sudden stop doing it![/quote]
I was talking about and maybe I should have said more about the art of making a B&W print a color print by hand. I can't seem to find the lacquers these days. The color was added by chalk and pencil when I did it. You started with a sepia toned print.
I do not see any reason, why people that were doing this, would all of a sudden stop doing it![/quote]
I was talking about and maybe I should have said more about the art of making a B&W print a color print by hand. I can't seem to find the lacquers these days. The color was added by chalk and pencil when I did it. You started with a sepia toned print.
Feb 27, 2017 14:58:55 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Google search produces some interesting information and sites on how-to. Here are two:
http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2015/05/hand-colored-photographs.html
http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/introduction-to-hand-coloring.147257/
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http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2015/05/hand-colored-photographs.html
http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/introduction-to-hand-coloring.147257/
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Thanks for the sites. Like it says on the sites I long for the portrait style art. I can come close to achieving it using Portrait Professional but it does not look quite the same as it used to look when finished. My prints when finished did not look of brush strokes but just looked like color prints with a matte finish.
Feb 27, 2017 15:09:11 #
drklrd wrote:
I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?
I've seen a lot of hand colored prints, but it was obvious that they all had a different look than a color photograph.
Feb 27, 2017 21:49:07 #
Then the art is not much used these days. I have seen oil colored prints and very few that look like colored prints like I have made. I cannot find the lacquers that were called retouch sprays. it could take a week or so if you count the lacquer drying time between work on the print.
Feb 28, 2017 08:08:40 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
drklrd wrote:
I have hand colored prints that no one could tell where hand colored. Is the process still used anymore?
When developing paper did not have a plastic overlay the dyes would soak into the paper. You can still get that type of developing paper. Also, the early dyes would fade over time into beautiful lite pastels. I have an early 1950's hand colored portrait of my wife that has faded over time. It is one of my prized possessions.
Feb 28, 2017 08:33:46 #
On occasion I hand color some of my silver gelatin prints. Usually they are prints that "scream" out to be colored like photographs of blooming cactus or southwestern doorways painted in vibrant colors. Since I usually shoot with an 8x10 large format camera and most consider me to a "serious" photographer I get diverse reactions from the prints. In general people love them and ask to purchase them. However "educated" photographers consider this technique as an amateur gimmick and dismiss these prints. I find it bizarre that educated artists would not look upon the hand colored print just as much as a work of hand made art as any other.
So yes the practice of hand coloring is alive and well just as using film and silver gelatin paper in the wet darkroom. Long live film!
So yes the practice of hand coloring is alive and well just as using film and silver gelatin paper in the wet darkroom. Long live film!
Feb 28, 2017 09:21:31 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
Did lots of oil tinting when I was in business years ago. Mostly on old family photos that I copied, printed on Kodak paper that I sepia toned. The reason I liked using oil tinting was that it made very long lasting color prints. No fading and very permanent. I have two family portraits done in the early 20's that are still as vibrant as they were when done. Of course I did other types of prints than portraits that I took in B&W not only copies. Don't know how well I would do today since it has been so long since i have done one. Never considered myself an expert artist at it but my customers were pleased with my work.
Feb 28, 2017 09:24:05 #
I love doing hand-colouring and did quite a bit of it. However, I only did it on fiber-based paper, and when digital printing became the norm, it was difficult to find proper paper. I did finally find it at one printer, then he disappeared. I've tried it on some Moab paper. My problem is that digital B&W prints just don't have the same look as chemical ones do, so the result of the painting isn't as satisfactory.
Feb 28, 2017 09:30:15 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
I believe what your refering to is
"Marshall's Photo Oil Coloring System"
knew somebody that did it a lot of years ago, Bob.
"Marshall's Photo Oil Coloring System"
knew somebody that did it a lot of years ago, Bob.
I use to use that back in the 50's when I was in the service and took portrait photos of some of the airmen to send home to their wives or parents....Rich
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