Smile for Me: My aunt and uncle worked for United Press International in the1940's, 50's and early '60s. It was through them that I developed my interest in photography. I received my...

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Apr 7, 2020 09:18:25 #

Gerard Schank

My aunt and uncle worked for United Press International in the1940's, 50's and early '60s. It was through them that I developed my interest in photography. I received my first camera, a Kodak Bullseye, from them for my 9th birthday and my first FD Developing kit for Christmas 1961. Over the years I have shot almost every format from Minox through 11x14 and 12x20 large format. I have spent a good amount of time using antique prototypes such as salted paper and albumin paper printing. I was the Fine Art Photography SYSOP on CompuServe many years ago. Photography has always been a hobby and sometime business for me over the last 59 years.

Apr 7, 2020 09:30:22 #

ELNikkor

Welcome to the forum, Gerard! You have an amazing heritage in photography and have seen many changes. I also have done photography from a young age, and now, at 67, am enjoying the benefits of digital, yet still treasure and use my old film cameras. Perhaps you could share with us a few of your favorites from days gone by. (I never even heard of "salted paper".) and here is your smile : )

Apr 7, 2020 10:11:23 #

Gerard Schank

While I have ussd some digital photography it has never been a favorite of mine. I have always considered that the mechanism of taking photographic images is the foreplay of getting into the darkroom and being able to make the images come to life. Salted paper printing was an early predecessor to the modern photographic papers of the twentieth century. It was developed in the middle of the nineteenth century where paper that was previously treated with a chloride salt solution such as table salt, NaCl, dried and then floated on a solution of silver nitrate, AgNO3, under safe light conditions and then the paper is dried, stored in the dark until used. It is a contact printing paper that uses the sun as a light source. It is considered a printing out paper as there is no developer used to bring the image to life. The image is stabolized in a dilute pure sodium thiosulfate solution. It yields a warm image tone. Hope this helps.

Apr 8, 2020 07:42:24 #