Report on Most recent tests, IR for Weddings...

[klycea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Adam-HALPID Klyce)]

     Hi all,
     
     I shot two rolls of Kodak HIE and one of IE in Yosemite
     National Park about three weeks ago. Haven't gotten the IE
     back from Rocky Mountain yet, but I had the HIE processed at
     a place called The Photo Lab, in Berkeley, California. 
     
     The HIE rolls were tests, for me, of my B+W filters. I tried
     to make the tests something that I could use to judge a 
     few things but I ran into a few problems.
     
     One - as I have mentioned earlier in this list, I have had to
     load and unload HIE in the presence of light. I tried to 
     shield the rolls as much as possible while doing this, but
     the first exposures of each roll were fogged.
     
     The filters I were testing included, B+W 092, 093 and 094. I
     may have my numbers wrong but they were a deep red, very very
     deep red and opaque.
     
     For exposure, I used the B+W recomendations, which I posted 
     before I went on the trip, and they worked! Of course, results
     always vary but I shot early in the morning and in the evening,
     trying to capitalize on the many benefits of shooting at those
     times of day - including increased IR.
     
     The base film speeds I used to meter were:
     Deep red filter - ISO 50. I set the meter in my Nikon N90s
     at 50 and metered the scene using the Matrix metering, then I
     manually set the exposure the Matrix metering gave me and
     put the filter over the lens. I bracketing -2,-1, 0 , +1 , +2
     five exposures per scene/per filter.
     
     For the very very deep red filter I used a base ISO of 20, 
     and for the opaque filter an ISO of 10.
     
     All in all, I prefer the shots made with the red and very deep
     red filters to those made with the opaque. I will have to try
     more tests, of course, to see if I get similar results again.
     
     Which brings me to the rest of this already lenghty post;
     
     I am shooting a wedding in two and half weeks and I think I
     will try and rent another N90s to use for IR. I want/have/need
     to use my own body for color print film and will really
     only be able to use IR if I get another body to try out.
     
     I will report back on the success of that experiment when I can.
     
     As an aside, regarding the recent discussions of hand coloring,
     I plan on hand coloring at least 1 print for the couple whose
     wedding I am photographing. If I get to use IR I hope I get one
     that is good enough to color, otherwise it will probably be
     regular B&W.
     
     For the record, my favorite combo is Luminos Tapestry paper, 
     or Kodak Fiber Based Fine Art and my arsenal of Marshall Photo
     oils (Master set,) pecils (14 pencil set,) regular oil paints 
     and the SpotPens color #1, #2 & #3 sets.
     
     Marshall's, in addition to a book, has a video "Handcoloring
     Photographs" which I have not seen. There is another book,
     "Handtinting Photographs" by Judy Martin and Anne Colbeck
     which I have also not seen (Sorry!)
     
     They are all available from Light Impressions, 800-828-6216
     and by fax 800-828-5539 (1-716-442-7318 internationally)
     
     Sorry for the pitch - great catalog though.
     
     -Adam.
     
     
     

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