Re: thoroughly confused now

[dlmussel@xxxxxxx]

marvin barrow wrote:
> 
> At 09:38 AM 4/27/97 +0100, you wrote:
> >>On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 18:28:12 +0100 (WET DST), Bill Agee wrote:
> >>
> >>|all for infrared is perfect.  Twelve years of shooting infrared
> >>|conveniences me that one exposure will not work.  Infrared is not that
> >>|forgiving a film.
> >>
> >>And forty years of shooting IR convinces me that you're right about
> >>one exposure not fitting all situations but dead wrong if you think
> >>that White is advocating shooting everything the same way.  What she
> >>says, as Karen clearly stated, was that runing a test roll this way
> >>will give you a consistent benchmark against which to judge how you
> >>should be exposing for various situations.
> >>
> >>Others in this group have followed White's advice and evidently found
> >>it rewarding.  (I haven't tried it.)  But just as there are many
> >>developers one can use with HIE, and a change in developer may imply a
> >>change in printing technique or effective speed rating, so there are
> >>many ways to come to grips with the peculiarities of the HIE medium
> >>and each may imply a difference of approach.  White has one.  You have
> >>one.  You're both right to the extent that either method my prove
> >>effective if it corresponds well with the way a particular
> >>photographer approaches the craft.
> >>
> >>Bob Long
> >>(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> >
> >Well, excuse me!  I say this is a tough group.  Bob, I will certainly take
> >a deep bow to your forty years with my paultry twelve, however, I know what
> >I read.  Unless this thread has been going on for 40 years--I have only
> >been on the list a week or so--Karen, in a post entitled "thoroughly
> >confused now"--and I certainly am, said that White, who's book I have never
> >read, advocated exposing HIE at 1/125 at f 11.  I was responding to that
> >statement.  There was no additional qualifier about "runing a test roll
> >this way as it will give a consistant benchmark..."  That is new
> >information...maybe from White's book?
> >
> >Sorry, Bob, I thought I was trying to help the lady. That's a congenital
> >problem after having taught the subject for a sometime now.   Obviously I
> >steped into the middle of a more elaborate conversation than I thought.  My
> >apologies to all who I offended...I think I'll keep my mouth shut for a
> >while and see what the local ground rules are here.  They seem a bit
> >different from other email forums that I've seen.
> >
> >Karen, the information I gave you was used to take all the infrared photos
> >on my web site.  Anyone who cares to check them out is welcome.  I will let
> >my images speak for me.
> >
> >Bill Agee
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >BILL AGEE
> >Laguna Beach, California           http://www.redsilver.com
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> Bill,
> I have visited your site. I think they are outstanding IR images.
> Marvin Barrow
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Can anyone tell me where I can send a roll of IR 35mm to have it
processed?  I live in Roanoke, VA and believe it or not, no one here
works with IR film. Any help will be appreciated. 

Dan

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