Why is it so important to print your Photography? - Platinum Palladium Printing
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2023
- In this episode Paul visits RJ Print Lab to print one of his new photographs taken with the Leica Q2 Monochrom.
He talks about why it is not good enough to only have your photography in digital format.
For Platinum Palladium Printing at RJ Printlab go here -
www.rjprintlab.com/
For Online Monochrome Photography Workshops with Paul go here -
www.paulreidphotography.com/ 
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Behold the magician RJ Print Lab... 'if it is not printed it is not finished' Great video can not wait to see more.
Very very true!!!!
Great video. Roberto is obviously obsessed with perfection, he’s an artist. You are right Paul printing digital images is amazing. I’ve only been photographing with a view to becoming as good as I can be for around 3 years now but the thrill of seeing my images in print is something else. I’ve made 2 books, ostensibly for myself and close family, the reaction from other people is mind blowing. Now my photography is planned around projects for books.
Fantastic!!! I’m also looking to produce a book very soon
I wouldn’t say I’m obsessed with perfection. I am however obsessed with getting the values right on a print. Perfection is so subjective. 😉
OMG one of my photos is on that wall :) the girl in the batman mask haha, that's made my day that has
Ha haaaa!!! Great stuff mate!!
Beautiful print! I’ve been printing platinum palladium using my bathroom as a darkroom after the sun goes down using mostly homemade equipment. I got a ways to go and some more experimenting to do to get close to that kind of quality.
Amazing!!!! It’s such a great process!! I love it
Good evening Paul, I wanted to chime in and add to the voices insisting on the value of printing. I still do some analog (35mm, aka small format), however I had long just scanned and got the inkjets done (and some Hartmann prints). For Digital, which is now 90% I never found a printing method (BW especially) I was satisfied with.
I had long harboured a bizarre dream of platinum printing from 8x10 view cameras as the perfect way. In the spring one of your videos alerted me to the mix of modern (digital) and traditional (platinum/palladium). A full week-end with Roberto confirmed
- yes rendition is not comparable to traditional silver print
- would not put this in better / worse, it is simply different, the gradation of tones is deeply satisfying.
- The work to put on this to get proper results is very involved and Roberto eased that
It may not be for everything, but I have decided this will be the medium for a specific project where i put together 20ish seascapes. Back in Durham end Nov :)
Then for a portrait project. in the spring of 2024
the depth of tones is so profound when calibrated, that I am ready to say this method is borderline a mystic experience.
And then yes, my children are concerned about all these files that will be irretrievabl and useless. Those prints make so much sense for the family portraits.
Thank you for having given that impetus
Patrick
Great again Paul. This gives me the vibes to continue my process of printing, enlarging and developping film and digital. Beginning of august I started my little lab for developping negatifs, printing digital images on the epson SC P6000 and trying to start a very small community darkroom wich is called "L'Atelier de la pellicule à l'image". This means "the workshop from the negatif to an image". I'm the only one doing this here in our region (Le Lot, France).
Amazing!!! I hope many photography lovers make this a success
Great video, Very inspiring, to continue with my project of making prints in platinum palladium. It's a long road, but with you - Paul and Raul - you make me feel like I'm on the right track.
Thanks so much!!! Glad you liked it! It’s a long road for me too
Amazing process, thanks for sharing! The importance of checking values in PSP over the real paper is key!
Thanks so much!! I really appreciate it
Very nice video interesting conversation, i’m also going to delve into platinum printing next year 2024 I think some of us are on the right track with getting back to printing I agree with you on this I think we might just leave all those phone photographers LOL behind!
Thanks so much for watching the video! I’m glad you liked it
Thank you so much for such a great video, I found it very interesting and informative.
Thanks so much for watching!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it
You are a great soul. We can see it in your photographs. That lab looks freaking awesome and I wanna get a Q3 Monochrom if it will be released
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your kind words
Gorgeous print! I am just starting to print platinum/palladium at home. I'm curious about the lighting at RJ print lab - it seems like the rooms are brightly lit, even while he's coating the paper. Do you know, is that some special lighting, or special filters on it, to not get fogging from UV from the bulbs? I'd sure love to not have to work in a safelight space 🙂
Just make sure the bulbs aren’t UV. You can coat in the light as long as it’s not UV. Thanks so much for watching
This is a wonderful and inspiring video.
Thanks so much for watching
WOW!!!
The prints look great mate. Would love to try this sometime! I don't think we've labs in Ireland doing this!
It’s a beautiful process with incredible results
awesome content!
Thanks so much for watching
Really interesting and such a skilful process. Not cheap I imagine but the results speak for themselves.
defo worth it though, they look so much better.
Thanks so much!! I really appreciate it
Lovely image. Now you got me hooked on platinum palladium 😮
Thanks so much!!!! Yeah I’m hooked for sure
@@paulreidphotography only one guy in Sweden doing it. A 12x8 inches print would cost me roughly 200USD 🤯
@@Swingkid14That is really not a bad price. Considering the cost of platinum and palladium. Most likely a test print or two and the time in getting the digital negative where it needs to be. Before judging if it is worth doing… try and find some pt/pd prints to see in person. There is nothing like it
@@Swingkid14 Who does it in Sweden (link to website)?
I’ve got to ask Paul. What package can you recommend for editing my new Q2 images. I’ve got lightroom and capture one. What’s your thoughts?
I use Lightroom but I’ve heard people that use capture one like that too. These things tend to have the same effect with a different interface
Is all your printing done in the darkroom or do you also print from Digital files? Excellent video by the way explaining the Platinum process
The platinum palladium process is done from digital files made into negatives. The whole thing is done in the light though. I have done printing on various digital media also
This was an excellent video combining the art of photography with the art of printing way to go@@paulreidphotography
you can start with transparent sheets and print as a negative with any printer and try. I did that with cyanotypes
I enjoy printing just as much as creating the image. I have never seen or made a platimum palladium print, I am in the US but am curious to find a good lab to try a print...what are the average cost for creating a platinum palladium print?
we cant post link here, price list is on the lab website
Probably the best bet is to have a look at RJ Print labs website as he has all his prices on there
That’s got to be expensive. How many of these would you say you do in a month?
It is expensive as it’s platinum and palladium. So it’s more like how many will I do in a year. But I’m making progress with the images for the exhibition
i thought you said your name was Polaroid
Ha haaaaaa! Brilliant