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Tim Rudman explains Two Bath Development
Click on "Read More," below, to watch a 3:55 movie as Tim Rudman explains the elegant technique of Two Bath Development in the Lith Printing process. This movie was made during Tim's 2005 workshops at the Photographers' Formulary. Tim returns to the Formulary this September, and will explain this technique, and many others, to this year's classes.
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Sign up for the email version of the Formulary newsletter and receive special pricing on your orders of the monthly special items. Each month we'll send you a copy of the newsletter, and give you the order codes for the newsletter specials. These prices are ONLY available through the email newsletter. So sign up now and save. Call, or email to Formulary@blackfoot.net. We'll add you to the mailing list immediately. We do not rent or share our mailing list.
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Need TD-3 developer for Tech Pan? We've got it!
TD-3 Developer, the Formulary version for Kodak Tech Pan film, isn't going away. Kodak may have stopped producing the film and the developer, but don't worry, we're still in production! Need some?
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Watch "The Great Picture"
Click here to watch a 22 minute documentary of the making of what Guinness Records calls the world's biggest camera and the world's biggest photograph. Rob Johnson, one of six members of the Legacy Project, explains how it was done.
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Making the Gumoil Print-with Karl Koenig
Ever wonder about Gumoil? Invented by Karl Koenig in 1990, Gumoil uses an enlarged interpositive to print an image on paper hand-coated with photosensitive material. The image is developed in water, allowed to dry, then covered with oil paint, and wiped down. It's etched in a dilute bath of common bleach, and ¡Voila! there's a one-of-a-kind photographic image! Watch as Karl Koenig demonstrates and explains, "Making the Gumoil Print" in this 27 minute movie.
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Bruce Barnbaum: The importance of placing shadows on Zone IV
Bruce Barnbaum explains why it is important to place the shadows on Zone IV. He illustrates this 8 minute video with a simple diagram of the Characteristic Curve, and shows why Zone IV will give you the biggest bang for your buck when you print your latest masterpiece
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Tim Rudman explains Bleach and Redevelopment
Using his own work as an example, Tim Rudman demonstrates what is possible with Bleach and Redevelopment in Lith of a regular black and white print. The results are eyecatching! Watch this 2:17 movie for an example of what you will learn in this Photographers' Formulary workshop. (4.7mb)
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Tim Rudman describes the 2 Golden Rules of Lith Printing
Watch and listen as Dr. Tim Rudman describes The Two "Golden Rules" of Lith Printing, and how you can use those rules to solve problems of highlights and shadows by contrast and development. The movie is 6.6mb.
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Photogravure slideshow movie-with Karl Koenig
Photogravure was Edward S. Curtis' method of printing in his 20 volume series, The North American Indian. Watch this 4 minute slideshow movie Photogravure with Karl Koenig, as Karl demonstrates the process. Karl will be teaching our Photogravure Workshop this summer.
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Al Weber's Retrospective
Al Weber just opened a major retrospective of his sixty year career in photography. Watch this 13:45 minute movie as he gives a tour of his show, and explains a number of the photographs.
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Image of the Month and Newsletters
Click here for the first hanging of what would become the World's Largest Photograph, "The Great Picture" as our "Image of the Month." Read and download any of the newsletters from October 2005 to the present.
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June 2008 Online Newsletter
Download the June 2008 Online Formulary Newsletter here.Self taught Photographer-architect Larry Wright has an eclectic background. You need Adobe Reader to view the newsletter. Download it free from www.adobe.com.
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Welcome to Photographers' Formulary
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PHOTOGRAPHERS' FORMULARY, INC is specializing in photo grade chemistry for the amateur and professional photographer. Chemicals may be purchased in any custom-scaled amount or standard 10 gram, 100 gram or 1lb. quantities. Get a 25% discount on single batch quantities of 10 pounds or more. Our bulk products list of over 150 chemicals includes amidol, glycin, hydroquinone, metol, liquid gum arabic, gold chloride, ferric oxalate, pinacryptol yellow solution, pyrogallol and silver nitrate.
Our photographic kits contain complete instructions for mixing and application of photochemistry. Chemistry in each kit is weighed and clearly marked in individual packets. Photographers’ Formulary kits consist of our proprietary brands, classic formulas and hard-to-find items such as chromium and silver intensifiers.
For educators we offer alternative processes kits that are an excellent way to show students from grade school to college level other forms of photographic processes. These kits include Cyanotype, Van Dyke brown, Kallitype, Gum Bichromate, and P.O.P. The only additional items needed to complete a project are a good quality art paper, an application brush and a contact-printing frame. Just phone or Fax your order with a Purchase Order Number and in most cases we will ship the same day.
We also offer a full line of B/W film and paper developers, test solutions, reducers, intensifiers and toners. In addition to chemistry we stock plastic and amber glass bottles, a variety of lab ware, books, and Acculab electronic scales. We have been busy adding new products to our inventory such as Slosher Trays, developer and dark cloths. If you don’t see a product listed, be sure to ask us. You never know what we might have or can come up with.
For additional shipping questions please go to other information above
Now Back in Stock
Pinacryptol Yellow and the FX-2 High Acutance Film Developer
Our website has many more links to make finding things easier for you. Just click on the name of the items in blue to be taken to more information.
We have added a new page to our store it is Clearance, Overstock, Odds and Ends some items will be limited to stock on hand others will be new additions to our line of products be sure to check it out. We will be making changes to it regularly so check it everytime you log on who knows what treasure you might find there.
A big Montana THANK-YOU for visiting our site and checking us out!!!!
Have you heard about our "Bring a Friend" discount? When you bring a participating friend to a workshop, your friend pays the regular price, but you get 10% off the price of your workshop! Not a bad deal. Call now to get the details. 1800-922-5255 |
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More New Items:
7Mil Subbed Estar Melenex Film Base. This is the same material that Ron Mowrey/Photo Engineer uses in his workshops to show/coat his film emulsions. We are offering the oversize sheets to allow for edge coating flaws and you can trim to fit your needs.
All other sizes will be considered custom cut and packaged up to 50 inches wide. You can figure the cost of custom cut sizes @ .017 cents per square inch.
This is a very hard-to-come-by product and will be in limited quantities.
So come and get it, as this may be a one time offering.
Coming soon is more emulsion chemistry.
We have added Emulsion Coating Blades, Spot Light Holsters and View cameras.
NOW AVAILABLE: The newest versions of Pyrocat-HD in Glycol and Pyrocat-MC in Glycol. Our new developer for paper, Liquidol a must try product. Check the Store under paper developers.
Announcement! For all those customers that asked about DiXactol, DiXactol Ultra, and Exactol Lux
DiXactol, DiXactol Ultra and Exactol Lux all by Barry Thornton are ready to ship. Order yours now you can find them all in our Store under film developers or call to order.
NEW ITEMS: Now Available here in the United States PRESCYSOL & PRESCYSOL EF FILM DEVELOPER. You can find this in our store under Film Developers.
Dimezone S is in stock, you can find it in our store under bulk chemicals.
Now Available: Ammonium Thiosulfate Powder you can find it in our store under bulk chemicals.
We now have Baryta Paper available in some preset sizes in our store and special orders are welcome please call for more information and to order 800-922-5255. This is great paper for Van Dyke and Cyanotypes. |
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If you are an avid photographer looking for a unique photographic experience, you need to do a "19th Century Workshop" with the folks at Photographers' Formulary in Condon, Montana. I recently completed the "Precision Digital Negatives & the Platinum/Palladium Print" workshop there. It was an unforgettable experience. For starters, the surroundings are just plain beautiful. Lynn & Bud Wilson's ranch (home of Photographers' Formulary) is in the beautiful Swan Valley in West-Central Montana. When I drove in there I couldn't believe my eyes. What a place to do a workshop!
Well, it kept getting better. The workshop itself was technically outstanding with the excellent facilities and was well supported by knowledgeable PT/PD printers who mixed the chemicals, did alot of handholding while we learned to coat the paper, expose it & develop it. That left us (the students) free to concentrate on making Precision Digital Negetives & earn the nuances of PT/PD printmaking. Who better could we learn from than Mark Nelson, the inventor of "Precision Digital Negatives for Silver & Alternative Processes", and Dick Arentz, author of "Platinum and Palladium Printing."
It doesn't stop there. A wonderful highlight of the week was the scrumptious meals that were prepared every day by Lynn and Staff for the whole group. Good ol' down home cookin' & served up family style.
You won't find a better experience than this, so don't fool around.... Just DO it!
Richard Frederick
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Bill Martin from El Paso writes . . .
"I discovered [the Photographers' Formulary] in Montana, [and] cut processing of prints by "hours" using [its] superb fixer and other potions, shortening per-print time by half. Tim Rudman's endorsing of Kentmere gave me new life as to what prints might look like.
Things I get from [the Photographers' Formulary]? Most of all is the TF-4 Archival Rapid Fixer. Why anything else is even left on the market I can't figure. Other than that, but in the same class, are such things as pure Phenidone, Triethanolamine, and EDTA Disodium Salt.
And, no one else has even heard of such things: "Is it in the Eastman Catalogue?" Rejoinder -: "Perhaps, but as with [Ogden Nash], 'Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.' .... Fill [the Photographers' Formulary] in where 'liquor' falls!”
Al Weber talks about Black and White photography
Here’s what Al Weber had to say about the Photographers’ Formulary during his recent keynote address at the first Silver Conference in Pasadena, California:
“With the rapidly changing photographic world, Black and White, as known for the past 100 years, is changing and shrinking. Common only a decade ago, the silver gelatin print is becoming rarer and rarer, making it almost eligible for an alternate process designation. With time, in fact, that is exactly what will probably happen. Shrinking availability of film, chemistry and paper is the result of digital growth. Arguing about it and swearing about it are simply a waste of time. If you enjoy the characteristics of a fine black and white print, join us [at David Vestal and Al Weber’s upcoming Formulary workshop.] When done right, [the Black and White print] is fine hand rubbed lacquer compared to cheap enamel.
Like all the other processes taught at the Formulary, many from the 19th century, each has its very own strength and beauties. Like a kid in a candy store, one has the option to move in many directions. Black and White, or Silver Gelatin, joins all these other methods to assist the photographer in choosing the best approach for their individual taste. None is better or best, they’re simply different.”
To watch a portion of Al's speech, look here. . . read more...
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Wimberleys WD2D+ Clarification of stain
Hi Bud,
From the emailed negative images, the negatives look OK to me. I think that
What’s happening here is that since negatives processed in WD2D+ needs less
silver density than negatives developed in PMK, they look and are thinner,
this is normal. The stain of WD2D+ is almost twice as effective as the
stain of PMK, so less silver is necessary. I tried to illustrate this point
with the graphs in the Photo Techniques article. Also, even though the WD2D+ stain is more effective, it is harder to see with the eye. The only reason I can think of for this is that the eye is less sensitive to WD2D+'s yellow than it is to the green of PMK.
I'd suggest printing the negatives before reaching any conclusions re.
needing more density. If more density is desired, I recommend increasing
the development time rather than changing the dilution.
Hope this helps,
John Wimberley
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