Darryl C. Nicholas

The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Making Duplicate Color Negatives And Slides
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Apr 01, 2000

Slides and color negatives
can be duplicated using the same techniques. The best way to duplicate
both is to use a computer. Scan the original in using a scanner that
can go to a high resolution (2000-3000dpi or more)an...

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Digital Darkroom
Going Digital
A Photographic LightRoom
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Mar 01, 2000

My wife, Faye, and I started our "mom and pop" photographic studio in the early 1980s. We did it all. We shot weddings, kids, models, dogs, and the occasional commercial job. One friend called it the "brides, brats, and bimbos"...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Wall Mounting Enlargers
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2000

If you have a medium format
or a 35mm format enlarger, then you probably do not need to wall mount
your enlarger. However, if you have a 4x5enlarger...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Making Better Color Prints
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Dec 01, 1999

I've spent the better part of the past 20 years teaching folks how to do things in their traditional color darkrooms. But, I've got to tell you, since digital imaging has become a reality, there are some things I just can't do in a wet...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Enlarger Lenses
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Nov 01, 1999

Enlarger lenses are generally grouped into three price categories: hobby (inexpensive), regular "professional" (moderately priced), and Apochromatic (APO) professional (very expensive). APO lenses are designed mostly for use in precise color separation...

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Color With The Dichroic Enlarger
Red, Green, And Blue In A Wet Darkroom
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Oct 01, 1999

All color photographic printing paper responds to only three colors of light: Red, Green, and Blue (RGB). In fact, the emulsion of color printing papers is specifically adjusted to respond best to specific wavelengths of RGB. Therefore, if certain, specific wavelengths of RGB are used to...

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Digital Darkroom
Creating A Blue Sky
With Photoshop
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Sep 01, 1999

Many photographs will have a white sky because the contrast range of the film was not great enough to capture the much brighter sky and show its blue color. This is especially true when shooting color negative film. Slide film--with its greater tone...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Using The Ilford EM-10 Density Meter
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 1999

I love gadgets. In fact, if it has blinking lights, beeping noises or a flashing LCD display, I usually can't live without it. Years ago when I was working with a dichroic enlarger I discovered the joys of the EM-10, and I haven't been without one since. If you use a continuous-light...

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What Shape Is Your Picture?
Aspect Ratio Of Photographic Images
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jun 01, 1999

So, let's see--you shoot with a 35mm camera and occasionally want the lab to make an 8x10 print for you. That's nice. Except whenever the lab does that, they always cut off the edge of the picture. Or, they make a 7x10" print and you...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Working With The Desktop
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  May 01, 1999

I've worked in a conventional,
wet darkroom almost all of my life. I can remember see-sawing black
and white film back and forth through open trays to develop it when
I was about 10 years old. I've beenthere...

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