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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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undercontrol of the worker, but it is not possible to get as fine atexture as platinum will give. It is obvious that the imageis built up by repeated applications of ink, each hair of thebrush leaving a little spot of ink as it touches the paper. If athin ink is used a relatively large quantity will adhere to thepaper with each touch, whereas if the ink is stiff a less amountsticks to the paper, and it is necessary to give several touchesin order to get the desired depth of shadow. Since the hairsdo not fall in the same place each time, it will be apparent thatthe texture will be less grainy with a stiff ink than with a thinone, and this indicates the method to be followed in order tosecure the finest texture. Of course, it may not be desirableto apply much ink to a given space, and in that case the texturemay be rendered fine by working over and over a given areawithout taking up more ink on the brush. The texture mustnecessarily be finer in the case of a small print than with a 248
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t-l QH > Pi) large one, since the viewing distance is less, and the workershould move away from the print from time to time, in orderto see it as it will be seen when finished. It is a waste of timeand effort to make the texture finer than the viewing distancedemands. As regards the time required to make an oil print, the inkingwill demand perhaps half an hour in the case of an experi-enced worker, and this holds true of large as well as of smallprints, for the large print does not need so much working overas the smaller one. The sensitizing, printing, washing andsoaking may be done very rapidly, especially since the paperprints much more rapidly than any other daylight printingmedium, even than platinum. In general, a dozen printsmight be considered a fair days work, and it will be seen thatin this respect oil cannot compare with platinum, for a goodworker in the latter medium will make three or four hundredprints in a day. Therefore it will be necessary to charge amuch higher pri

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