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"CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENLARGING SLIDES INTO ILFOCHROME CLASSIC PRINT"
by Anita Winstanley-Roark
"Homage to Parrish", ilfochrome,
A.Winstanley-RoarkAs either an amateur or professional photographer it is important that when creating you already have an idea of what the final output will be for. In other words, are you shooting the scene for a slide presentation, to enlarge, or perhaps both? If you plan on creating an enlargement, your next important decision is what type of enlargement. In this article I will discuss a few of the considerations to keep in mind when your goal is to create an Ilfochrome Classic print. First, I would like to reiterate what I stated in my previous article, an Ilfochrome Classic print is a positive-to-positive color printing process which takes an original positive *transparency and creates an original positive print image while retaining a first generation sharpness without the need for an *internegative.
While I have found that there is no one film that is better than the other for creating Ilfochrome
Classic prints. There are considerations to bear in mind when selecting your film. For rich colors and fine detail you may wish to use Kodachrome or Velvia films. These are slow speed films so are a tad more contrasty that faster films with *exposure indexes of 400 or greater. The important issue to keep in mind here is that printing slides onto paper is inherently more contrasty. Therefore, it is important to decide the effect you are trying to achieve so that you may determine the type of film you want to use. Do remember that all films have their own color pallet. Some are greener or bluer while others tend to be warmer and when printed tend to be have a red or yellowish feel. Only through experimentation will you find what will work for you and the different situations you will be photographing under. Another important issue when selecting your film is determining what type of lighting you will be photographing under. If you are photographing under high *contrast situations, such as midday with bright sunlight, you might want to select a slower film. Remember that if you *underexpose you will produce areas with dark shadows and little detail. Images such as these are hard to print and any detail in the shadows will be lost. If you shoot for a normal to a 1/3 of an f/stop *overexposure you will find that your film will handle most minimal overexposure. In return, you will eliminate most contrast problems in the printing process. However, if you are shooting in a soft light situation where contrast isn't such a problem, i.e. an overcast day, then a slight underexposure may be OK.
If you are still in doubt you can *bracket between your shots one third to one half of a stop. This will allow you to review your slides and select the one that is best for your needs. Just remember that there is no one perfect exposure for any give shot because of personal artistic tastes. You must learn to look at your work and then decided what it is you are trying to convey. What most photographers aim for in bracketing is a good exposure that will produce a printed image where the important highlights are not lost and the darker shadows have not turned muddy.
Next month I will discuss what tools are need when reviewing your slides for printing. I will also discuss some consideration you will want to think about when deciding which slides to enlarge.
*Bracket - exposing you film one to two half to full f-stops above or below a normal light meter reading.
*Contrast - the range of tonality of an image. High contrast images have bright highlights but retain detail in the dark shadows. Low contrast images will lack either bright highlights or dark shadows or perhaps both and will only have midrange values.
*Exposure index (EI) - the speed or sensitivity to light for photographic film. The higher the number, or the faster the film is, the more sensitive the film is to light.
*Internegative - a negative that is created off of a positive transparency.
*Overexposure - for slide film, if you set your exposure index too low you will overexpose your film will be lighter.
*Transparency - a color slide.
*Underexposure - for slide film, if you set your exposure index too high you will underexpose your film and it will be darker.
I welcome any comments. You may direct your commentary to me at: wrfa@masterfulart.com
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