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I think I mentioned somewhere that during Warwickshire Open Studios I took advantage of a one-to-one workshop with John Whitmore (@thedarkshed ). I took along a black and white 35mm negative, and we (I really mean John) made a proper 8*10 enlargement. This took about 3 1/2 hours, and we weren't really quite done then!
I've since had this print on my wall, and keep looking at it. I can't work it out, but I do so much prefer it to the digital print I made from my scan. The only word for the extra quality it has that I can think of is "luminous", which is definitely wrong but has a lot of rightness in it, too!
I'm not anywhere near ready to make use of a local darkroom (I believe there is one starting up recently or soon in Coventry), so I thought I'd look to see if any of the photo labs offer wet printing enlargements. As far as I can see, AG Photolab, CC Imaging and The Dark Room do offer this service. I can't work out if Harman Labs do or not; their strap lines says "Real Black and White Prints/Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints", but I can't find anywhere on the site where I could order it. Any other labs?
Has anyone used these services
I know there are a few folk on here who make enlargements, notably @joxby and (I think) @StephenM . Anyone else?
I've since had this print on my wall, and keep looking at it. I can't work it out, but I do so much prefer it to the digital print I made from my scan. The only word for the extra quality it has that I can think of is "luminous", which is definitely wrong but has a lot of rightness in it, too!
I'm not anywhere near ready to make use of a local darkroom (I believe there is one starting up recently or soon in Coventry), so I thought I'd look to see if any of the photo labs offer wet printing enlargements. As far as I can see, AG Photolab, CC Imaging and The Dark Room do offer this service. I can't work out if Harman Labs do or not; their strap lines says "Real Black and White Prints/Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints", but I can't find anywhere on the site where I could order it. Any other labs?
Has anyone used these services
I know there are a few folk on here who make enlargements, notably @joxby and (I think) @StephenM . Anyone else?