Tag: negatives
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Back To Basics: Film 101
written by adam_g2000 on 2012-03-27 #gear #tutorialsGood negatives make good prints. Bad negatives make prints that are too dark or are all blown out. This tipster is all about getting the balance right.
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How to Archive Your Film Negatives
written by merelgroebbe on 2012-06-05 #gear #tutorialsWhen shooting analogue, you will face the problem of having developed negatives lying around everywhere and piling up. You can throw them away, or put them somewhere in a dark corner and forget about them, but what if you want to scan them again or need them for any other reason? I do know I am pretty chaotic, but for my negatives I needed a method to keep it organized. So, let me show you how I archive my film negatives after the jump!
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Developing Negatives for Beginners
written by onescoop on 2011-10-14 #gear #tutorialsDeveloping your own black and white negatives can be cheap and deceptively simple with a little help. I have just learned how and will share my experiences here.
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Digitalize your negatives the cheap way using the Lomography DigitaLIZA and a digital camera
written by lomoluxlux on 2010-07-09 #gear #tutorialsWant to "scan" your negatives on the cheap? It's easy to digitalize your photos when you hold your negatives against a window, snap them with your digital camera and convert them to complete positive pictures on your computer. Find out how.
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Getting Organized: Storing Your Negatives
written by natalieerachel on 2011-11-25 #gear #tutorialsAfter being an avid lomographer for a number of months, I noticed my box of jumbled negatives just wasn't cutting it anymore: I couldn't find things I wanted to re-scan, I couldn't remember the dates that I took pictures, and it all just looked so messy! This afternoon, I made my own solution to this problem.
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My Favourite Photographer: My Father
written by fafascinado on 2011-06-28From the moment my father showed me the photos he had taken when he was young, I came to the conclusion that, without a doubt, love for photography is in our genes.
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How to Organize the Analogue Mess
written by susielomovitz on 2010-09-23 #gear #tutorialsIt was really hard to find the way to organize my negative's mess, but one day I decided to straighten up my negatives, cd's and contact sheets. It was not an easy work, but it deserve it when you want to scan an old pic, check what film you used in that picture you like or just have organized the safest back up ever: the negatives.
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A CanoScan Scanning Guide – Part 1: Colour Negative
written by nicx on 2012-01-02 #gear #tutorialsThis is a how to guide for anyone struggling with their CanoScans. In this Series I will discuss the 4 ways to scan 4 different types of film: Colour Negative, Slide film Cross Processed, Colour Positive film and Monochrome film. Starting with Colour Negative Film.
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12 Months, 12 Projects: Cyanotypes for August
written by Maaike van Stratum (@stratski) on 2015-08-31 #gear #tutorialsMy 2015 resolution is to do 12 photography projects, one for every month. In August, cyanotypes were on the roll. A cyanotype is an old-fashioned contact print made under the sun.
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Scan-It-Yourself Tips: Scanning with an Ordinary Scanner and a Tablet
written by lomofrue on 2013-04-26 #gear #tutorialsDo you want to scan your negatives but don't own a flatbed scanner? Do you have an ordinary scanner and a tablet? Look no further, I have a solution for you.
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DIY Rainbow Negative Sleeves
written by saidseni on 2013-04-01 #gear #tutorialsGet organized this Spring with Do It Yourself rainbow negative sleeves that are perfect to store your Spinner films!
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Cut and Stick Your Negatives
written by slamoutwithyourclamout on 2009-06-09 #gear #tutorialsTry cutting up your negatives and sticking them back together!
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Display Your Photos with Just Your Negatives!
written by ricah_018 on 2010-11-25 #gear #tutorialsSo you just got your prints and are eager to display them for everyone to see. No frame? No problem. You already have what you need in that envelope you got from the one-hour photo. This is an easy way of saying to your non-lomographic friends, "Yes, unlike your photos that are stuck inside the computer, my photos come from an actual roll of film and are already sitting pretty on my shelf."
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ScandaLIZA: Use ANY Scanner for Digitizing Your Negatives
written by themindseye on 2013-09-05 #gear #tutorialsCan't justify the high cost of purchasing a transparency adapter-equipped scanner for using your DigitaLIZA 120 Film Scanning Mask? Try this cheapskate process for getting your negatives into your computer: using ANY scanner.
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DIY Binder for Negative Sleeves
written by sandravo on 2013-08-14 #gear #tutorialsEver since I started to develop my own film, I no longer get the negatives back from the lab, neatly organized in plastic sleeves and a nice protective envelop I can just keep in a shoe box. So I had to find a different way to store my developed film.
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How Film Formats Came To Be
2015-11-05Your favorite film formats can be traced back to men who were not quite satisfied with the wet plate process.
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Scanning Your FP-3000B Negatives
2013-05-24 #gear #tutorialsYou don't want to throw your pack film negatives away - you want to scan them! It's super simple to do. Here's how!
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Inspecting and Understanding Your Negatives
written by eparrino on 2022-12-22 #tutorialsHow do we recognize a healthy negative? It's all about density, contrast, shadows, and highlights. If you wish to understand if a good print can be made from your negatives, here is a guide for you!
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Avoid Dust and Watermarks on Your Negatives
written by ilkadj on 2012-10-02 #gear #tutorialsDid you get your first film developed on your own? It must have been a great feeling to see the images developing right in front of your eyes! But did you have dust and watermarks stuck on the negatives? Read this article to find out how to avoid them.
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A Tutorial on Working with the VueScan 9
written by clownshoes on 2012-01-24 #gear #tutorialsLet me reduce your headaches with a few tips I've made for using VueScan 9. Read on for tips and tricks!
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Do You Rescan Your (Old) Negatives?
written by shhquiet on 2022-03-09 #gearPerfect safekeeping of old negatives in ideal temperatures and environment is a foolproof way to preserve memories, but so does negative scanning!
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Scanning 35mm Negatives with a Flatbed and a Couple of Nifty Apps for Android and Mac OS X!
written by myloft on 2012-10-01 #gear #tutorialsI'm a complete newbie who worked on a tip submitted by a fellow Lomographer on using a flatbed scanner and negatives! This article includes sources of the free applications for Mac OS X and Android that helped me out, as well as sample images from the process of scanning, inverting, and in comparison to the scans I got from the photo developing shop!
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