Let's Make a Gum over Platinum Print!

[@dimi-oh2dd]

Wonderful video and I really appreciate the effort you’ve put on these numerous videos you’ve created to help other fellow photography enthusiasts. Thank you for doing these.

[@simonsharp9162]

Wow, a pure masterclass and a wonderful image too. What an antidote to the mediocrity in the photography world these days.

[@daver4451]

You’re right. It’s a beautiful print. Thanks for recording and sharing. Cheers

[@HettyZantman]

Totally intrigued and fascinated, bringing me back to my darkroom days. I love the process and your easy way of sharing, thank you. It's a beautiful print.

[@stephanlarroque]

Thanks a lot. Your videos are food for thought to me. You give me enough to try new way to speak as a photographer.

[@delgue6338]

Thanks Bill another great video. Thanks for sharing and your efforts to bring this to us.

[@zaidisphotographers]

Beautiful 🥰

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you!

[@justinsvideo]

Wonderful print and super-helpful tutorial as always. Thanks Bill.

[@shawnhollbach395]

Another wonderful video ❤

[@gerryyaum]

beautiful print that will live beyond us Bill...Thanks...going to eventually give this a try.

[@dalladymon]

Enjoying the videos immensely. FYI, no link in the upper right corners.

[@AlexLuyckxPhoto]

Beautiful results! It's always amazing to watch you work and explain your process!

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you for watching, Alex! Hope all is well!

[@cglinuesa]

Brilliant technique and beautiful lab!

[@blackoakmushrooms]

Your videos are great Bill. Half me wants to settle into a hammock with a joint and the other half wants to make several hundred prints. Cheers!

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you, Dave! Beauty is, you can do both!

[@moonolyth]

❤❤❤... .. . Master class man!

[@gerryyaum]

learning again, thanks Bill...

[@barriewatts127]

Great work Bill !

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you, Barrie!

[@barriewatts127]

@@BillSchwab Bill you use quite a heavy dilution of Dichromate at 30%. I normally use say 12-15%. Why the high concentration, does it give higher contrast?

[@BillSchwab]

@@barriewatts127 Hi Barrie. Contrast actually decreases with the higher percentage of dichromate which is contrary to what you might think. It also increases the exposure scale. In this process I am looking for a lower contreast overlay, although there are times when I use lees percentage for a higher contrast.

[@barriewatts127]

I suppose by varying the percentage it saves doing different shadow negs too. Clever stuff.

[@HopefulForever-ln5xm]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing your process

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you for watching!

[@melodyraemusic]

I sincerely appreciate everything you do on this channel. You are so talented, and I learn so much. I always leave inspired.

[@BillSchwab]

So glad! Thank you so much for writing!

[@JDavidBrown]

I've been strictly a Photoshop user, since it's what I learned first. I just never "took" to Lightroom. However, I see that i need to experiment a bit with the masking features of LR. Thanks!

[@BillSchwab]

It really is a great tool, David. Not only in pre-working your images, but as a cataloging system as well.

[@jotaserna944]

Hermoso trabajo! Agradezco todo tu esfuerzo y paciencia , además de hacernos partícipes de tan maravillosos logros con esta hermosa combinación de platino-paladio y goma bicromatada! Saludos desde Colombia y abrazos!

[@jeffwiedner]

Thanks for putting together these fantastic videos. They're incredibly helpful. I'm curious where you get your supplies. I can't seem to find masking film. It's easy to find the rubylith tape but would love to be able to re-use the film like you were doing in this video. Thanks for your time!

[@iando_]

Thanks

[@benediktaskrikshtanas9426]

Thank you

[@WanderingRobotStudio]

I learned recently some people do not experience a mind's eye.

[@BillSchwab]

Very interesting. I looked it up after reading your post. www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-the-minds-eye-is-blind1/

[@davidfry8069]

this was great!!!

[@filipwaeytens4017]

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing

[@BillSchwab]

Thank you, Flip!

[@dorothykloss5303]

really enjoyed this! Thank you!

[@BillSchwab]

Thanks for watching, Dorothy!

[@gmac9462]

A great days work.Thank you.

[@boyceclark1411]

Gorgeous print. Could you please specify the color and brand of pigment that you used?

[@BillSchwab]

Good question. I use Daniel Smith brand of watercolor pigments and on this one I used a burnt number and a French ore. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching!

[@hanshabel8805]

Hello Bill, thanks for this Video. A question about this, which 3M removable tape do you use? I checked the 3M website but couldn't find one for sure. Do you have a part number for me please? Some of the paper is also attached to the removable scotch tape.

[@BillSchwab]

www.amazon.com/3M-86008-Tack-Paper-White/dp/B076DCNBK9?pd_rd_w=DNHU5&content-id=amzn1.sym.99d2f5bb-29d9-4f60-b07e-f97fafe39bec&pf_rd_p=99d2f5bb-29d9-4f60-b07e-f97fafe39bec&pf_rd_r=36JXVKE8Q7KCQN5E7AFP&pd_rd_wg=U9vdp&pd_rd_r=bb52dcfc-71a9-4832-8e65-4a572574ec7c&pd_rd_i=B076DCNBK9&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_m_rp_1_sc

[@BillSchwab]

Here’s a link to the item I buy.

[@hanshabel8805]

Thank you

[@harryvanderwerff7583]

Dear Bill, I have seen many KZbin videos of you. very instructional. I have read that you have a special curve available for cyanotype and salted printing. However, I can't find it anywhere anymore. can you help me?

[@BillSchwab]

Hi there! And thank you! What printer do you use? Basically what I’ve done online is set up a series of videos about building curves for various processes. I don’t actually have a curve that I’ve built that I put out there. If you go to the homepage of my KZbin channel and look for the playlist on digital negatives, you’ll find several videos there that I think will help. I also have a Patreon that you could subscribe to where I am more easily accessible and have more information that is easily categorized. Thank you again!

[@harryvanderwerff7583]

@@BillSchwabI use an Epson Surecolor p700.

[@nancydodd6831]

Hi Bill, I was not able to find the "playlist" for your sizing recipe over the platinum print, perhaps I'm just not seeing it. Do you size (soak in water and dry) the Hahnemuehle prior to doing the platinum to ensure better registration on your gum layer? Also wondering if I could use the potassium dichromate rather than ammonium? Thanks so much for your excellent videos!!

[@BillSchwab]

Hi Nancy. The sizing is the gelatin sizing that is done after the Palladium layer. Let me look up the link. As for using the potassium diagram made, it will work, but it’s much slower.

[@BillSchwab]

Sizing Paper for Alternative Process Photographic Printing - Gum Over Platinum Printing - Addendum-1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iISupaCIrdiMn8k

[@nancydodd6831]

Thanks so much ! I’m in Santa Fe, NM so Bostick & Sullivan are out my back door.

[@JMC0704]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@olegswiss1524]

Making a digital negative and making any prints like bromoil, gum or platinum from a digital camera , it is like cooking from shit.

[@BillSchwab]

You must have experience with that?

[@olegswiss1524]

@ Yes, I have. Film and the hand-crafted process should remain just that-a hand-crafted process. Today, there are a lot of those who make bromoil prints from digital and even iPhone photos. No, thank you. For me, hand-printing isn’t Photoshop,AI and digital.

[@BillSchwab]

@ yawn. I choose not to be a Luddite. I use everything to make the images I want to make. I suggest you do the same. Or, at the very least, don’t come into somebody else’s page and claim your way is better. It might say more about you than people want to know.