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Ian Leake
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Sale or Wanted
15th September 2012, 12:09 AM
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Books - Free if you're in London
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Hi Terry - we're just next door to Stamford Brook...
Hi Terry - we're just next door to Stamford Brook Tube on the District Line.
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Sale or Wanted
14th September 2012, 05:38 PM
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Books - Free if you're in London
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Ian Leake
Books - Free if you're in London
I'm clearing out some space on my bookshelf and would like to offer the following books free to anyone who wants them. The only catch is that you have to come and pick them up in London, because I'm...
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Art and aesthetics
20th September 2010, 01:34 PM
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Edward Weston: The Man, Not the Myth
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Ian Leake
Thanks Trevor
Thanks Trevor
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Alternate printing processes
20th September 2010, 01:32 PM
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weapon of choice?
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Ian Leake
I forgot. The best brush is a Richeson 9010 flat...
I forgot. The best brush is a Richeson 9010 flat (the famous 'magic brush') but these are expensive and need to be imported from the US. An alternative available in the UK is a Daler Rowney Cotman...
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Alternate printing processes
20th September 2010, 01:28 PM
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weapon of choice?
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Ian Leake
There's no need to wet paper before coating, but...
There's no need to wet paper before coating, but taping it down is very sensible. This stops the paper moving and allows you to keep both hands free.
Opinions differ between brushes and rods...
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Members Announcements
12th September 2010, 08:30 PM
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Black+White Magazine - Photographer of the Year Competition 2010
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Ian Leake
And congratulations to both of you from me too....
And congratulations to both of you from me too. Very well done!
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Art and aesthetics
29th August 2010, 10:55 AM
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Edward Weston exhibition in London September 2010
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Ian Leake
There were some of these Cole Weston prints...
There were some of these Cole Weston prints exhibited in London 5 or 6 years ago. They were stunning.
If I remember correctly the starting price back then was about £2,000. It's now about...
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Art and aesthetics
24th August 2010, 06:53 AM
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Edward Weston Exhibition in Edinburgh
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Ian Leake
I managed to get to Edinburgh at the weekend....
I managed to get to Edinburgh at the weekend. It's a fabulous exhibition, and one that would merit two visits.
The Lodima Press book is from the same collection but not all the prints on show are...
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Cameras - Large Format
16th August 2010, 11:52 AM
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numbering film holders
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Ian Leake
I like the idea of using a piece of card to...
I like the idea of using a piece of card to separate groups of negatives. Thanks.
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Alternate printing processes
6th August 2010, 07:06 PM
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UV light source
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Ian Leake
3 hours for an exposure? This way too long (for...
3 hours for an exposure? This way too long (for Pt/Pd anyway). The problem with long exposures is that they tend to dry out your coating, and then your print's contrast drops (and the tone changes)....
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Photography in general
5th August 2010, 11:50 AM
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Masking material for contact printing
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Ian Leake
Of course there's one other option which is even...
Of course there's one other option which is even easier: crop the print and dry mount it to another surface.
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Photography in general
5th August 2010, 06:26 AM
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Masking material for contact printing
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Ian Leake
The difficulty with masking negatives is...
The difficulty with masking negatives is threefold: (1) is the mask thick enough to stop the light; (2) is it so thick that it reduces the pressure on the negative and hence leads to soft spots on...
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Alternate printing processes
1st August 2010, 08:27 AM
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What's your favourite alt process?
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Ian Leake
It's relatively simple to build a useable UV...
It's relatively simple to build a useable UV lightbox. Once you've got the parts collected it takes only a few hours to put one together. I've recently finished my second which incorporates a...
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Art and aesthetics
31st July 2010, 08:34 PM
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Camille Silvy @ NPG, London
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Ian Leake
It's a fabulous exhibition which really shows...
It's a fabulous exhibition which really shows what the early photographers were capable of. For example, there are several prints made from composites of different negatives - the usual cloudy skies...
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Photography in general
24th July 2010, 10:25 AM
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Preserving Old (and new) Prints
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Ian Leake
There's a book called An Ounce of Preservation by...
There's a book called An Ounce of Preservation by Craig Tuttle (ISBN: 9781568250212) which gives a simple overview of preservation of paper-based items including photographs. It's not deeply...
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Art and aesthetics
21st July 2010, 04:58 PM
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Wynn Bullock
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Ian Leake
Thanks for posting this Stan. My copy of the DVD...
Thanks for posting this Stan. My copy of the DVD is on its way :)
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Workshop News
26th May 2010, 08:11 PM
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Vision and Technique Workshop
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Ian Leake
There are still a few places on Michael and...
There are still a few places on Michael and Paula's Vision and Technique UK workshop in June. I'm very pleased to say that we've arranged permission to do the fieldwork inside Worcester Cathedral....
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Photography in general
29th January 2010, 09:54 PM
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Points of View Exhibition at British Library
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Ian Leake
Please don't infer my words as a cheap shot at...
Please don't infer my words as a cheap shot at librarians - I didn't mean that at all.
What I meant was that the exhibition is organised into themes in the way I'd expect a library to be...
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Photography in general
28th January 2010, 03:38 PM
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Points of View Exhibition at British Library
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Ian Leake
I agree that it's definitely worth seeing, Dave. ...
I agree that it's definitely worth seeing, Dave. The problem for me, I suppose, is not the photographs but the way the library has chosen to present them. They're presented as if they are just...
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Photography in general
28th January 2010, 02:42 PM
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Points of View Exhibition at British Library
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Ian Leake
Points of View: Capturing the Nineteenth Century in Photographs
I just posted this exhibition review on my blog, but I thought it may also be interesting to FADU members:
The British Library has a vast collection of photographs, and these are the basis of...
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Photography in general
28th January 2010, 01:19 PM
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Do you 'will' some of your shots to work?
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Ian Leake
I don't see any point in delaying the developing...
I don't see any point in delaying the developing and test printing. It's a job that's got to be done, and I find that if I delay doing this then I often never get around to it. But I do see value...
Forum:
Books
9th January 2010, 01:28 PM
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Platinum Printing Workshop by Ian Leake
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Ian Leake
Thanks Trevor, and thanks Dave for letting me...
Thanks Trevor, and thanks Dave for letting me know about the download problem. The download is fixed now.
Forum:
Art and aesthetics
19th December 2009, 07:36 PM
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Ever actually bought anyone else's prints?
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Ian Leake
Having seen some prints from these two gentlemen,...
Having seen some prints from these two gentlemen, I can wholeheartedly recommend them.
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Art and aesthetics
12th December 2009, 09:05 PM
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Ever actually bought anyone else's prints?
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Ian Leake
I prefer to buy prints from photographers whose...
I prefer to buy prints from photographers whose work I admire because this helps them to make more pictures. I do swap occasionally though.
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Art and aesthetics
12th December 2009, 08:49 PM
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Weston-The Eloquent Nude
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Ian Leake
This is a fabulous movie.
This is a fabulous movie.
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