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Dan Burkholder
Member, Freestyle Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals

 
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Pigment Over Platinum-a New Photographic Medium
Dan Burkholder is introducing an exciting new photographic medium as he combines the beauty and permanence of the hand-coated platinum print with subtle color pigments digitally layered onto fine art paper...full article

Digital Camera Wisdom
What to do? You know that you can't ignore digital cameras any longer but you aren't sure which one to get or how much to spend.Read the following words carefully: no matter what camera you purchase, you'll be ashamed to have it around your neck in three years! Questions to ask (just a few of the many that come to mind) when shopping for a digital camera...full article

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Dear Dan, I am a film photographer and would like to know if there is a a way of using digital and produce a negative that could be used in my wet darkroom. Perhaps use my printer with a clear medium to print on or make a inkjet print and then a contact negative in the darkroom to use as my negative. I want to use a digital camera and make a silver print. Thank you very much, Bill T.

MR. BURKHOLDER'S ANSWER:

Indeed there are ways to make digital negs with your inkjet printer. The second edition of my "Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing" addresses that very issue. If you are primarily interested in inkjet negatives, the supplement to my book, "...full answer

QUESTION:

Dan, 1. What transparency medium (paper) do you recommend for making enlarged negatives? 2. Your book is wonderful and I have downloaded the varioius curves. But I don't know how to carry them over to Photoshop. I lose you at some point in your book. I'm sure I'm not understanding something, because you do explain things quite clearly. I'm particularly interested in platinum. (I don't have a densitometer and my high values are hard to make "correct".) Thank You, Hiag A.

MR. BURKHOLDER'S ANSWER:

Hello Hiag, If you're talking inkjet negatives, then Pictorico OHP is your best choice for UV sensitive printing; Pictorico Photo Gallery High Gloss White Film is better for making negs to be printed on Silver Gelatin. If you don't already have...full answer

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I'm thinking of taking a course in Platinum/Palladium print making (by JAN PAUL PIETRZAK). I've searched the web for good examples of this technique, but not found them. You see great examples of other soecial processes, but p/p stuff is rare. What might be up? Do *you* have a web gallery I can look at? I guess I can buy your book if need be!

Answer:
You can see lots of pt/pd examples on my site at www.danburkholder.com. I use both an Epson 2200 and an Epson 7000, the later loaded with Indelible Inks. I don't do any grayscale inkjet output but the nicest work I've seen has come from Piezography inks/software on a 7000...full answer