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Position:Home>Visual Arts> I need help with photography ?Question: I need help with photography !? Okay, I'm in photography class in high school and I need help!.
Tomorrow I'm supposed to make a proof sheet!. Can anyone please tell me how to make a proof sheet!? And if it isn't too much can you give me the process step by step!? Thank you soooo much if you help me out because I really need all the help I can get!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i'm assuming you're in a black and white photo class; if so, all you have to do is 1!. arrange your negatives in the sheet of sleeves you've presumably been given 2!. lay the sheet of sleeves with the negatives in it flat (emulsion side down-the side that the edge of the negatives are curling towards) on top of your photo paper (emulsion side up-the side that's got a generally stickier texture/doesn't have writing on it) in the darkroom (in the dark at this point) 3!. set your light timer to about three seconds (generally) 4!. put maybe a 3 filter in your enlarger (you'll adjust it later) and CLOSE the door on the filter holder 5!. use an opaque piece of cardboard (or anything similar) with a straight edge to cover about an inch from the edge of your layered sleeve sheet and sheet of photo paper (say your paper is 8 by 11, you're covering an inch of one of the 11 inch edges so that 7 by 11 inches are left exposed) 6!. expose the partially covered paper (push the button on your light timer that turns on the light in your enlarger for 3 seconds) 7!. move your cardboard up to cover another inch of your sheet, so that you're now covering two inches 8!. expose another 3 seconds 9!. continue doing this til you've exposed across the entire sheet 10!. develop your print: based on your group's technique and use of chemistry, you should submerge the paper in developer for about 1-3 minutes, stop bath for 10-30 seconds, and one or two identical baths of fixative for about 3 or 4 minutes apiece, then let the print rinse in a water bath at least 15 minutes 11!. observe your print (at this point you can be in the light): you should have strips of gradually darker exposures going across your developed print; choose an exposure that you like, since you exposed for three seconds at a time, if it's the lightest exposure (not likely, just an example) you want three seconds on your final print; if you like the fourth darkest, you want 12 seconds; etc etc!. if you want more contrast (difference between the darks and lights in your photos) you want a higher number filter in your enlarger, if you want less contrast, you want a lower filter 12!. (in the dark again) based on the time you've chosen, you can set your light timer to that amount of seconds, switch up your filters if necessary, and stick a new piece of paper underneath your sheet of negative sleeves!. 13!. push the button on your light timer to expose the whole paper in one go (for a full 9 or 12 or 15 seconds etc, whatever you've chosen--you no longer need to make strips of exposure with your cardboard) 14!. develop your new sheet (developer 1-3 min, stop bath 10-30 seconds, fixative(s) 4 minutes each, water bath) 15!. if you still aren't satisfied, you can keep messing with the filters/exposure time until you like the sheet you come out withWww@QuestionHome@Com From what I remember, a proof sheet was a sheet with the images of a roll of film printed onto it, at the same size as the original negativesWww@QuestionHome@Com Supplementing Drenton's response, here's a link to how a contact/proof sheet is made: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Contact_pri!.!.!. Enjoy!Www@QuestionHome@Com |