> photograms ... what type and/or bulb wattage should I use
Try a 7 1/2 watt 'ping-pong ball' size light bulb, about
3ft+ from the paper. If this is too much light then apply
masking tape to the bulb.
If you need very sharp shadows then you need a point source.
Try a Mag-Lite [the fancy $$ aluminum ones] penlight. The
reflector screws off, leaving sort of a candle affair with a
tiny little halogen lamp on the top. The removed reflector then
doubles as a stand for the 'candle'.
If you are going to be doing a lot of this sort of work then
look on ebay for a 'nuArc point source printing lamp'.

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mrg - 04 Dec 2005 21:57 GMT
I tried a 4watt bulb (you know those little night light bulobs) and it's
working out great. Thanks for your help!
> I have been creating a few photograms in my darkroom with a regular
> incandescent 40watt bulb, but I have to flash the light for only a second to
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> but I know there has to be a better way to get the photograms I'm looking for.
> . any suggestions?
You can also try using an electronic flash pointed upward, away from the
paper. I once did full body photograms of my kids when they were little
by having them lie on a long piece of enlarger paper cut from a roll.
If the flash is too bright cover it with diffuser or colored acetate.

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seog - 20 Dec 2005 21:38 GMT
>I once did full body photograms of my kids when they were little
> by having them lie on a long piece of enlarger paper cut from a roll.
Have they forgiven you yet?
I think you're onto something with your "Conceptual Photography". It's only
a matter of time before you're the king of SOHO. Before long you'll be
delivering your latest masterpieces in a Range Rover, dressed in black (you,
not the RR) smoking a big smelly, pretentious cigar. Then you will be an
artiste! You'll have to change your name of course. Something like Robert
(as in Flaubert) of Paree. Oui?
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