Photographer Paul Reid demonstrates the platinum palladium printing process and explains why printing Leica Q2 Monochrom images this way is the perfect marriage
Great to see Roberto at work. He's done a magnificent print for me too (from a wet plate original). If you're a photographer and haven't tried Pl/Pd, it's a must, the prints are exquisite. Thanks for making this Paul.
What a great video, and makes you want to be there too, and watch this interesting process. If ever I get an image worth printing this way, I'll fly to England to watch it too. Thank you to both of you.
Dear Paul - this documentary is just awesome. Not only loving your photography, which is so inspiring to me, but also to watch the „birth“ of a PtPd is amazing. I did my first b/w prints by myself some 40 years ago, having a long time of digital agnony in my photographic live, I agree 100% to you - once seen a PtPd print I got so obsessed in doing my own PtPd prints. It is like having opened a new door to a new area in my photography and I am feeling like the little kid standing in front of a toys shop, pushing my nose to the window, still not being brave enough to enter the shop, but being sure more and more by each day…it is just amazing and I wanted to thank you for that. In addition, the film on the printing itself is a piece of art per se and there are few others around on RU-vid which are similar in that sense…again: thanks for that! Appreciate your work so much. Thanks for kicking my butt!
Awesome video and so cool to showcase such a beautiful printing process. Hope Leica picks this video up and posts it on their channels as well so more people can learn about platinum palladium printing and Paul’s work
Great video, thank you. On your recommendation I have just used Roberto for some prints I needed as the lab I used to use closed down. Quick turnaround, great communication, and excellent results. Now bookmarked for future use.
Very interesting - always looking for how to get a bit beyond the digital file. I used to print back in the film era but haven’t for probably 35 years now. I do still print hundreds of images on A3+ if only to stop the kids pressing ‘delete all’ when I have myself been deleted. I am starting to experiment with tracing papers and other delicate media but this is another angle - many thanks 🙏
Awesome video Paul thanks for sharing, love those results. I see some of my work in print every day in the paper, but I'm totally guilty of not printing my own work. My excuse is I'm far too busy out shooting which to be fair is kind of true I generally shoot so much and move quickly onto the next shoot rarely looking back at what I've done. Saying all the above I printed out a couple of shots I taken on the Q, just to see what they looked like enlarged. On the plus side I'm now committed to printing much more on then down side I'll have less coin to splash on old cameras. Give n take I guess. Subbed too mate cheers
Pure platinum prints are not the easiest to do in my experience and I think it has to be the right image. The palladium helps with those smooth gradations, specially in the highlights. I would be interested in seeing some of your pure platinum prints. Always keen on learning.
I was researching PP printing awhile back on RU-vid....but it was all with real photo negatives as a source. Can someone tell me how they "printed a negative" from the digital image? It appears they somehow printed on cellophane or some other clear plastic? Thanks in advance...I shoot a LOT with my M10M, and would be quite interested if I could somehow prints some from it with Platinum Palladium.....I just don't know what that intermediate step is to produce a physical negative from digital.
