Today, Brad explained to me how he orders supplies for the University Archives (things like negative sleeves and envelopes, acid-free folders and boxes, brushes to clean negatives, etc.) and showed me some of the suppliers he uses. It's important for me to be familiar with things like this since many of the places at which I might find employment after graduation, such as most university archives, will be small institutions or departments and I may be responsible for ordering these kinds of supplies.
We looked at some catalogs of supplies, as well as websites for those suppliers. These were the main suppliers Brad showed me:
Gaylord: http://www.gaylord.com/
Hollinger Metal Edge: http://www.hollingermetaledge.com/
Light Impressions: http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/
I also scanned some images of Indiana University gymnasts for the new sports facility. Most of the images I scanned were of a man who was known for his skills on the trampoline, so there were lots of interesting shots of him tumbling in the air.
One of the negatives I scanned had what looked like some dried liquid on it. Since it wasn't just stuck on the negative but rather seemed to be partially embedded in the negative, Brad thought it was probably a result of an error during development. I was able to clean a little of the substance off the negative using PEC-12 photographic emulsion cleaner. A product that looks similar to the one I used can be found on Amazon.com. Fortunately, the substance was not on the emulsion side of the negative, so it was not very visible in the scanned image.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment