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mr. M, is there an index to your site anywhere? — "I think therefore I’m right" – Hugo Rune
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Someone posted this site in the rec.photo.nature group. It has an article on black light nudes . I haven’t had a look yet (‘onest guv!) but it may shed some, er, light on the subject!! http://www.vividlight.com/articles/101.htm Graham – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi there, I am wondering just how I can photography a subject under black lights (UV lights)? I know that I see whites reflect back a brilliant bluish color, but will the film see it? Any suggestions? Thanks, Chris 
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Hi there, I am wondering just how I can photography a subject under black lights (UV lights)? I know that I see whites reflect back a brilliant bluish color, but will the film see it? Any suggestions? Thanks, Chris
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Most film will "see" black light quite well. I’ve read a couple articles on the subject but not in many years, so I remember no details, but I do know blacklight flourescing paint photographs quite readily – you can run a test roll to get the proper exposures. — The Camera-ist’s Manifesto a Radical approach to photography http://home.nc.rr.com/tspadaro/ Chapel Hill artist Tony Spadaro Dark Alley Photography – a Java site http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/magor/tony And the loooooong view of Franklin St. http://tspadaro.homestead.com/ArtShow.html
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi there, I am wondering just how I can photography a subject under black lights (UV lights)? I know that I see whites reflect back a brilliant bluish color, but will the film see it? Any suggestions? Thanks, Chris
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Hi there, I am wondering just how I can photography a subject under black lights (UV lights)? I know that I see whites reflect back a brilliant bluish color, but will the film see it? Any suggestions?
First remove the UV filter from your lens … 
— Tony Polson
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I am wondering just how I can photography a subject under black lights (UV lights)? I know that I see whites reflect back a brilliant bluish color, but will the film see it? Any suggestions? First remove the UV filter from your lens …
No, no! Put an UV filter on your lens. You don’t want any UV light reaching the film, just the visible light produced by fluorescence. The film will see it alright, though light levels will be low.
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No, no! Put an UV filter on your lens. You don’t want any UV light reaching the film, just the visible light produced by fluorescence. The film will see it alright, though light levels will be low.
Thanks for the correction! — Tony Polson
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see http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/uv.html and BRACKET! bobm — * Third Party 35mm Lenses: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/third/index.html * * Medium Format Cameras: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/index.html megasite*
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