An Interesting Shot & How It Was Made

The technique here relied on pure photographic knowledge. It was made way before the computer age. As mentioned above, the concept was to enlarge the pattern on the stocking and try to present it photographically. So the stocking first had to be photographed on the model, then developed and printed, placed in the tray before the positioning was arranged. The developing tray was included to emphasize that this technique was a “photographic” idea that isolated the pattern and called attention to it. A close-up of the stocking pattern was first made on Black&White sheet film, developed and printed in an enlarged form. The final shot was made on Ektachrome 100, 4×5 sheet film with a Wista 4×5 flat bed camera.

Today using Photoshop it is relatively easy to combine color and Black&White in the same image using masks and layers. Getting the different sizes might take some doing though.

I would have to try it digitally to see if the same idea could be carried out. I am sure it could, probably with the addition of a few layers.