Response to printing for base density plus fog

To simplify Pats post a bit - When printing, your exposure should be based on the minimum exposure necessary to record proper density (texture)in your highlights. A good rule of thumb is that you expose for your highlights and develop for the blacks.. In fact - if you are printing on the "correst" contrast ( the grade the negative is asking to be printed on) for the negative - your textured whites and your max blacks should be coming in at the same time on your test strips. If you are getting a tex. white before a max black ,you are to low in contrast. A max black before a tex white you are too high in contrast. Following this rule allows you to make corrections to your negatives to get them to the contrast grade you wish to be using.

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