contact sheets
aside from sending rolls of 110 or 127vp to the local drug store or fotomat, or mail away to yorks i processed my own black and white film. when i was
Author: jnanian
I am a Freelance Photographer in Rhode Island. I make photographs using a variety of methods with and without a camera, and I teach photography online and in person. I make photo emulsions from scratch, I coat my own photo paper and make cyanotypes too.
I am a huge fan of Caffenol ( I helped write the Caffenol Cookbook ) and instead of instant coffee, I roast my own Sumatra Robusta beans. I sell them so you can make your own long lasting, film and print developer called Sumatranol. I also sell silver recovery products.
TMY retina image
as i have been making long exposures again here is another one on kodak tmax 400 film this is a very long exposure, reversed negative tweeked levels and color removed and then
stuff for sale
toyo cx “KIT” camera, recessed lens board, flat lens board, speed graphic to cx lensboard ( RARE, NOT MADE ANYMORE ) bag bellows $800
tmy 400 retina film negative
like the last image i uploaded this one is also on photographic film black white kodak tmy 400. great film for all around photography. it is also a nice film for making
retina FILM print
yeah i know photo paper + retina print but i have made retina film prints before and even retina glass plate images too ! today i made with
cyclone negative cyanotype
a couple of days ago i was making some more cyanotypes i loaded up some contact frames with waxed negatives to see if i could get a better print than i did
the honey jar
there is a bee keeper on the other side of town i like to buy honey from. i usually drive down his drivewaywhich looks like it isn’t really there from
making color where there is only black and white
i’ve been toying with tri chromes, or tri chrome-esque photographs for a few years now. i first learned about trichromes after reading and seeing the photographs made by the russian photographer
Continue reading…making color where there is only black and white
this is a great piece of writing !
The Last Photo i’m a little late to find this, but i did and i am posting it here. i’ve made a lot of last photos, looking back at
waxed field and photograms
another from a recent slew of waxed negative cyanotypes one of the last coated papers from the winter/spring when i coated and coated to use up my sensitizer. the paper
straight, untinted, unpainted cyanotypes
been making more cyanotypes lately … and have been using paper that is probably gettng close to being dead. it takes a long while to make exposures, and sometimes the color
emulsive
i thought i posted a link to this but i guess it got away from me. i was interviewed by emulsive.org a little while ago about film and emulsion and
hand tinted
this is a hand tinted image of a tree &c down the road from me. it was made with either a 8×10 or 11×14 paper negative, i can’t remember which one,
more recent cyanotypes
if you have been reading my last few posts you probably know i have been making cyanotypes. what happened was i mixed a bunch of cyanotype chemistry and rather than
how you make waxed paper negatives
i’m no expert in this field, i’ve had fun making waxed negatives on and off for a few years. it can be a messy job and it might not work out
