more recent cyanotypes
i haven’t been using a camera much these days. i have film to be processed (probably 10 rolls ?) some taken a while ago, some taken since the spring. i
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.
recent cyanotypes
just made a handful of cyanotypes lately using paper coated and left in a light safe in a humid basement for the last 7 or 8 months. the paper was not
photo illustration sort of, PS colored photo reconstruction
a while back i made some paper negative from hand made emulsion the negatives were more like a collage of things, images, textures, brush strokes. i decided to scan big and crop
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far away places
so many people need to go to far away places. they save their money and materials and buy tickets or gas they sign up for workshops in the desert or to
double coating paper
i dug into a 1 kg jar of foma emulsion the other day. i know i can make my own but i have this still on hand so i might
hand coating xerox paper
i’ve been experimenting a little with hand coating a variety of different papers. i have a stack of paper i was given 20 years ago that is slowly being eaten
wait 9 month or a year and see what happens …
i admit it, sometimes i don’t want to process film. i get tired of standing there and agitating, or shuffling sheets in a tray in the dark. i started doing stand
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a few photograms, with hand made emulsion
i love making photograms. they only take a second, and they are a blast.
for some things, thin paper seems best
its been a week or two since i mixed up the emulsion,and started playing with it. i’ve come to the conclusion that this emulsion works likes thin smooth paper like the butcher
a few more paper negatives
as i wait for single coated paper to flatten out so i can coat them a 2nd time i have a few paper negatives exposed the last few days in
a few paper negatives from yesterday’s emulsion
here are a few paper negatives from the emulsion i made yesterday the exposures were long (gloomy day to begin with) i exposed a handful of 35mm paper negatives, and a few
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noodling and washing
well mixing the ingredients was easy, letting it setup in a sealed jar was easy .. getting it out of the ball jar was easy … “noodling” and washing the emulsion
first emulsion made by me since 1986/1987
its been about 30 years since i dabbled in the dark arts of making a photographic emulsion using silver. i make cyanotype-stuff all the time but that is child’s play
new paper negatives from rockland AG+ emulsion
i’ve been coating thing with rockland emulsion off and on since i was told about it in 1986. i had never made the investment in a tube of ag+. i’ve
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new caffenol, new liquid emulsion
over the last 10 years i have grabbed the caffenol c bull by the horns and wrestled it to the ground. soon after i was given the “teaspoon” recipe i
