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
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.
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
paper negative fun with an empire state 1A
I’ve been on the lookout for a back for a camera i bartered for years ago. the camera is a century 8 grande portrait outfit (photograph courtesy of historic
quick and dirty processing for expired or ” no idea what kind of film it is ” film
as you might have read, if you have found this blog / journal i don’t typically use fresh film, chemistry or paper. i am fond ofthe expired variety. for the past
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magic bullets ? conventional?
back in the olde days a magic bullet was made by melting down religious icons. the silver was used to kill werewolves. in photographic terms, a magic bullet is a
last group of cups and plates
i had a mini project with cups and saucers and bowls and plates. all taken with a large camera on sheet film, processed in coffee and print developer .. scanned
self made close up attachment
you read it right. i made myself a close up attachment for my graflex slr. i did this a handful of years ago because i wanted to do macro work,
coffee cups
originally … i made 4 exposures, 1 with NO filtration and 3 others ( RGB ) and i was going to make a trichrome image of these coffee cups that
film processed in dektol and coffee
my last entry i mentioned i had finished exposing about 36 sheets of film. it was more than that .. 4 bag-mags filled with a variety of tmx ( 100
around 36 exposures
the last few days i have been using a graflex slr ( series D ) .. just moments ago i exposed my last 12 exposure ” bag mag ” full
writing about photography
in a recent interview with on the onwardphoto blog, jorg colberg spoke about the importance of writing about photography. http://tinyurl.com/qalulvr i couldn’t agree more with what he said. often times
3 paper negatives inverted
again with my paper negative tests my dektol tests my dektol + sumatra coffee developer split development tests today i loaded film holders up and exposed the negatives in
what did i mean by paper negative test?
i recently mentioned something about a paper negative test. i suggested bracketing exposures and judging your negatives … here, i have uploaded 3 images the first as the caption
paper negatives
some people hate paper negatives. they have trouble with them because they don’t realize how they need to be exposed and treat them like film. they develop them like regular prints,
