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
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.
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
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
