working with lumenized prints again
i am never quite sure what to call sun prints using regular old photo paper. with plant materials and the same paper they are called lumen prints, with a pinhole
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 email: hey, why don’t YOU do wet plate?!
just got an email today and someone asked: why don’t you do wet plate photography? i had to think for a little while, not long and my answer was: because
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back, waaay back
if you have been reading my blog you probably know i have been making chemical free photographs for a few years. you probably know i have designed and sold a
how much exposure, is too much ?
how much exposure with negative film, is too much. should you over expose your negatives? should they be thin or dense? when i first began developing my own film, i
recent events
found some coated plates in a box! 5x7s ready to expose, can’t wait 🙂 my only problem is, should i make cameraless images, or glass negatives, or ambrotypes ? i
not far
you don’t need to travel far to find interesting photographs
Trichromes with film
so far i have posted a handful of trichromes i have made but using digital technology … that is making b/w images using a digital camera ( not film )
another batch of tri chromes
making trichrome color images is a bit addictive it is so easy and fun with a digital camera, it almost makes you feel guilty how much effort is spent when
tri color again, this time coffee
can’t not take photographs of my favorite drink
a few more tri color images, kind of addictive
went to the lighting supply guy today east coast lighting, nice folks ! i got some gels to match the swatchbook numbers i had and took a few more
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Tri Color
decided to make my first tri color image today this was made using a digital camera but i plan on using up my film making color images from black and
limited success with home brew tintype developer
for a few weeks now i have been experimenting with various reversal developers to make silver gelatin tintypes. i abandoned my old stock of liquid emulsion for an unopened bottle
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the plates were still wet
the plates were sill wet, so i made some sumatranol 130 into a reversal developer / monobath and made some photograms. they are still hanging too ( all rc paper
More tintypes
i loaded up a graflex series d plate holder yesterday and filled it with 6 coated plates. i exposed them heavily hoping my dead emulsion would like extra light and
