peroxide based photographic reversals
im back at attempting to making direct postive reversals again. there have been a number of different ways to do these over the years, some use toxic chemistry ( sulfuric
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.
back to the 1920s
ive traced my roots in photography, to the 1920s i think. my values seem to revolve around people like the dadaists and rusian constructavists and surrealists more than the new traditionalists
late summer photographs
just a taste of what i have been doing lately. it includes using a cyclone #3 and empire state … as usual, i have been off the beaten path, i
sun print
i realized last week the emulsion is sensitive enough to print through the photo paper if reversed. this was printed in full sun for about 1 hour
a few prints
this first prints were made by a digital overhead transparancy at my local copy shop originally it was a digital files taken in a snow storm at a local park.
chloro bromide emulsion #2
its been a while since i made the emulsion i wrote about here but that isn’t to say it hasnt been on my mind since a year ago january. i’ve been
a few hand tinted images
first .. i probably have said this or explained my “terminology” if i add colors by hand with paints &c i call the images hand painted, but if i
latest tinted images
i have been exposing film without processing it for about a year now. i had about 20 or 25 rolls of assorted black/white and color 35mm and a couple of
quebec sun prints
a few summers ago i went to quebec i have wanted to make prints from the digital files, and the other day i finally got a chance to do it. the
ilex seminat
admittedly i might have a few too many lenses. i don’t have curio cabinets full of them, or 4 shelves piled high but i am always a sucker for a
difference between lenses and images
there are all sorts of lenses. some are meant to be sharp and corrected and some are not. the ones that are not are usually soft focus lenses, which were made
make photographs like it is the last time
sometimes i make a photograph and it is the last time i see whatever it is i am photographing. this is a gas station that was on this corner
10 year old epson 4870 vs all in one epson xp-640
i do my best to listen to people who know more than me and try to be informed whenever i purchase something new. recently i had to do a little research
Continue reading…10 year old epson 4870 vs all in one epson xp-640
more providence ri
i live not to far from the jewel of new england and have taken up making digital photographs of the skyline, and soon to be the pre 1950s architecture … and
electric midnight blue
working on a new project i am going to call electric midnight blue it uses a varient of the sunprints i have been making these images were all made today in overcast
