Category: film development technique
this includes using coffee based developers, roasting coffee for developers, hand processing film
reversed ( positive ) silver gelatin images
im working on a project again ( i started a long while ago but life got in the way ) of making silver gelatin tintypes. i have the rockland colloid
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7×11 portriats
made a handful of 7×11 portraits and i can feel for those photographers who had slow materials and kids that couldn’t sit still. it was still fun …
7×11 / 11×14 camera work
it has been a long time since i took portraits or make any negatives using a 11×14 camera. i traded a few prints years ago for a century 8 camera
camera rubbings
last xmas i received a folding camera as a present. i made a series of rubbings and then cyanotypes from them. a lot of folks make cyanotypes and the
more waxed paper negatives
over the past few months i have been using paper negatives instead of film, and making photograms when i make cyanotypes. in other words, instead of using a film negative
another rubbing print
getting the hang of making rubbings and converting them to cyanotype negatives .. people who do rubbings, make it look so easy. i watched some lady on youtube making a
what the heck is a photograph, really ..
from time to time i get asked what is a photograph. i sometimes know how to answer, i know what i was told, and taught. i know what i
the caffenol cookbook
six, almost seven years ago i was given a recipe for caffenol c film developer by a friend whitey. i met whitey over on apug.org, one of the 3 or
tiles and lumen prints
i have been making lumen prints for a while now they are created by putting things onto a piece of photo paper and leaving it in the sun. the sun
chepiwanoxet
i have been spending more time at chepiwanoxet island these days. years ago it was an island, but when the gaulidette airplane factory was there, they trucked in dirt and
cyanotypes and sun prints
i have been kind of busy the past few weeks and haven’t had a chance to update my blog. since my last post i have added about 60 or 80
paper, coffee glass and the sun
it is a long story but i will try to make it short … we returned from the mountains a few days ago, and i went into the darkroom soon
more work from the graflex 3A
at the beginning of this year i bought a graflex 3A. i wasn’t quite sure what i was going to do with it … the shutter was old and finicky,