far away places
so many people need to go to far away places. they save their money and materials and buy tickets or gas they sign up for workshops in the desert or to
Category: photographs
examples of latest photography i have been involved in
wait 9 month or a year and see what happens …
i admit it, sometimes i don’t want to process film. i get tired of standing there and agitating, or shuffling sheets in a tray in the dark. i started doing stand
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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
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,
dektol paper negatives
i am a little rusty at making paper negatives with anything but ansco 130 with the 130 i used to leave a tray out till it turned black and was still
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
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
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
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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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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