the honey jar
there is a bee keeper on the other side of town i like to buy honey from. i usually drive down his drivewaywhich looks like it isn’t really there from
Category: alternative process photography
this category includes cyanotypes, glass, metal and hand made paper photographs as well as cameraless, and retina photography.
waxed field and photograms
another from a recent slew of waxed negative cyanotypes one of the last coated papers from the winter/spring when i coated and coated to use up my sensitizer. the paper
straight, untinted, unpainted cyanotypes
been making more cyanotypes lately … and have been using paper that is probably gettng close to being dead. it takes a long while to make exposures, and sometimes the color
more recent cyanotypes
if you have been reading my last few posts you probably know i have been making cyanotypes. what happened was i mixed a bunch of cyanotype chemistry and rather than
how you make waxed paper negatives
i’m no expert in this field, i’ve had fun making waxed negatives on and off for a few years. it can be a messy job and it might not work out
more recent cyanotypes
i haven’t been using a camera much these days. i have film to be processed (probably 10 rolls ?) some taken a while ago, some taken since the spring. i
recent cyanotypes
just made a handful of cyanotypes lately using paper coated and left in a light safe in a humid basement for the last 7 or 8 months. the paper was not
photo illustration sort of, PS colored photo reconstruction
a while back i made some paper negative from hand made emulsion the negatives were more like a collage of things, images, textures, brush strokes. i decided to scan big and crop
Continue reading…photo illustration sort of, PS colored photo reconstruction
for some things, thin paper seems best
its been a week or two since i mixed up the emulsion,and started playing with it. i’ve come to the conclusion that this emulsion works likes thin smooth paper like the butcher
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
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
Continue reading…a few paper negatives from yesterday’s emulsion
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
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
3 paper negatives inverted
again with my paper negative tests my dektol tests my dektol + sumatra coffee developer split development tests today i loaded film holders up and exposed the negatives in
