emulsive
i thought i posted a link to this but i guess it got away from me. i was interviewed by emulsive.org a little while ago about film and emulsion and
Category: technique and style
how do you do that?
hand tinted
this is a hand tinted image of a tree &c down the road from me. it was made with either a 8×10 or 11×14 paper negative, i can’t remember which one,
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
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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
double coating paper
i dug into a 1 kg jar of foma emulsion the other day. i know i can make my own but i have this still on hand so i might
hand coating xerox paper
i’ve been experimenting a little with hand coating a variety of different papers. i have a stack of paper i was given 20 years ago that is slowly being eaten
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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a few photograms, with hand made emulsion
i love making photograms. they only take a second, and they are a blast.
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
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