new caffenol, new liquid emulsion
over the last 10 years i have grabbed the caffenol c bull by the horns and wrestled it to the ground. soon after i was given the “teaspoon” recipe i
Category: technique and style
how do you do that?
quick and dirty processing for expired or ” no idea what kind of film it is ” film
as you might have read, if you have found this blog / journal i don’t typically use fresh film, chemistry or paper. i am fond ofthe expired variety. for the past
Continue reading…quick and dirty processing for expired or ” no idea what kind of film it is ” film
magic bullets ? conventional?
back in the olde days a magic bullet was made by melting down religious icons. the silver was used to kill werewolves. in photographic terms, a magic bullet is a
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
self made close up attachment
you read it right. i made myself a close up attachment for my graflex slr. i did this a handful of years ago because i wanted to do macro work,
coffee cups
originally … i made 4 exposures, 1 with NO filtration and 3 others ( RGB ) and i was going to make a trichrome image of these coffee cups that
film processed in dektol and coffee
my last entry i mentioned i had finished exposing about 36 sheets of film. it was more than that .. 4 bag-mags filled with a variety of tmx ( 100
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
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
it looks like i am off the good – stuff
after 15 years, or actually more like almost 18 or 20 years … i am not using ansco 130 developer to process my prints, paper negatives, film or work as an additive
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
how much exposure, is too much ?
how much exposure with negative film, is too much. should you over expose your negatives? should they be thin or dense? when i first began developing my own film, i
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
