Category: technique and style
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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 / 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
cyanotype paper coated
mixed new chemistry ( 200cc ) this morning and prepared paper to coat this afternoon. i learned form a very wise person at the RISD store that my favorite cyanotype
the caffenol cookbook
six, almost seven years ago i was given a recipe for caffenol c film developer by a friend whitey. I met this guy named whitey .. an artist and teacher
Agfa Shur Shot
i was given an agfa shur shot camera years ago and didn’t use it much. it is a box camera from the 1930s, a basic camera. it isn’t the most
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
latest fun
i have hundreds of frames and sheets of film exposed from years of photographing out the car window. i really enjoy the movement and effect of a slow shutter speed,
providence
i am involved with a project with a few other photographers in rhode island … the providence grid project. it was thought of by a photographer named paul shelasky. together
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
