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Tag: ansco130

vintage film and paper developer made with glycin, potassium bromide, sodium carbonate, metol, sodium sulfite and a few other things

some of the buildings and structures in boston

September 2, 2018September 2, 2018 by wp-admin

i lived in or near boston for around 15 years.  and while it has changed a lot since i left ( 1998 ) it is still very much the same.

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boston cambridge

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 by wp-admin

sometimes i drive to boston with a camera i stop at alewife station and take the T into the city about a year ago there were demonstrations on the boston

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ilex seminat

March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

admittedly i might have a few too many lenses.  i don’t have curio cabinets full of them, or 4 shelves piled high but i am always a sucker for a

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ansco 130

April 25, 2014August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

about 15 years ago i used a can of what was called GAF UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER.  it was propping up a broken window sash in a loft i was renting.  it

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how much exposure, is too much ?

April 21, 2014December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

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

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More tintypes

January 25, 2014December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

i loaded up a graflex series d plate holder yesterday and filled it with 6 coated plates.  i exposed them heavily hoping my dead emulsion would like extra light and

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using a box camera

October 23, 2013August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

box cameras usually have one shutter speed and a OPEN setting for time exposures.  sometimes it can be difficult to make photograph when there is a vast difference between light

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5×7 glass

April 23, 2013December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

rather than expose 6 5×7 emulsion coated glass plates as ambrotypes or glass in camera negatives made contact prints and photograms with them. 2 bath developer. 1 bath fxer (

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fruit and other things

January 16, 2011December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

there were some bananas on the counter snow outside a flying cage

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