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
Tag: black and white
black and white photography
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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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
new paper negatives from rockland AG+ emulsion
i’ve been coating thing with rockland emulsion off and on since i was told about it in 1986. i had never made the investment in a tube of ag+. i’ve
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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
paper negative fun with an empire state 1A
I’ve been on the lookout for a back for a camera i bartered for years ago. the camera is a century 8 grande portrait outfit (photograph courtesy of historic
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
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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
recent work
i haven’t posted here in a few months for a variety of reasons. but i am here again with a handful of photographs … as seen in a few other of
working with lumenized prints again
i am never quite sure what to call sun prints using regular old photo paper. with plant materials and the same paper they are called lumen prints, with a pinhole
recent email: hey, why don’t YOU do wet plate?!
just got an email today and someone asked: why don’t you do wet plate photography? i had to think for a little while, not long and my answer was: because
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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
not far
you don’t need to travel far to find interesting photographs
Trichromes with film
so far i have posted a handful of trichromes i have made but using digital technology … that is making b/w images using a digital camera ( not film )
