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camera made by western camera manufacturing company in chicago

late summer photographs

August 22, 2017August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

just a taste of what i have been doing lately. it includes using a cyclone #3 and empire state … as usual, i have been off the beaten path, i

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emulsive

September 29, 2016August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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for some things, thin paper seems best

January 29, 2016March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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a few more paper negatives

January 13, 2016March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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what did i mean by paper negative test?

December 9, 2014August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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dektol paper negatives

December 7, 2014August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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new dry plate tintypes

January 18, 2014August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

for a little under a year i have been playing with dry plate tintypes+ambrotypes. my glass plate history began back when i was in a directed study photography class at

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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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using a cyclone

October 6, 2013August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

from time to time i get asked what kind of camera i have or use or like or like to use or … my current favorite is a cyclone #3.

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more glass and metal coated

April 20, 2013December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

last night with the radio keeping me company i heated emulsion and scrubbed glass and coated 6- 5×7, 4- 4×5 glass plates  1 – 4×5 metal sheet, and 2 trimmed

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dry plates … in color

April 13, 2013August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

color images made from dry plate negatives    

tiles and lumen prints

April 9, 2012August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

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

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Cyclone #3 Camera

October 15, 2011August 14, 2017 by wp-admin

many years ago i bought a cyclone #3 camera on ebay.  at the time, i was buying old falling plate cameras, removing the shutters, cleaning them, and reselling them.  i

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