Tag: paper negatives
negatives made on photographic paper in a camera instead of film
the plates were still wet
the plates were sill wet, so i made some sumatranol 130 into a reversal developer / monobath and made some photograms. they are still hanging too ( all rc paper
using a box camera
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
using a cyclone
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.
retina prints
for a few years now have been making contact prints, and camera prints with just photo paper. it started off as an experiment because i saw how easy it was
5×7 glass
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 (
silver gelatin tin types, another day ..
i got the kinks out of coating plates and metal the other night. it seems my water wasn’t hot enough to melt the gelatin completely .. so i turned up
7×11 portriats
made a handful of 7×11 portraits and i can feel for those photographers who had slow materials and kids that couldn’t sit still. it was still fun …
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
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
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
