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It is not what I remembered

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 by wp-admin

You could see the sand bar encircling the island. It was a white curved line and if you weren’t paying attention you’d run aground.

The blue horizon

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 by wp-admin

It was early in the day, I was walking the path. The sun was in the sky, the water and wind were welcoming me. The path was soggy, it must

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Re-imagined Landscape

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by wp-admin

For a few months I have been posting images to my instagram feed that I put (reimagined landscape) in part of the description. I began putting these words next to

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making color where there is only black and white

October 16, 2016December 8, 2017 by wp-admin

i’ve been toying with tri chromes, or tri chrome-esque photographs for a few years now.  i first learned about trichromes after reading and seeing the photographs made by the russian photographer

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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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film processed in dektol and coffee

December 19, 2014December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

my last entry i mentioned i had finished exposing about 36 sheets of film.  it was more than that ..  4 bag-mags filled with a variety of tmx ( 100

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around 36 exposures

December 14, 2014March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

the last few days i have been using a graflex slr ( series D )  ..  just moments ago i exposed my last 12 exposure  ” bag mag ” full

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3 paper negatives inverted

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

again with my paper negative tests my dektol tests my dektol + sumatra coffee developer split development tests   today i loaded film holders up and exposed the negatives in

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paper negatives

December 7, 2014March 8, 2017 by wp-admin

some people hate paper negatives. they have trouble with them because they don’t realize how they need to be exposed and treat them like film.  they develop them like regular prints,

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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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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 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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hand color, sun print .. half the dream

April 18, 2013August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

sometimes i run on inertia, i just am on autopilot and don’t really stop and think if i am doing something right or wrong &c. the colors were added by

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recent LUMEN prints from glass plates ( The Dream )

April 17, 2013August 29, 2017 by wp-admin

sometimes i put a piece of glass or something out in the sun, on a sheet of photo paper i did this yesterday with some glass plates i exposed and

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coating plates … how to

April 15, 2013December 22, 2014 by wp-admin

i haven’t’ coated plates with hand made emulsion yet, that will happen soon enough … but i have been coating plates on and off since the mid 1980s … there

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