dektol paper negatives
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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coffee i roast for developer
More tintypes
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
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.
hand color, sun print .. half the dream
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
recent LUMEN prints from glass plates ( The Dream )
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
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
the caffenol cookbook
six, almost seven years ago i was given a recipe for caffenol c film developer by a friend whitey. I met this guy named whitey .. an artist and teacher
Agfa Shur Shot
i was given an agfa shur shot camera years ago and didn’t use it much. it is a box camera from the 1930s, a basic camera. it isn’t the most
providence
i am involved with a project with a few other photographers in rhode island … the providence grid project. it was thought of by a photographer named paul shelasky. together
occupasusatuxet cove ( paswonquitte )
behind where i live is the cove the real name for it is occupasusatuxet cove ( paswonquitte ) which means -small cove on tidewater – it is an inlet on
chepiwanoxet
i have been spending more time at chepiwanoxet island these days. years ago it was an island, but when the gaulidette airplane factory was there, they trucked in dirt and
paper, coffee glass and the sun
it is a long story but i will try to make it short … we returned from the mountains a few days ago, and i went into the darkroom soon
more work from the graflex 3A
at the beginning of this year i bought a graflex 3A. i wasn’t quite sure what i was going to do with it … the shutter was old and finicky,
5th batch, made the coffee, drank the coffee then processed the film in it.
a few nights ago it was cold, batch 5 was cooked up and roasted to a not light, and not dark color. it slept overnight in a glass jar, i
Continue reading…5th batch, made the coffee, drank the coffee then processed the film in it.
