Second College Grant / the North Country
Last week Joan and I made a trip to the Second College Grant in New Hampshire’s North Country (aka the Great North Woods). This is the region north of the
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Cliche Verre / Cyanotypes
Cliche verre (literately “glass print” in French) is a type of photogram (camera less image). Traditionally, a glass plate was coated with an opaque material and then an image was
Cornish Fair / Toned Cyanotypes
I made some cyanotypes from the images I captured at the Cornish Fair a few weeks back.
Cyanotype Photograms
Cyanotype, invented in 1842 by John Herschel, is an iron-based photosenstive system resulting in images formed from Prussian Blue. Photograms are made by placing opaque or translucent items directly on
A Trip to the Fair
Yesterday, my friend Victor and I visited the Cornish Fair in, of all places, Cornish NH! My interest was mainly in the ox pulling events. For some inexplicable reason I
Finished Work / Toned Cyanotypes
I have spent the past week making two batches of toned cyanotypes. The first three prints (square images showing the entire sheet of paper) are from exposures made last weekend
Toning Cyanotypes
I haven’t made a cyanotype in more than four years. However, about six weeks ago an on-line friend posted a really nice cyanotype that he had toned with ‘sumac gall’.
Ten Species – Ninety Minutes
This afternoon with the temperature in the 70s F, sunny skies and no wind (i.e. ideal odeing weather) I spent an hour and a half (5:00 to 6:30 PM) photographing
Platinum/Palladium Prints
I spent yesterday afternoon in my basement dim room for the first time in several months. I made six small (4×5 inch) platinum/palladium prints of exposures I made back in
Gregg Lake Moose
Late this afternoon, I spent about forty minutes watching (and photographing) a young male moose in shallows of Gregg Lake north of the road*. Much of the time the light