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
Category: Alt Process
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’.
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
Mellow(?) Yellow
Early spring, a season of gray and brown, worse for the psyche than November. What a feeling of relief when yellow explosions of forsythia and daffodils finally appear beginning in
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day – 2024
Last Sunday was Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD). This event, which occurs on the last Sunday of April each year, is designed to get folks out to make photographs using
Salted-paper Prints
Last batch of salted-paper prints for 2023. All of these exposures were made earlier in December and printed over the last several days.
More Salted-Paper Prints
Another batch of salted-paper prints. These exposures are from our trip to the Southwest in 2018. The prints were made last week. All are small (4×5 inch) test prints of
More Old Exposures / New Prints
Here is another batch of salted-paper prints. These were made over two days last week. More hot sticky weather coming up later in the week ahead. Stay tuned for another
Old Exposures / New Prints
Hot and humid weather and I don’t get along well. Thus, I often retreat to my basement dim room this time of year to make prints. I spent an evening