Given that most photos are captured digitally and shared online, it’s easy to forget the beauty of a print. The history of photographic printing is a
Photographers who work with the historic, hand-made or otherwise alternative printing processes know that a good print requires a good paper. Each process has different requirements for what makes a “good” paper, and those of platinum/palladium printing are among the strictest. It’s been almost 30 years since Kerik Kouklis made his first platinum/palladium print, and in that time, he says there’s never been such a selection of new and improved papers coming onto the market at the same time. Here, in his own words, Kerik reveals the best of the best from long-time industry stalwarts Hahnemühle, Legion Paper, and Arches.
Given that most photos are captured digitally and shared online, it’s easy to forget the beauty of a print. The history of photographic printing is a fascinating intersection between art and chemistry, and you might be surprised to find a cadre of incredible, contemporary practitioners of techniques well over 100 years old. Here’s a round-up of some […]
The chlorophyll process is an organic process where prints are bleached by sunlight directly onto the surface of leaves using a positive.
Itching for something new and creative to include in your analogue routine? The salt print technique will be your gateway to the wonderful world of alternative photography printing. It's time to experiment!
Guest post by Helen Stead of The Creative Diarist. I miss the days of having a film camera and being able to hold the photographs in my hand rather than clicking through hundreds
The liquid emulsion is also referred to as Liquid Light is the gelatin silver light-sensitive liquid photographic emulsion that is used in alternative photography printing processes based on...
Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists makes one of the oldest known photographic processes.
Guest post by Helen Stead of The Creative Diarist. I miss the days of having a film camera and being able to hold the photographs in my hand rather than clicking through hundreds
For one of our last alternative processes, we will learn the technique of gum bichromate printing , or "gum" printing as it's often known. ...
Platinum Many collectors consider platinum “the king of prints”. With platinum the photographer can achieve infinitely fine tonality between light and dark, revealing details that cannot be seen in…
How to make wearable art using a nineteenth-century printing process and your sewing chops. By Kati Sidwall.
How to make wearable art using a nineteenth-century printing process and your sewing chops. By Kati Sidwall.
Alexey Alexeev talks us though the wet plate collodion, or ambrotype process. From history to final print.
How to make wearable art using a nineteenth-century printing process and your sewing chops. By Kati Sidwall.
How to make wearable art using a nineteenth-century printing process and your sewing chops. By Kati Sidwall.
Looking for cyanotype ideas to try? Get inspired by cyanotype art and clever craft techniques with Gathered.
Parallax will show you how to make digital negatives for cyanotypes and other alternative processes. Digital negatives will allow you to print more
Learn how to make cyanotype prints with this simple step-by-step tutorial expoloring alternative printing processes and experimental film photography.
Bárbara Morais shares her process of preserving - otherwise unstable - Chlorophyll photographs, making them UV resistant.
You want to know more about cyanotype on glass? Here is a knowledge base about this unknown process, the translation of a talk I gave at the Salon de la Photo in Paris.
Cyanotype Photograph - Feather Fern Deep Blue - Blue Cyanotype Original print on paper Alternative Cyanotypes One of a kind OOAK Original 8x11” The alternative cyanotype process takes several hours to complete. Each plant has its unique patterns and designs. Cyanotype prints will capture that in a unique way. Using found materials in my home, these alternative materials make amazing results. Each print is extremely unique. One-of-a-kind Original Signed See more about my adventure in printing 100 of these cards at www.kelliegedert.com
How to make wearable art using a nineteenth-century printing process and your sewing chops. By Kati Sidwall.
Artist Meghann Riepenhoff uses the cyanotype process to make prints of waves, sand, and rain.
A description of the bromoil process.
Looking for cyanotype ideas to try? Get inspired by cyanotype art and clever craft techniques with Gathered.
Guest post by Helen Stead of The Creative Diarist. I miss the days of having a film camera and being able to hold the photographs in my hand rather than clicking through hundreds
Cyanotypes, commonly known as “sun prints”, are a very fun and immediate form of basic photography. A brief description of the process: A piece of paper is treated with a photo sensitive solu…
Do you remember making paper "sun prints" at summer camp? As kids we gathered flowers and leaves, placed them on sun-sensitive paper then exposed them to sunlight. I've done the same thing here, only on cotton fabric, and I love the result! I'm using cyanotypes (the technical term for sun print) as a base for
Alternative Photography - Printing Photos on Objects: Liquid Light is probably one of the coolest inventions in photographic history. It basically allows you to print photographs onto anything and everything using standard darkroom procedures. You can print on wood, metal, glass, walls, even eggs! (Don…
The chlorophyll process is an organic process where prints are bleached by sunlight directly onto the surface of leaves using a positive.
Looking for cyanotype ideas to try? Get inspired by cyanotype art and clever craft techniques with Gathered.
Platinum Many collectors consider platinum “the king of prints”. With platinum the photographer can achieve infinitely fine tonality between light and dark, revealing details that cannot be seen in…
These are the best cyanotype solutions for printing.
Gum bichromate over cyanotype print. Photo taken in Times Square, NYC on 1/6/2010. 7"x7" on Fabriano soft press paper.
