Tag: people
Caught in the Act
November 8, 2013
Dry plate tintype
Over labor day weekend, I had a few photographers and alt-printers over for printfest 2013 – a chance for me to teach a little alt-photo, experiment a little, and for…
October 21, 2013
The Colors of Cyanotype
Cyanotypes are one of the easiest alt process prints to make. Bought as a kit from just about anywhere, you get two bottles: part “A” and part “B”, which you…
September 8, 2013
“Vintage” DIY flash tray
A friend of mine, JJ Murphy, is an author. JJ held a book release party for a third book, and since the book is set in the 1920s, the party…
January 15, 2013
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! At least Jake’s got what he always wanted… 😉 … and perhaps so have I. The blog just got a makeover. This year’s been difficult for me to…
December 23, 2012
Boy’s Room
Also taken this spring: gold-toned kallitype on arches HP 140#. Shot with a Mamiya 7, HP5+, developed in Xtol. And this is gold toner #2 at the end of its…
July 17, 2012
Erik and Hedy
From this year’s Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby: Erik and Hedy of Frank’s Kitchens. Gold-toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. Another aspect of my experimentation during PrintFest was control over the…
July 15, 2012
Francean Fanny
From the PA Burlesque Festival on June 30th: Francean Fanny. Selenium toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. I have no idea what the dot is; something got on the paper…
July 14, 2012
Fan Dance
From the PA Burlesque Festival, June 30th: Donna Touch. Selenium-toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. Continuing down the selenium road: this is about 20 minutes of selenium toning, after having…
July 13, 2012
John
John, of Frank’s Kitchens. Selenium toned kallitype on Arches HP 140#. I’m understanding selenium toning a little better as a result of this week’s PrintFest. Selenium and Kallitypes don’t get…
July 12, 2012
Madame Corsetiere
It’s only Wednesday, but I’m already exhausted! I’ve been printing all day every day this week: 8 hours on Monday, 7 Tuesday, and 10 today. Monday was about experimentation: trying…
July 11, 2012
Joe
Continuing in the “Frank’s Kitchens” series: 9 layers of gum, featuring Joe hard at work. I think I may print another layer here; I’m not quite satisfied with the color…
May 15, 2012
John
Gum over cyanotype on a half sheet of Stonehenge Rising warm white paper. This print is a direct result of a morning of failures last week. My cyan pigment wouldn’t…
April 23, 2012
Technical Discourse
I should probably type something here, eh? Blah blah blah digital blah not a print blah blah gum prints are awesome and more later. M’kay?
April 22, 2012
Daddy’s Little Boy
St. Patty’s Day parade in Jim Thorpe. I’ve got a few more from this series that I’d like to post, while I get my next gum print running; some experimentation…
April 17, 2012
MonkE
This is probably my busiest art-related year ever. A number of things have fallen in to place, all at the same time. I’m a little saddened that it’s taken me…
April 16, 2012
Fire
From the 2012 St. Patty’s parade in Jim Thorpe. Taken with a Widelux F5, on Kodak 400GC. Recommendation: look at this one large. For some reason my image scaling program…
April 8, 2012
Sheila and Bob
Hot off the heels of my glass-on-casein in the annual juried Phillips’ Mill exhibition, I’m looking at my next set of research: fumed silica. This piece is a gold-toned kallitype,…
March 21, 2012
Burlesque Nr. 5
I’m FINALLY returning to the Burlesque shots from Jim Thorpe’s burlesque festival last year. Between my last post on this subject and now, I’ve been more or less focused on…
February 11, 2012
Vague Recollection
From a photo walk through Durham Township a few weeks ago, this shot of the interior of the Durham Mill was taken with a Widelux F-V: a 35mm panoramic camera.…
January 29, 2012
Meta Workroom
Spent quite a lot of yesterday printing bigger than I’ve done before – getting up to the maximum sizes I can manage with my vacuum frame and light box. This…
December 5, 2011