photographic

My newest goal is to print something every week. I created these digital negatives on the new transparency film I’m trying out, InkPress’ Transparent Film:

Book Press, 2007
Nikon D70, taken 2004
InkPress Transparency Film + Epson 7800 K3 + Photo Black
Traditional Cyanotype (+ hydrogen peroxide bath)
Crane’s Cover, 610 LU (April 2007)

Ruby in the Hospital
Nikon FM10, Ilford HP5, Gamma Plus (zonal pro) Dev inversion, taken 2003
Scanned negative, Creo iQsmart2
InkPress Transparency Film + Epson 7800 K3 + Photo Black
Traditional Cyanotype (+ hydrogen peroxide bath)
Crane’s Cover, 610 LU (April 2007)

My children are a source of entertainment and wonder for me. They are also used somewhat mercilessly as test subjects (for alt-photo processes) and models, although most images I take of them are candids:

Porter, Easter 2006
Digital Negative: Pictorico OHP, Epson 2200 + piezography NK7 inks + spray fixative
Camera: Nikon D70 + kit lens
Van Dyke Brownprint + hypo, paper: Crane’s Cover

In the summer of 2005, my friend Jacinda and I dedicated ourselves to learning a smattering of alt photo processes in preparation for teaching an alt photo course at the university. One of the more tedious ones was Plain Salted Silver P.O.P. (recipe from Jan Arnow’s Handbook of Alternative Photographic Processes, p 61), which we then toned in gold chloride solution. The two circles in the print are from holes punched in the digital negative, an experiment I was running in registration for multiple exposures (such as gum bichromate). Obviously it was not the most desirable outcome, but, as Stan from South Park would say, I learned something that day.

Ruby at the County Fair, 2003
Digital Negative: Westjet film, Epson 7600 + Photo Dye set
Camera: Nikon D70 + kit lens
Plain Salted Silver P.O.P., paper: Arches Cover
Toned in gold chloride toner, 120 LU

In 2004 I went to Poland and stayed with my Dad’s cousin Zosia. Every morning we were greeted by this beautifully laid table, where we had the famous “first breakfast” meal: coffee or tea, fruit, whole grain breads, meats (for others) and cheeses:

Zosia’s Table, 2004
Digital Negative: Westjet Film, Epson 7600 + Photo Dye Set
Canon Powershot G3
Traditional Cyanotype, paper: Arches Cover, LU unknown