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Can you make a cyanotype from ice? I did!

Learn more about cyanotypes here:
https://www.alternativephotography.com/cyanotype/

Four beautiful cyanotypes for our Calendar event (open until 31 March). We love the many ways artists express themselves. The same theme: COLOUR, is interpreted so differently by each participant. Amazing!
Cyanotypes by:
➥ Amy Heller
➥ Mohammed Shamma
➥ Nikki Gardner
➥ Susan June Robertson-Baranick

All entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Stairs

More from 9 Guns. Nikon S rangefinder, Eastman 5222 (Double-XX), Divided D-76, printed as an untoned kallitype.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55122345436/in/dateposted/

Do you want to make better negatives? Constanza Isaza Martínez introduces the Time & Exposure Scale Calculator, to simplify the task of determining correct exposure times. Free to use:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/exposure-time-calculator-stouffer/

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Doors

More from 9 Guns, an early attempt to protect NYC from war. Nikon S rangefinder, Eastman 5222, Divided D-76, printed as a kallitype.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55120554756/in/dateposted/

Emplacement

More from 9 Guns (such an imaginative name for this place). Nikon S rangefinder, Eastman 5222 (Double-XX), Divided D-76, printed as an untoned kallitype.

#BelieveInFilm #AltProcess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55118979113/in/dateposted/

3 different interpretations of COLOUR for our calendar event by
➥ Ausra Barysiene. Lumen print
➥ Chris Byrnes. Hand developed using plants found on site
➥ Julie Mixon. Alcohol image transfer over cyanotype

All entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #lumenprint #analoguephotography #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Susan June Robertson-Baranick creates cyanotypes and photograms using foraged pigments and soil chromatograms. A retired pathologist and 2023 BFA graduate, she makes environmental works. See gallery:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/susan-june-robertson-baranick/

#cyanotype #cyanotypes #duotonecyanotype #altprocess

Does anybody know of any reasons behind the current shortage of photo & fineart papers, at least in central Europe? Hahnemühle Platinum Rag, Bergger COT, Ilford Multigrade... all out of stock at my usual suppliers and only expected again in weeks/months. Only the more uncommon variations (super large/expensive or very small) are available immediately... 😩

#AltProcess #Darkroom #Photography #PrintMaking #FineArt #Paper #SupplyChain

Gum bichromate, oil and resinotypes for our COLOUR Calendar event by:
➥ David Heger, Resinotype
➥ Lani Doely, Gum bichromate
➥ Mac Cosgrove-Davies, Gum bichromate
➥ Massimiliano Macchia, Rawlins oil print process / oleotype

All entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#gumbichromate #resinotype #rawlins #rawlinsoil #oleotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Shadow Play

I posted a Kodak Charmera version of this shot when we were in New Orleans. It’s our breakfast table at the restaurant in our hotel. Here’s the same thing with a Pentax 17 on Arista Premium 100 (rebadged Plus-X), developed in Divided D-76, scanned, output as a digital negative and made into a Kallitype, then toned in palladium.

#BelieveInFilm #AltProcess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55110794652/in/dateposted/

Door

The French Quarter of New Orleans is filled with amazing old doors. Pentax 17, Arista Premium 100 (rebadged Plus-X), Divided D-76, scanned and output as a digital negative, then made into a kallitype and toned in palladium.

#BelieveInFilm #AltProcess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55109515216/in/dateposted/

Morteratsch and the majestic Bernina range in full glory 🤩

Yes! That's what I'm talking about... Reprint was successful and much improved! Tweaked negative, new developer mix & weaker toner for more neutral grays. Also built an interim solution/contraption (involving 6kg of books as weight) to ensure the contact print is sharp everywhere...

As for the scene in the image: These are the highest mountains of the central eastern Alps (Piz Bernina on the right is 4048m, the others are all similar). Alone the last vertical ice fall section is ~1000 meters tall... Yet these glaciers are losing length & volume quickly (between 10-30 meters every year, trend accelerating...) The moraine line (approx. 200 meters above the valley bottom, on the left slope, shows the previous volume of the main glacier, which already has lost over 3km in length over the past century 😢

(Update: fixed typos)

#SilentSunday #AltProcess #Kallitype #PrintMaking #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #NoirCountry #Glacier #Switzerland #Hiking #ClimateChange

Phone picture of a 8x10" sheet of paper with a slightly smaller kallitype print of a glacier surrounded by majestic snow capped mountains. Surrounding the print is a dark border of hand painted emulsion.

4 creative variations on the cyanotype process:
➥ David A. McCain. Cyanolumen with turmeric emulsion
➥ Deborah Ryan. Cyanotype collage on art papers
➥ IJda Smits. Cyanotype and gum bichromate print
➥ Natalia Rudychev.Tea-toned cyanotype and polaroid emulsion transfer

Artists rethink monochrome processes for our COLOUR Calendar event (until 31 March).

See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #cyanolumen #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Streetcar

New Orleans has streetcars. You can get a pass for a flat fee and ride them all you want. Leica R4, Film Ferrania P33, Divided D-76, scanned and turned into a digital negative and printed as a kallitype, then toned in palladium.

#BelieveInFilm #AltProcess

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/55105136437/in/dateposted/

Share not only your successes but also your failures, they say... Latest 8x6" kallitype of my beloved friend Morteratsch. Printed before breakfast this AM...

It might not be immediately obvious in the thumbnail, but this is a good illustration of what happens if there's not enough weight/pressure applied when creating contact prints (and why I'm impatiently waiting for my heavy glass plate to arrive)... I almost do kinda like these blurred areas creating some weird irregular tilt-shift effect, guiding the eye toward the main ice fall section in the center... Still, quality control demands a reprint is much needed! 😅

#AltProcess #Kallitype #PrintMaking #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #NoirCountry #Glacier #Alps #Switzerland

Phone picture of a 8x10" sheet of paper with a smaller kallitype print of a glacier surrounded by majestic snow capped mountains. Surrounding the print is a thick dark border of hand painted emulsion.

Curious to see what’s inside our new Anthotype book? 🌿
It takes you step by step through the process – and a lot more!
Ready to learn? See:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-complete-guide/

#anthotype #anthotypes #altprocess

Anne Risum, Subway. Toned and hand-coloured cyanotype for our COLOUR Calendar event.
Artists rethink monochrome processes and share (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #kallitype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Build an LED exposure box and print cyanotypes anytime—no sun needed by Manfred J. Semmler. 💡 Step-by-step, safe, and reliable, from simple to permanent A3 setup.

Read 👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/building-led-exposure-box/

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