#PhotoPaper

2025-12-19
Kerr Avonsen (she/her)kerravonsen@mastodon.au
2025-09-23

Magnetic sheets: great for sticking thin metal dies to for storage.

Magnetic photo paper: terrible for sticking thin metal dies to for storage. They just aren't magnetic enough. They are barely magnetic enough to stick to the refridgerator.

However, I think they will do excellently for #FluidArt, whether that be #AcrylicPouring or #AlcoholInk, because they are basically plastic paper. So that's something new for me to try.

@crafters #DieCutting #Magnetic #MagneticSheets #PhotoPaper

2025-03-19
Like my previous post, this photo was taken with an #Ikonta 520/15 directly onto photo paper (format 65x90mm) late at night.

This photo was taken with an aperture time of approximately 2 minutes.

The photo was developed with #caffenol.
The change from negative to positive was done on a computer.
The contrast and brightness of this image have been adjusted to compensate for underexposure.

#architecturephotography , #carlzeisstessar , #analogphotography , #PhotoPaper , #mediumformat , #experimental , #experimentalphotography , #photography , #streetphotography , #bwphotography
2025-03-19
Photo taken with an #Ikonta 520/15 directly onto photo paper (format 65x90mm) mid-afternoon last month.
This camera uses 616 film, which has long been discontinued.

The Ikonta 520/15 is equipped with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and a Compur shutter which are quite good for their age.

The photo was developed with #caffenol


#architecturephotography , #carlzeisstessar , #analogphotography , #PhotoPaper , #mediumformat , #experimental , #experimentalphotography , #photography
Ericka Bailie-ByrneSurlyGrrrl@pixelfed.social
2025-03-05
I miss having a darkroom at home. I miss being able to afford to shoot film.
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#film #darkroomsupplies #diafine #kodakportra #120 #35mm #photopaper
2024-10-26

I’ve been doing some test prints for a show in a month. This Batyta paper is really easy to get a nice print out of, but picks up surface damage too easily - which then shows on the semi gloss surface. Something matte, with a subtle texture next.

Several small printed pictures, from my mystical landscapes series. A mix of movement, textures, and layered effects drawing from South Downs landscapes.
guy,in,a,hatwerefreeatlast
2024-03-24

For this last post, I used this paper on . It's the cheapest . But the trick is to use the non glossy side. The side seems to absorb the and mute the color with a limited number of shades.

petapixel (unofficial)petapixel@ծմակուտ.հայ
2021-04-28

Scientist Unveil ‘Whitest Paint Ever’ That’s Based on Baryta Photo Paper

Researchers at Purdue University have unveiled what is being called the whitest paint on record, which can reflect up to 98% of light. The paint uses the same chemical compound found in a type of photo paper that has been used by photographers for over a century.

The paint was developed as a way to reduce power consumption for cooling large buildings in the summer as its 98% reflectivity is considerably higher than the 80-90% of light reflected by commonly available white paint on the market. It's even able to reflect infra-red heat, which makes it particularly suitable for this purpose. As reported by The Art Newspaper, it has already shown to reduce surface temperatures of buildings by 4.5 degrees Celcius (8.1 degrees Fahrenheit) below the ambient temperature.

Lead researcher Xiulin Ruan says that they were able to achieve this level of reflectivity due to a high concentration of a chemical compound called barium sulfate, which is used in some photo paper and cosmetics applications.

Barium sulfate photo paper is often referred to as baryta paper. As noted by WhiteWall, Baryta paper has been used by photography professionals for over 140 years.

"Traditional photo papers are made of a coated polyethylene, which makes processing them easier and quicker," WhiteWall writes. "The key difference of baryta paper lies in the barium sulfate (the so-called “baryta”) coating. Ultra-white with a neutral image color, the paper is outstanding at combining brilliant white with intense black tones."

Ruan has already been in contact with an art museum that wishes to display this new white paint next to the blackest material that has been created: VantaBlack. But unlike VantaBlack, which has been essentially privatized and copyrighted by the original creator, Ruan hopes to make this extremely white paint available to consumers and is working with a producer to distribute it within the next one to two years.

If barium sulfate paper is effective in producing better photos due to increasing the perceived levels of contrast, it stands to reason that using this ultra-white paint during the capture process, such as on a cyclorama wall, would also be beneficial. Given that the paint will be available to purchase soon, it will be interesting to see if studios or independent photographers can make use of the highly reflective paint in creative ways, just as has been the case with VantaBlack.

Image credits: Header photo courtesy of Purdue University.

#news #bariumsulfate #barytaphotopaper #photopaper #purdue #purdueuniversity #vantablack #whitepaint #whitestever

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