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Tutorials, techniques and the history of pinhole photography and cyanotype
Lumen printing: colours from the sun on photo paper, with no developer
Lumen printing colours black and white photo paper in the sun, with no developer: what sets it apart from the developed photogram and from cyanotype, why the silver turns pink,...
Lumen printing: colours from the sun on photo paper, with no developer
Lumen printing colours black and white photo paper in the sun, with no developer: what sets it apart from the developed photogram and from cyanotype, why the silver turns pink,...
Pinhole camera for kids: getting children started
Pinhole photography with children from about age 8, always with an adult: seeing the image in a camera obscura, loading, setting up, developing. Who does what, how a session runs...
Pinhole camera for kids: getting children started
Pinhole photography with children from about age 8, always with an adult: seeing the image in a camera obscura, loading, setting up, developing. Who does what, how a session runs...
How to dispose of darkroom chemicals: safety from developer to cyanotype
What to do with used fixer, developer and cyanotype baths: safety habits during the session, the disposal route via a household waste recycling centre, potassium ferricyanide, and the rules with...
How to dispose of darkroom chemicals: safety from developer to cyanotype
What to do with used fixer, developer and cyanotype baths: safety habits during the session, the disposal route via a household waste recycling centre, potassium ferricyanide, and the rules with...
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day: the date, the rules and how to join in
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day takes place on the last Sunday of April every year, next on 25 April 2027. Date, rules, preparation, scanning and sending your photo, on your own,...
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day: the date, the rules and how to join in
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day takes place on the last Sunday of April every year, next on 25 April 2027. Date, rules, preparation, scanning and sending your photo, on your own,...
Alternative photographic processes, from the daguerreotype to cyanotype
Historical photographic processes, from Niépce's heliography to platinum: camera or printing process, dates, inventors, look, and the two simple routes to try at home, the pinhole camera and cyanotype.
Alternative photographic processes, from the daguerreotype to cyanotype
Historical photographic processes, from Niépce's heliography to platinum: camera or printing process, dates, inventors, look, and the two simple routes to try at home, the pinhole camera and cyanotype.
How to make a photogram, a photo without a camera
The photogram, a photo without a camera: objects laid on a sensitive surface leave their silhouette. How the image forms, from Talbot to Man Ray, and how to make one...
How to make a photogram, a photo without a camera
The photogram, a photo without a camera: objects laid on a sensitive surface leave their silhouette. How the image forms, from Talbot to Man Ray, and how to make one...
How did the daguerreotype work, and why does the pinhole camera descend from the calotype?
The 1839 daguerreotype explained simply: a silvered copper plate, iodine and mercury vapour, a one-of-a-kind, reversed image. And why the pinhole camera's paper negative descends from the calotype instead.
How did the daguerreotype work, and why does the pinhole camera descend from the calotype?
The 1839 daguerreotype explained simply: a silvered copper plate, iodine and mercury vapour, a one-of-a-kind, reversed image. And why the pinhole camera's paper negative descends from the calotype instead.
Talbot's calotype and the invention of the paper negative
Talbot's calotype, patented in 1841, introduced the negative on paper and the positive contact print. The process, its look, how it spread, and what the pinhole camera's paper negative still...
Talbot's calotype and the invention of the paper negative
Talbot's calotype, patented in 1841, introduced the negative on paper and the positive contact print. The process, its look, how it spread, and what the pinhole camera's paper negative still...
Pinhole camera vs digital camera: two ways of seeing
Pinhole or digital is not a contest with a winner but two relationships with time and the image. What each approach really brings, compared honestly.
Pinhole camera vs digital camera: two ways of seeing
Pinhole or digital is not a contest with a winner but two relationships with time and the image. What each approach really brings, compared honestly.