salted paper prints

well after about a full day of curve design and some tweaks this morning, i finally got a curve that produces a fairly linear curve for salted paper prints.  the salted paper process was invented by William Henry Fox Talbot, known as The Father of Modern Photography, in 1833 while he was on his honeyContinue reading “salted paper prints”

rockin’ the low contrast

i recently revisited a few images from a session i did with a friend Olivia.  we spent an few minutes at a workshop i was teaching working with a very simple lighting setup.  a single, large softbox over head and close to the wall where Olivia was posing.  when i went to finish these images,Continue reading “rockin’ the low contrast”

Palladium Prints

a little while ago i ventured back into the darkroom armed with some new ideas for tweaking my palladium printing techniques.  i wasn’t happy with the prints that i’d made before.  there were issues with clearing the prints and the density of the blacks wasn’t exactly where i wanted it to be.  i’d read onContinue reading “Palladium Prints”

my reflected self

the reflection in this shot is not photoshop trickery again.  this was a pool of still water that we found out at ringing rocks park.  the mirror like surface is just what came through the lens! shot on Ilford Delta 400, pushed to ISO 800.  1/8th of a second at f/5.6 if i recall.  scannedContinue reading “my reflected self”

midday, june 2010

after having some of my work featured on the Lensbaby galleries, it kinda reminded me that there was an experiment i wanted to do.  Lensbaby makes a soft focus lens that has an interesting aperture ring.  its got a larger hole in the center, then smaller holes around the rest of the ring.  i assumeContinue reading “midday, june 2010”