well, sometimes in your life amazing things happen and you just have to cherish the moment. a good friend and fellow photographer, Olaf stopped by a couple weeks ago after i bugged him about some 4×5 film holders he was going to give me. in addition to the film holders, he dropped off a shit-tonContinue reading “Holding Back”
Category Archives: alternative photography processes
The WE Project
Connexions Gallery in Easton, PA is doing a unique experiment in collaborative artwork. Each artist starts with a 10×10 inch wood panel and creates a bit of artwork on it. Next weekend, we turn in our creations and summarily receive someone else’s piece to which we embellish. Likewise someone will receive my piece and addContinue reading “The WE Project”
Caffeinated
shot in my small studio on 4×5 film, this negative was developed in Caffenol, a developer based on coffee, sodium carbonate, and vitamin C. development was at 72°F for 12 minutes, a bit warmer than i’d tried before, attempting to get a little more density on the negative. and i did.
forgetting
freelancing with Bree Addams
Fomapan 400 in Caffenol-STD – Experiments and Results
I wanted to experiment with the recipe for a coffee-based film developer commonly called Caffenol. Dirk Essl at caffenol.org does an excellent job of keeping track of development times for lots of different films that can be developed with Caffenol. However, most of the films that have been developed using this unique developer were filmsContinue reading “Fomapan 400 in Caffenol-STD – Experiments and Results”
Good ’til the Last Drop
inspired by the writing over at caffenol.org, i decided to try my hand a developing some negatives using their coffee infused developer recipe! i wandered about the grounds of the old Bethlehem Steel plant and set up with my Shen Hao 4×5 and some sheets of Fomapan 400. i simply metered for 400 speed andContinue reading “Good ’til the Last Drop”
Cyanotypes – Emotional Blue
last weekend while Sara Ferron was here, she asked me to show her how i make some of my darkroom prints. so, i brought down a couple of the 4×5 negatives that i’d recently shot with her and we just did a couple of quick contact prints. i wasn’t sure what we’d get since theContinue reading “Cyanotypes – Emotional Blue”
Benefit for Pat Sonne
Katlyn – White Original Platinum Toned Salt Print a print i’m donating to a silent auction to benefit local art model Pat Sonne who is having some difficulty with prolonged illness. come out and support the arts! Auction and Valentine’s Day Party Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7-10pm Antonio Salemme Foundation 542 West Hamilton St., #203Continue reading “Benefit for Pat Sonne”
Original Alternative Process Prints for Sale!
i’ve finally got some of the e-commerce features of the site up and working and now have the ability to offer some of my wonderful alternative process prints for sale. they’re a bit more affordable here than they would be when selling through a gallery since i don’t have to work in the gallery commissionContinue reading “Original Alternative Process Prints for Sale!”
Exhibit of Nudes on Glass Plates
FIGURE STUDIES ON GLASS PLATES Scott Nichol shows 5 monochrome figure studies at the LaDuca Gallery in Easton, PA starting on November 5, 2011. Artists’ reception will be at 7:00 on November 13. The exhibition is part of the InVision photography festival being presented by ArtsQuest.org and the exhibit will also include the works ofContinue reading “Exhibit of Nudes on Glass Plates”
So Many Stars 