Category Archives: alternative photography processes

Exhibit Opening – Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA

I will be supporting the Invision Photography festival with my participation in Connexions Gallery’s show called Four Visions in Focus. The show features photographic pieces from four Lehigh Valley Artists including myself, Adam Atkinson, Brad Browne, and Ed Eckstein. I will be showing several photos from the series Memories of Trees presented as beautiful traditionalContinue reading “Exhibit Opening – Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA”

never should have beens

“my field of wonder whens and never should have beens” shot on Rollei Infrared 400 4×5 film. filtered through a Hoya R72 filter, metered at ISO 12 and given a 50% longer development than recommended. this is full sunlight, green grass and blue skies. model: kaitlin lara

Van Dyke Browns

so, i had a bit of a vacation recently.  a week with lots of time to just think about things and i did a bit of research on some new photo processes including making Van Dyke Brown prints.  so, while i was away, i placed an order for a bunch of new chemistry: Ferric AmmoniumContinue reading “Van Dyke Browns”

Solar Prints

so, my friend Lorna showed up yesterday with a pack of solar paper, the kind you’d make photograms of leaves and such outside in the sun. but i decided to print some negatives and chose some lensbaby shots i did with a model friend named Elizabeth. i let her roll around and play sexy andContinue reading “Solar Prints”

Salt Prints on Bamboo Paper

my pal <a href=”http://vernontrent.deviantart.com/”>Vernon Trent</a> recommended using Hahnemühle’s Bamboo inkjet paper for making salt prints.  he said that he had a fair amount of success with it, so i decided to give it a try and got some interesting results. on this particular print, i used some really fine sand paper to remove the inkjetContinue reading “Salt Prints on Bamboo Paper”

Katlyn – Satled Paper Prints

tried to fire up the darkroom again to make some salted paper prints of recent work with Katlyn Lacoste and had limited success.  the problem with most of these alternative processes is simply that the chemistry and resulting quality of prints are subject to variations in temperature and humidity in the space where the printsContinue reading “Katlyn – Satled Paper Prints”

katlyn – beltzville blue

Katlyn and I ventured out to Beltzville, a place which has traditionally marked the start for past summers’ outdoor nudes. Katlyn wanted to find some nice rocks and typically it is very secluded here. This didn’t turn out to be the case for a good portion of the day’s shoot, but we managed to pullContinue reading “katlyn – beltzville blue”