It is Fall and getting ready for Winter is top priority. Our first snow has melted with the warmer weather the past week. So I have been getting my outdoor work done including Christmas lights, putting away the Summer furniture and general housekeeping around the scrap metal pile! But that didn't stop me from catching up with some salt printing. This image is from a trip to Door County, Wisconsin. It was a perfect picture day - cloudy with enough breeze to make waves on Lake Michigan. Also a bit chilly which doesn't impact the photography process but helps to…

One of the challenges of alternate photography printing is knowing what subjects will make great images. Cyanotypes can be especially difficult as there is no that I know of to simulate the final tones of the image. Blue Fire is a perfect example of this. I made this image just to test out my new printing frame and ended up loving it! The flames in a wispy blue color are a perfect contrast to the darker background. Back to my Blog

A cyanotype of oak trees in Winter. This image was originally caught on film - medium format black and white film. I printed it in 8x10 format using the cyanotype process. Cyanotypes are made by exposing iron salts to sunlight. Cyanotypes are known for their brilliant cobalt blue color. Although cyanotypes can be "toned" many colors using a variety of dyes (my favorite is coffee). These prints are archival and actually will become deeper in color if exposed to sunlight. This print is for sale, click Prints For Sale to purchase! Back to my Blog

A collodion wet plate image. This is a tintype and is produced on black aluminum plate. This 6in x 6in image is of a piece of metal art produced by Not What It Was. Tintypes are one of a kind images produced by an historic process. Wet plate collodion dates back to the mid 1800's and was the first widely used photography method. The best known examples are from the American Civil war. Wet plate gave way to dry plate and then modern film photography. All of these methods have the same basic chemistry. Silver salts react with sunlight to…