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Feature Articles:
Fundamentals of Temperaprint
by Peter Fredrick
This dichromate-based process allows printingin color with egg tempera.
Tri-Color Gum with Cyanotypeby Sam Wang Gorgeous color images and a complete how-to.
The Effects of Pyro Stain in Platinum Printing
by Bob Herbst
Demonstrates that a longer printable scale is obtainable with pyro negatives for both platinum and silver printing.
Mordançage by Christina Z. Anderson Arcane bleach-etch process.
Vandyke Notes
by Wynn WhiteOne of the simplest and most rewarding of the so-called alternative processes. A complete how-to article.
Print Solarization: The Sabatier Effect in Printing
by Ed Buffaloe
Latest theory on the Sabatier Effect, & practical details on how to solarize contemporary papers, developers to use, etc.
All Articles: (articles by Ed Buffaloe unless otherwise noted)
Historic/Alternative Processes:Alternative Process Quick Start (Joe Lipka)The Bromoil Acid BathCasein Bichromate (E. J. Theisen)Cyanotype and other Non-Silver Ferric ProcessesEnlarged Negatives Using APHS Ortho Film & Pyro Developer (Bob Herbst)Ferric Silver Formulae - Vandyke & Kallitype Fundamentals of Temperaprint (Peter Fredrick)Gum Over Platinum (Clay Harmon)An Interview with Robb Kendrick, Master TintypistLess is More - Negatives by ReversalMaking Kallitype Prints (Sandy King)Making P.O.P. (Liam Lawless)Mordançage (Christina Z. Anderson)Photopolymer Printing (Jim Read)Preliminary Notes on BromoilSalted Paper FormulaeTri-color Gum with Cyanotype (Sam Wang)Vandyke Notes (Wynn White)Uranium (Robert W. Schramm)The ULF-28 Contact Printing Exposure System (Sandy King)Ultraviolet Light Sources for Printing with the Alt. Processes (Sandy King)UV Light Box Construction
Film and Film Developers:Appreciating RodinalBasic Film Processing TechniqueA Densitometer for Reading Pyro Negatives (Bob Herbst)Development by InspectionDivided D-23 (Joseph Lipka)The Effects of Pyro Stain in Platinum Printing (Bob Herbst)Introduction to Pyro Staining Developers (Sandy King) LIRF is Lurking at Your F-Stop (Patrick Gainer) Mixing Developers - Photographic chemistry Mortensen Revisited - A Technical EvaluationPerfection XR-1 Formula?Preservation of Ascorbate Developers (Patrick Gainer) Pyrocat-HD, A Phenidone-Pyrocatechin DeveloperRemembering 777 (Fred De Van)Rotary Processing (John Hicks)Staining Developer Formulae - Pyrogallol and PyrocatechinThe Synergism Between Phenidone and Ascorbic Acid (Patrick Gainer) Testing Pyrocat-HD (Clay Harmon)The Waterhouse Effect - Equidensity Photographic Images (Harvey Yurow)Vitamin C Developers (Patrick Gainer)
Printing and Finishing:Archival ProcessingAmidol FormulaeAzo and Amidol (Bob Herbst)Azo - Chloride Contact Paper for Large FormatAzo - Tests (Dhananjay Nayakanakuppam) Bergger Paper and the Sabatier EffectA Conservator’s View of Dry Mounting (Barbara Lemmen)Double Toning PrintsDuotone Border Depletion SolarizationLatent Image BleachingLith Printing... An Introduction (Tim Rudman)Lith Printing Materials Update (Tim Rudman)Photographic Papers I have Known Print Solarization - The Sabatier Effect in PrintingPyro Plus Paper Developer (Donald Miller)Solution Physical Development - An Experimenter’s Delight (Harvey Yurow)Split-Toning Part I: Background & Historical Antecedents (Jonathan Bailey)Split-Toning Part II: Processes & Procedures (Jonathan Bailey) Testing Gold Protective Solution (Liam Lawless)Tips & Tricks for Blue Toning (Liam Lawless)Tips on Printing
Miscellaneous:Coffee Can Pinhole CameraCost of DevelopersEmotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude (Norm La Coe)Emotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude, Part 2 (Norm La Coe)Estimating ExposureExposure Calculator for Pinhole ExposuresHardening Solutions for Film and PaperHow to Make a PinholeTest Exposures by F-StopsA Photo Tour of My Darkroom
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