Formulae
Film Developing Times
Feature Articles:
Fundamentals of Temperaprint
by Peter Fredrick
This dichromate-based process allows printingin color with egg tempera.
Tri-Color Gum with Cyanotypeby Sam WangGorgeous 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.
Mordançageby 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 papers, developers to use, etc.
Additional Articles:
Historic/Alternative Processes:
Alternative Process Quick Start (Joe Lipka) The Bromoil Acid Bath The Bromoil Soft Ink Technique Demonstrated by René SmetsA Carbon Symposium - Some Contemporary Printers (Sandy King)The Carbon Transfer Process (Sandy King)Casein Bichromate (E. J. Theisen) The Chrysotype Reinvented (Richard Eugene Puckett)Cyanotype and other Non-Silver Ferric ProcessesDry Print Out with Platinum and Palladium (Richard Eugene Puckett)Enlarged Negatives Using APHS Ortho Film & Pyro Developer (Bob Herbst)Ferric Silver Formulae - Vandyke & KallitypeFundamentals of Temperaprint (Peter Fredrick) Getting Started in Wetplate Collodion Photography (Joseph Smigiel)Gold Toning Vandyke Brown Prints (Sandy King)A Guide to Platinum Printing (Joe Lipka)Gum Over Platinum (Clay Harmon)How to make a Simple Silver-Based Photographic Emulsion (T. Holsinger) An Interview with Robb Kendrick, Master TintypistLess is More - Negatives by ReversalMaking Kallitype Prints (Sandy King)Making P.O.P. (Printing Out Paper) (Liam Lawless)Mordançage (Christina Z. Anderson)The Mummies of Guanajuato: An Interview with Robb KendrickPhotopolymer Printing (Jim Read) Preliminary Notes on BromoilSalted Paper FormulaeThree Color Gum Taylor Made (Lear Levin)Tri-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)Cerium Bleach Diapositives (Harvey Yurow)Development by InspectionDivided D-23 (Joseph Lipka) Eastman 5369 as a Replacement for Tech Pan (Harvey Yurow)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 chemistryMonochrome Photographic Diapositives (Harvey Yurow) Mortensen Revisited - A Technical EvaluationPerfection XR-1 Formula?Permanganate Bleach Re-Reversa l (Harvey Yurow)Preservation of Ascorbate Developers (Patrick Gainer)Pyrocat-HD, A Phenidone-Pyrocatechin DeveloperReduced Agitation Film Processing (Steve Sherman)Rotary Processing (John Hicks) Selective Reversal: A New Path to Photo Abstraction (Harvey Yurow)The 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:Amidol FormulaeArchival Processing Azo and Amidol (Bob Herbst) Azo - Chloride Contact Paper for Large FormatAzo - Tests (Dhananjay Nayakanakuppam)Bergger Paper and the Sabatier EffectBlue Toning (Liam Lawless) Collecting and Developing Antique Photographic Paper (Harvey Yurow)A Conservator’s View of Dry Mounting (Barbara Lemmen) Double Toning PrintsDuotone Border Depletion SolarizationFlashing for Greater Mid-Tone Contrast w/ Multicontrast Papers (S. Sherman)Hand Coloring Photographs (Judith Monroe)Latent Image BleachingLith Printing... An Introduction (Tim Rudman)Lith Printing Materials Update (Tim Rudman) Old Photographic Papers Power of Process Separation System (Negative Design) (Steve Sherman)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)A Study in Green (Green Prints) (Harvey Yurow)Testing Gold Protective Solution (Liam Lawless) Testing Kodak Selenium Toner (Liam LawlessTips & Tricks for Blue Toning (Liam Lawless)Tips on Printing
Miscellaneous:
A Basic Library for Photographic Experimenters (Harvey Yurow)Coffee Can Pinhole CameraEmotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude (Norm La Coe) Emotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude, Part 2 (Norm La Coe)Estimating Exposure Exposure Calculator for Pinhole Exposures Filter Factors for Black & White Panchromatic FilmHardening Solutions for Film and PaperHow to Make a Pinhole Photography at the Crossroads - Whither Analog? (Harvey Yurow)Rob Kendrick & the Mummies of Guanajuato: An Interview
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