Post Your Hand Colored Prints

[eddie]

hi all,

i have been thinking about hand coloring some prints for some time now. turns out i got some pencils with a bunch of stuff i bought the other day so tonight was the night.

i took this shot last week in the Pete's Valley area. i saw the scene and it jumped out at me for a hand coloring. this is what my mind's eye saw when i looked at the scene.

it is an 8x10 neg printed with Van Dyke Brown on arches platine paper.

lets see what you all have!

eddie

[eddie]

this is fun stuff. i will need to make some more photos with this technique in mind. my pencils will not write on RC paper so my negative selection is limited by the paper, the scene, and the exposure.

here is one more i did this morning. another VDB on arches platine. this is a wonderful sycamore tree. it is huge. i have been trying to get a good photo of it for along time....i am always afraid of people cutting down these big ole grand trees.

i have another here (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7634799). it is my very first one. it is a 6x7 cm neg so i am only posting a link to it.

thanks

eddie

[Jiri Vasina]

eddie, I was never too taken by those alt processes (though I have not seen a print personally, only the reproductions). But the colored trees in your second post have taken me aback. It's simply stunning (the 6x7cm too)...

[tim810]

Eddie,
thoes are great.


Cheers
Tim

[Monty McCutchen]

5 x 7 Wet Plate Collodion Tintype of my daughter Counti Age 6 at the time, now 8.

Hand colored with pastels crushed into powder.

Monty

[eddie]

nice one monty.

i am surprised no one is doing more of this. it is great fun! i have shot a few sheets this weekend i will try and color and get up. but for now here is one from last month i just colored.

eddie

[Pete Watkins]

These are beautiful! Any chance that you can find time to post an article on hand colouring?
Pete.

[Colin Robertson]

http://www.filmwasters.com/guests/v/guest+Gallery+09/
Not LF, but she takes it seriously.

[D. Bryant]

These are beautiful! Any chance that you can find time to post an article on hand colouring?
Pete.
Denise Ross has an excellent website with examples of her hand colored/tinted prints.

http://dwrphotos.com/

Don Bryant

[reellis67]

I did this one about 9 months back. Hand coloring is quite a bit of fun, but I've just not had the time to get back into it until just recently.

- Randy

[Pete Watkins]

Thanks for the links, Don & Colin.
Pete.

[eddie]

great photo Randy!

hand coloring is sure a lot of fun. it has also been helping "see" better when i have been out shooting. it is just another way that helps me improve my photography. i have been getting great results in many of the venues i have been displaying the work. i ma beginning to think i may be on to something! i have had a couple people interested in buying a few prints......lets hope it pans out!

Peter, you are the second person to ask about an article. i will write something up in the next few days.

thanks everyone. i encourage all you shooters to try this.

eddie

[eddie]

two more i just printed.

VDB 8x10 shot with my 11 1/2 inch verito at about f11. the more colored one is toned in selenium.

thanks

eddie

[Kerik Kouklis]

I'm not all that into the hand-colored look, but here is the one ambrotype that I added some color to:

http://kerik.com/wp_cabinet/images/wp063.jpg

Mark Osterman is a master at this technique.

[eddie]

I'm not all that into the hand-colored look, but here is the one ambrotype that I added some color to:


Mark Osterman is a master at this technique.

thanks kerik! very nicely done. i like the subtlety of the colors.