post alternative techniques

[Emil Schildt]

As we wait for the quiet to hopefully end I'll show a couple of recent images.

Painted with light - negative ruined/killed/distressed - then made into Bromoil...

[Peter Lewin]

As we wait for the quiet to hopefully end I'll show a couple of recent images.

Painted with light - negative ruined/killed/distressed - then made into Bromoil...

Fascinating work! Am I the only one to immediately think of Mortensen?

[ndg]

Emil, you are one of the artist on this forum who knows their artistic voice (nudes), has found the right technique to express it (bromoils) and not only stays true to it but keep pushing the envelope. Great work as usual!

[jp]

Fascinating work! Am I the only one to immediately think of Mortensen?

No, Mortensen thinks of Emil.

[Emil Schildt]

No, Mortensen thinks of Emil.

Well - he was half Danish I think... (I like Mortensen, but don't use him as inspiration - not knowingly at least...)

[Ironage]

Crow Creek Falls by Timothy Gordish, on Flickr

5x7 Cyanotype. I think it might have needed a little more exposure.

[koraks]

Nice blueprint, beautiful scene. Yeah, maybe a tad more exposure and it seems like the thicker coating in some areas has produced a better dmax. What kind of paper do you use? And is this traditional cyanotype or Mike ware's new version? The latter responds well to addition of a few drops of a strong citric acid solution to the sensitizer and dichromate for contrast control. I generally use 1 drop per ml of 40% citric acid and 1-2 drops of 2% ammonium dichromate.

[jp]

Did this a couple weeks ago with my test prints. Left is a normal test print, a little overdone. Middle is a 4x5 test print overdone, but partly bleached and then coffee toned. Right is mostly bleached and then coffee toned. Final print is below. It does not show the shadow gradations as nicely in this online reproduction as the original shows. I was going for the darker pictorialist style and nailed it good. Appears blocked up on the web, but it's nice in hand. From an 8x10 Ektascan b/ra negative. New Cyanotype chem on Arches Platine paper.

_DSC1046 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr

_DSC1045 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr

[Vaughn]

testing out posting a old image, but re-photographed and photoshopped to see how it looks on this site.

Redwood
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
8x10 carbon print from camera negative

Second image is the older version (same print, just not good as a reproduction of it).

[Ironage]

Thanks Koraks. Blue Print is the original formula. The paper is Rising Stonehenge. This was the first time I made a cyanotype from this negative.