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We're all about historical photographic methods in use today. Learn how to print photographs with these techniques, or share your own experiences with others. Welcome.

Cyanotype photographers

Olive Dean

UK photographers From: Edinburgh, Scotland. Shows: Cyanotypes and Lumen prints. See gallery

Open blog

A Prolegomenon for Gum Printers and Other Visual Alchemists: Trying to See What You See in Fringe

Join the discussion as Peter wraps up the series by fighting a border skirmish. Better wear a helmet.

Cameras, film & technique

An X-ray is like a picture, except the fact that it uses the infamous x-rays instead of visible light. Another difference is that in photography we usually capture the light that is reflected by objects, while in x-ray capture the rays pass through the objects, more precisely our body. But if it were an analogue camera?

Cameras, film & technique

Composition: The Theory and Psychology of Framing Your Image

Today, we’re taking a look at the theory and psychology behind the size, framing, and visual weight of different elements in your photographic composition. You’d be surprised how much there is to learn about this choice, and the impact your decision can have!

Anthotype photographers

Sarah van Keuren

North American photographers – East & East Coast From: Philadelphia, USA. Shows: Anthotypes, Cyanotypes, Gum over cyanotype. See gallery

Anthotype photographers

Rosemary Horn

New Zealand photographer From: New Zealand. Shows: Anthotypes, Photograms and Photosynthesis. See gallery

Workshops

CAP-Daguerreotype: Mercury with Kenneth Nelson (Saturday and Sunday August 25 & 26, 2012)

The goal is to have each participant leave the workshop with mercury-process daguerreotypes that they have made themselves, and the knowledge to safely undertake the process on their own, from an informed standpoint.

Workshops

CAP-Daguerreotype: Becquerel with Jason Greenberg Motamedi (Saturday and Sunday August 18 & 19, 2012)

In this workshop we will learn, practice, and discuss different methods of daguerreotypy with the goal that every participant be able to produce several images, and quickly be on their way to making daguerreotypes on their own.

Workshops

CAP-Bromoil with Joy Goldkind (Saturday and Sunday, August 11 & 12, 2012)

The Bromoil process is a printing method that was very popular in the early 1900s.

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CAP-3D and Stereoscopic Photography with Bryan Whitney (Saturday and Sunday May 19 & 20, 2012)

3D, or stereoscopic, imaging is one of the earliest “alternative” techniques in photography and was in wide use by the 1850’s.

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CAP-Wet Plate Shooting Night (Thursday May 17, 2012)

This is a 5 hour shooting night for the wet plate community to interact with other wet plate photographers. This shooting night will be for shooting and troubleshooting the wet plate process.

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CAP-Collodion Troubleshooting with Ellen Susan (Saturday and Sunday April 28 & 29, 2012)

In this workshop, students will explore each chemical step of the process, and how it interrelates and reacts with every other step.

Workshops

CAP-Cyanotype with Robert Schaefer (Saturday April 28, 2012)

This workshop is an investigation into the expressive possibilities of the Cyanotype. This process involves an iron-based chemical formula that creates a light sensitive emulsion.

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CAP-Multi-Colored Gum Bichromates with Brenton Hamilton (Saturday and Sunday October 13 & 14, 2012)

Introduction to the classic and flexible gum bichromate process.

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CAP-How to Choose and Use a Lens for Large Format and Alternative Process with Eric Taubman and Geoffrey Berliner, 3 nov 2012

This class will discuss how to determine the appropriate focal length and coverage for format and perspective.

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CAP-Beyond the Mousetrap: Building a Calotype-era Camera and Lens with Alan Greene, Sept 22-23, 2012

Taking inspiration from Talbot’s early “mouse-trap” cameras and other calotype-era designs, we will use contemporary materials like foam-core and PVC tubing to build whole-plate format box-cameras equipped with simple lenses.

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CAP-1847: The Art of the French Calotype with Alan Greene (Saturday and Sunday September 29 & 30, 2012)

Here, we will use one of earliest and most influential of the French techniques, a paper-negative method pioneered by the husband-and-wife team of Amélie Saguez and Jacques-Michel Guillot in the mid-1840s, and later known as “the Roman Method.”