Cyanotypes and chocolate: a match made in San Francisco
Elizabeth Graves visits Chocolate Covered, a cyanotype and chocolate shop in San Francisco.
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How to make an elegant photo album
Elizabeth Graves instructs us how to make a handmade album – a great place to store all your alt. proc. prints.
The Kallitype Printing Kit – A great start
Elizabeth Graves tries out the Kallitype printing kit from the Photographer’s Formulary and gives us a couple of good tips.
Preparing your photogram image for cyanotype printing
An excerpt from Blueprint to cyanotypes: Exploring a historical alternative photographic process. Making photograms in the cyanotype process.
Our contributors
AlternativePhotography.com is very much FOR you and BY you. Here is a list of the very generous people – photographers and teachers – who have shared their expertise and knowledge for others to do better art. If you have something to share, read how to write articles here. Alexey Alexeev Photographer and researcher of alternative and historical photographic processes and the first to learn the Wet-Plate Collodion Process in modern … Read more
Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I
Alternative Photography, Art and Artists, Edition 1. A softback book representing over 100 artists working in alternative photographic processes.
From pinhole to print – Inspiration, instructions and insights in less than an hour
Inspiration, instructions and insights in less than an hour. A beginner’s guide to pinholing. The quick and easy way to learn how to build a pinhole camera!
Cyanotype exposure time – results of survey
Experienced cyantoype printers share their knowledge in this survey.
Artists A-Z list by surnames
A list of all photographers working in alternative photographic processes on AlternativePhotography.com. Photographic groups If you are a member of a photo group, contact us to have a group gallery here, this will help others find you. European Travelling Portfolio Glen Echo Photoworks Alternative Photographers Picto Benelux Uppsala Photographic Society Photograhers with a gallery on AlternativePhotography.com If you are interested in read more how to show your work … Read more
Happy new year! (2017 in review)
A big thank you to all contributors to AlternativePhotography.com during 2017! During the year a lot of things happened, and many because of you! A big design change. The entire website was re-built with a new look. Phew… Over 150 artists have shared their work in the galleries: Artists by surname Artists by process Over 20 new “how to” articles have been written by sharing and caring contributors. Our Facebook … Read more
Impossible Project Silver Shade Film: so very temperature sensitive
The Impossible Project (the IP) has been releasing their re-engineered integral films for use in Polaroid cameras this year, and before trying out any manipulations or lifts, Elizabeth took two versions of their monochrome film for a test drive in a Polaroid 600 camera to view their unique characteristics.
Working with anthotypes
Steven Pitsenbarger tells us how he achieved amazing colours using nothing but plants.
Interview with Malin Fabbri
Robert Schaefer interviews Malin Fabbri, recently after the publication of the beginners guide to cyanotypes: Blueprint to Cyanotypes.
Instruction sheet for the Kallitype printing kit
Photographers’ Forumlary has developed a kit to introduce you to Kallitypes without having to take a degree in chemistry. Read instruction sheet
Open blog
Our bloggers In our Open blog our bloggers below post interesting work they come across, thoughts and subjects for discussion. Read and comment. Nancy Breslin Nancy Breslin works with a variety of techniques, including pinhole, cyanotype and gum, and teaches part-time at the University of Delaware.