Buy Nothing Day
No, no, no to Black Friday! Instead of going crazy for stuff you don’t need on Black Friday – or…
No, no, no to Black Friday! Instead of going crazy for stuff you don’t need on Black Friday – or…
Heard of the Thrifted Pinhole Challenge? Heather Palecek is running an event where pinheads are invited to build pinhole cameras…
Part of being in our community is the opportunity to meet like minded people, who don’t give you a blank stare…
People often ask me “How do you get so much done?”. My answer is planning. I share my method of…
Peter J. Black burn is showing how he works with the gum process: Getting Up Front and Personal with Gum Printing.
Inspired by The pencil of nature, Dennis da Silva prints lith, salt, cyanotype and vandyke browns commercially.
Late, but not too late in life, Will Dunniway pursues his passion for the wet plate collodion process.
The myth: A pinhole camera cannot be used to make cyanotypes! Malin Fabbri confirms the myth.
Sarah Lycksten shows us how to have fun with photography – exploring and experimenting with new techniques!
Christina Z. Anderson gives us the "why and how" of the gum process, including making negatives.
Denise Ross explains how to print gum bichromates over handcrafted silver gelatin paper.
Rosie Horn lets her images develop slowly on the actual plant.
Angelo Taibi digs out a cyanotype formula to make the prints less contrasty.
An excerpt from Jill Enfield’s book Photo-Imaging (unfortunately out of print!) complete with how-to and formulas on how to size papers.
The myth: Don’t use a brush with a metal ferrule! True or not? Malin Fabbri finds out.
Photographers working actively with alternative photographic processes have shared their experience on which papers they size and which formula they use.
What is the best source of information if not photographers working actively with alternative photographic processes? By taking a short minute and answering a few questions you can share your own valuable experience.
Maximillian, age 2 years and 4 months is taking part in his first Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day – the youngest participant of the event (???).
Cody Goddard discovered a process to use the throwaway side of 669 film to make an additional print.
Sandy King, the author of the book of Carbon and Carbro tells us how to make carbon transfers.
Elizabeth Graves examines acetic acid development upon classic formula cyanotypes and disprove the myths about developing in vinegar.
Tom Miller, one of the photgraphers behind the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day talks about the event and his own pinhole obsession.
Gregg Kemp from Pinhole Visions interviews Edward Levinson after reading his book Timescapes Japan – A Pinhole Journey.
Elizabeth Graves interviews Michael Shindler of RayKo Photo Center after the opening of a new a wet plate collodion darkroom/studio for hire.