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Brian Young

“The Open Door, Forbidden City, Beijing” by Brian Young. Toned cyanotype.

Salt prints and cyanotypes: a short history of printing processes

Brian Young tells the fascinating story of salt prints and cyanotypes – photographic printing processes from the 19th Century.

Categories History of alt. proc.
EV chart exposure

Determining exposures for the pinhole camera

Brian Young shows us how to measure our exposure times for our pinhole cameras a little more precisely than “bright sun” or “hazy sun”.

Categories Pinholes

Pinhole Design – what Lord Rayleigh really said

Thoughts from two men on pinhole design. Brian Young investigates the relationship between focal length and the diameter of the pinhole and what Lord Rayleigh thought of this.

Categories Pinholes

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