UV light and UV light boxes
UV light and UV light boxes is often used to develop alternative photographic prints. Learn how to make a UV light box.
Using LED lamps to expose alternative photographic processes prints
Exposure is one of the most important variables in alternative photographic printing. While sunlight remains the traditional choice, UV LED lights have become a practical and reliable alternative. They allow…
Building an LED exposure box for cyanotypes and other processes
A practical guide to building a safe, reliable LED exposure box for cyanotype printing, enabling consistent results without relying on sunlight. Writer and photography / Manfred J. Semmler To be…
Collab – Finding the perfect exposure time for printing cyanotypes in the sun
A cyanotype is made by exposing paper coated with light-sensitive cyanotype chemicals in the sun or under a UV light box, usually resulting in rich Prussian blue images. But exposure…
Build a DIY UV Light Box for Alternative Photography for Home or Classroom
A dependable UV light source is essential for many alternative photographic processes, especially when sunlight isn’t available. Paige Billin-Frye and Mac Cosgrove-Davies share two practical, easy-to-build designs – one made…
UV printing using sunlight – with total control
Using sunlight as a light source when printing can give unpredictable results. Wanger Lungov explains how a UV exposure meter can help when printing for example Van Dyke Brown, Cyanotype,…
Build a UV led box for cyanotypes
Gavin Lyons shows how to make a Cyanotype image with a UV LED box. Cyanotypes are traditionally developed in sunlight, but in the winter the UV light isn’t so strong…
Building a UV printer
Carlo Ponzoni finds the sun quite unreliable and builds his own UV printer.
Printing frames
You can spend hundreds of dollars on a great frame or try scoring one in a thrift shop, in any case, here are a few ideas. A reliable contact printing frame is essential for anyone working with alternative photographic processes. While commercial printing frames can be costly, making your own is both affordable and practical. This… Making your own printing frame is not difficult; a basic one can easily be made, a printing frame with a hinge back may require a little bit of skill and… Contact printing frames are essential tools in alternative photographic processes such as cyanotype, platinum/palladium, gum bichromate, and more. The processes rely on materials with low light sensitivity, and direct contact… A good printing frame can make or “break” a print, but should you splash out and get the top of the line, or should you scour the thrift stores and… Peter J. Blackburn presents a simple printing device capable of producing sharp prints with ease. Jim Read scours the second hand shops finds a contact frame. He decides to build his own – and shows you how you can do it too.
How to Build a Split-Back Printing Frame for Contact printing
How to make a good printing frame – tips and ideas
DIY Contact Printing Frames for Alt Photo
How to select a good printing frame – review of frames
A simple, economical contact printer
Darkroom DIY: Making a contact print frame
World Anthotype Day
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