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The work avoided
**My mindset phrase for 2024 is “The magic you are seeking is in the work you are avoiding.” When it comes to photography there are so many options and levels of achievement that each person has to decide what photography means to them. How much time and energy do we want to invest and for […]
Foma Classic 131 – Testing and Initial Impressions
**In reading a few posts on various photographic forums about the lastest characteristics of the Foma papers, the conversations that the classic paper has a lovely warm brown tone peaked my interest. I have been seeking a warm brown image tonality without the additional steps I do today using a bleach + redevelop process. So […]
Wasting Film
**Nearly finished with my backlog of negatives and had 4 left that all required N+ developing. So I put them all in my trusty Stearman Press 445 tank and headed upstairs to the kitchen to develop them. I had screwed on the lids so tight I couldn’t get them open to pour in the presoak […]
Inspiration 2023
**I have not photographed much since middle of 2022. However in December 2023 my wife and I bought a mountain house in the community of Big Canoe Georgia. Just going there on the weekends and exploring the mountains, lakes, trails, and creeks has inspired me to get out and shoot again. There is also a […]
Lobotype POP Printing
**Looking for winter activities I stumbled into Alternative Print processes and fell in love with the workflow, plus I can do it indoors. Salt printing has its challenges and takes a long time for each print. I came across some images by Wolfgang Moersh, the guru of toning and alt chemicals, he had labeled as […]
Salt Printing Update
**I have been experimenting a bit more with Salt Printing and am finally seeing some better results. I made some drastic changes based on some good advice from other current practitioners. Coating Someone suggested the paper I was using may need sizing to allow the chemistry to sit on top of the paper rather than […]
Salt Print First Attempt
**IN the 1840s Henry Talbot Fox created a light sensitive paper coating using Salt water and Silver Nitrate to produce photogenic images. Today in November of 2021 I tried my hand at Salt printing and it was mostly a failure. I bought the Bostick and Sullivan kit and some Hahnemuhle Platinum rag paper and followed […]
SMA Salvaging a Cursed Image
**I saw a great shot of a Covered bridge in square format which felt very constrained and wanted to go shoot it in 5×12. So I picked a cloudy day and head out for another Sunday Morning Adventure. I get lost on the way there and of course it is in the middle of nowhere […]
Ilford MGRC Portfolio Pearl First Impressions
**In my last printing session I tried Ilford MGRC Portfolio Pearl finish with a high contrast negative and a low contrast negative. Unlike the famous you-tubers who were given boxes to test, I purchased the product to try it out. My paper developer is the Ansco/Formulary 130 at a dilution of 1:2 with a bit […]
SMA Chattahoochee near Helen GA
**On one of my Sunday Morning Adventures I ventured down a dirt road near Helen GA to follow the Chattahoochee River. I found a spot to park near a trail that led down to the river and a rock outcrop. While I was setting up my camera a local resident decided he needed to bathe […]