The Photologue A notebook of photographic studies and experiences

 

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A Milestone

— I have reached a milestone--shooting film and developing at home.

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Paper negative

— Every once in a while I have this dream where I discover an extra room in my house that I didn’t know existed before. It’s such a great feeling of expansion and promise. That’s how I felt when I heard recently you can expose photographs straight onto photographic paper.

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Toning Cyanotypes

— I've been learning the way of the alternative process. I suppose one has to begin with cyanotypes, which are exciting enough, but throw in some Borax, a lot of really bad coffee, and a little gumption, then you have something.

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The secret lives of flutes

— In an effort to learn how to photograph clear glass, I headed to my garage with my light kit, camera, and a couple of champaign flutes.

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Street portraits

— Last Spring, I loaded film into the old C330 and headed out to the unthinkable: ask people if I could take their photograph.