by jorj

posted August 15, 2014

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In the last few days I’ve gotten two questions about printing on glass. What a fantastic coincidence! It must mean it’s time to write about it here. I started printing on glass because I wanted big transparencies. Developing slides might be time consuming and difficult (an hour of keeping chemicals at 120 degrees F? Sigh) […]

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posted May 27, 2014

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When writing computer programs, there’s a tradition of having your first one say “Hello World.” So that’s the title of this shot, which is from my first roll of homemade 120 film. For years I’ve thought that I might some day be crazy enough to try making my own film. I’ve slowly amassed the materials […]

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posted February 9, 2014

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Well, we had no power for three days, but the house is all powered back up finally. On Thursday, I took the opportunity to dodge downed trees on every third road and walk around the Curtis Arboretum. Of course, trees were still falling left right and center – one fell and blocked the driveway I […]

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posted December 25, 2013

tags jake, people

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Merry Christmas!

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posted November 10, 2013

tags nature, people, widelux

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posted November 9, 2013

tags diacordG, film, people

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posted November 7, 2013

tags altprocess, cyanotype, gum, people

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posted October 21, 2013

tags altprocess, children, diacordG, diacordL, dryplate, jake, people, tintype

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Over labor day weekend, I had a few photographers and alt-printers over for printfest 2013 – a chance for me to teach a little alt-photo, experiment a little, and for all of us to make some nice prints. Of course two of the participants had to bring large format gear, which I’ve been avoiding like […]

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posted September 8, 2013

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Cyanotypes are one of the easiest alt process prints to make. Bought as a kit from just about anywhere, you get two bottles: part “A” and part “B”, which you mix in equal amounts before applying to paper. Dry; expose to light; wash in water. Kids play. I like to use cyanotype as the base […]

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posted August 9, 2013

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I’m slowly getting to my image backlog: this is Alexa, from Burning Man 2012.

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posted May 2, 2013

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Well, I finally gave in. I’ve avoided doing any carbon printing for years now. From everything I’ve ever read, Carbon Printing is a fickle beast. It likes a clean, orderly way of doing things. It likes things done slowly and methodically. It likes precision and perfection. It just doesn’t seem like a good fit for […]

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posted April 26, 2013

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Good news arrived in the mail – “Joe” will be showing at the State Museum of PA in Harrisburg from June 22nd through September 8th. This is their 46th annual juried exhibition; the second year I’ve submitted, and second year I’m showing. If you’re out that way, stop by; some of the other pieces at […]

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by jorj

posted April 13, 2013

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A year or two ago, I stumbled across a product called “Inkodye”. It’s a light-sensitive fabric dye system, which at the time was marketed in something like 12 or 14 different colors. I’ve been interested in trying it ever since, and finally got around to it; last week I ordered their current product line, which […]

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posted April 7, 2013

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Following up on my earlier post on The Chiba System, results on that final print were mixed. From a distance it looks somewhat reasonable: … but once you get up close, you’ll see that something odd happened: It looks to me like each additional layer in this 7-layer print pulled the pigment below it in […]

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posted February 26, 2013

tags altprinting, chiba

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I love making gum and casein prints. I don’t love that they both rely on dichromate (a form of hexavalent chromium) – a known carcinogen and a suspected mutagen. So I was very interested to read Halvor Bjørngård’s little-known 2007 paper, “The Chiba System 千葉方式: a non toxic alternative to the dichromate processes.” In it, […]

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by jorj

posted January 29, 2013

tags altprocess, cyanotype

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I enjoy printing cyanotypes: simple chemistry, simple reactions, nice deep blues, non-toxic, and the moment you drop it in water is dramatic. It’s very straightforward and difficult to do wrong – it just takes a long time to expose a print properly, and under-exposing leads to the bad sort of drama. Back in 2011, I […]

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