Formulae
Film Developing Times
Feature Articles:
Fundamentals of Temperaprint
by Peter Fredrick
This dichromate-based process allows printingin color with egg tempera.
Tri-Color Gum with Cyanotype by Sam WangGorgeous color images and a complete how-to.
The Effects of Pyro Stain in Platinum Printing
by Bob Herbst
Demonstrates that a longer printable scale is obtainable with pyro negatives for both platinum and silver printing.
Mordançageby Christina Z. Anderson Arcane bleach-etch process.
Vandyke Notes
by Wynn WhiteOne of the simplest and most rewarding of the so-called alternative processes. A complete how-to article.
Print Solarization: The Sabatier Effect in Printing
by Ed Buffaloe
Latest theory on the Sabatier Effect, & practical details on how to solarize contemporary papers, developers to use, etc.
More Articles:
Historic/Alternative Processes: Alternative Process Quick Start (Joe Lipka)The Bromoil Acid Bath The Bromoil Soft Ink Technique Demonstrated by René SmetsA Carbon Symposium - Some Contemporary Printers (Sandy King)The Carbon Transfer Process (Sandy King)Casein Bichromate (E. J. Theisen)The Chrysotype Reinvented (Richard Eugene Puckett)Cyanotype and other Non-Silver Ferric Processes Dry Print Out with Platinum and Palladium (Richard Eugene Puckett)Enlarged Negatives Using APHS Ortho Film & Pyro Developer (Bob Herbst)Ferric Silver Formulae - Vandyke & KallitypeFundamentals of Temperaprint (Peter Fredrick)Getting Started in Wetplate Collodion Photography (Joseph Smigiel)Gold Toning Vandyke Brown Prints (Sandy King)A Guide to Platinum Printing (Joe Lipka)Gum Over Platinum (Clay Harmon)How to make a Simple Silver-Based Photographic Emulsion (T. Holsinger)An Interview with Robb Kendrick, Master Tintypist Less is More - Negatives by ReversalMaking Kallitype Prints (Sandy King)Making P.O.P. (Printing Out Paper) (Liam Lawless)Mordançage (Christina Z. Anderson)The Mummies of Guanajuato: An Interview with Robb KendrickPhotopolymer Printing (Jim Read)Preliminary Notes on BromoilSalted Paper Formulae Three Color Gum Taylor Made (Lear Levin)Tri-color Gum with Cyanotype (Sam Wang)Vandyke Notes (Wynn White)Uranium (Robert W. Schramm)The ULF-28 Contact Printing Exposure System (Sandy King)Ultraviolet Light Sources for Printing with the Alt. Processes (Sandy King)UV Light Box Construction
Film and Film Developers: Appreciating RodinalBasic Film Processing TechniqueA Densitometer for Reading Pyro Negatives (Bob Herbst)Cerium Bleach Diapositives (Harvey Yurow)Development by InspectionDivided D-23 (Joseph Lipka)Eastman 5369 as a Replacement for Tech Pan (Harvey Yurow)The Effects of Pyro Stain in Platinum Printing (Bob Herbst)Introduction to Pyro Staining Developers (Sandy King)LIRF is Lurking at Your F-Stop (Patrick Gainer) Mixing Developers - Photographic chemistryMonochrome Photographic Diapositives (Harvey Yurow)Mortensen Revisited - A Technical EvaluationPerfection XR-1 Formula? Permanganate Bleach Re-Reversal (Harvey Yurow)Preservation of Ascorbate Developers (Patrick Gainer)Pyrocat-HD, A Phenidone-Pyrocatechin DeveloperRotary Processing (John Hicks)Selective Reversal: A New Path to Photo Abstraction (Harvey Yurow) The Synergism Between Phenidone and Ascorbic Acid (Patrick Gainer)Testing Pyrocat-HD (Clay Harmon) The Waterhouse Effect - Equidensity Photographic Images (Harvey Yurow)Vitamin C Developers (Patrick Gainer)
Printing and Finishing:Amidol FormulaeArchival ProcessingAzo and Amidol (Bob Herbst)Azo - Chloride Contact Paper for Large FormatAzo - Tests (Dhananjay Nayakanakuppam)Bergger Paper and the Sabatier EffectBlue Toning (Liam Lawless)Collecting and Developing Antique Photographic Paper (Harvey Yurow) A Conservator’s View of Dry Mounting (Barbara Lemmen)Double Toning Prints Duotone Border Depletion SolarizationFlashing for Greater Mid-Tone Contrast w/ Multicontrast Papers (S. Sherman) Hand Coloring Photographs (Judith Monroe)Latent Image Bleaching Lith Printing... An Introduction (Tim Rudman)Lith Printing Materials Update (Tim Rudman)Old Photographic PapersPrint Solarization - The Sabatier Effect in PrintingPyro Plus Paper Developer (Donald Miller)Solution Physical Development - An Experimenter’s Delight (Harvey Yurow)Split-Toning Part I: Background & Historical Antecedents (Jonathan Bailey) Split-Toning Part II: Processes & Procedures (Jonathan Bailey)A Study in Green (Green Prints) (Harvey Yurow)Testing Gold Protective Solution (Liam Lawless)Testing Kodak Selenium Toner (Liam LawlessTips & Tricks for Blue Toning (Liam Lawless)Tips on Printing
Miscellaneous:
A Basic Library for Photographic Experimenters (Harvey Yurow)Coffee Can Pinhole Camera Emotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude (Norm La Coe)Emotion in Photographs - the Landscape Nude, Part 2 (Norm La Coe)Estimating ExposureExposure Calculator for Pinhole Exposures Filter Factors for Black & White Panchromatic FilmHardening Solutions for Film and Paper How to Make a PinholePhotography at the Crossroads - Whither Analog? (Harvey Yurow) Rob Kendrick & the Mummies of Guanajuato: An Interview
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