Swamp sheoak Casuarina obesa Canning River
I never grow tired of photographing the swamp sheoaks along the Canning River wetlands.
Tetenal E6 Velvia 4×5 Film Processing – Do it Yourself
Velvia 4×5 Tetenal E6 3 bath process: developing your 4×5 sheet film transparencies yourself.
Stand Development proven film speed increase contrast range
Demonstrated film speed increase and extend contrast range. A simple film processing technique that could substantially improve your print quality.
Testing Film Speed no densitometer required
You don’t need an expensive densitometer to perform accurate film speed tests. Learn how to expose and develop your black and white film correctly.
Loading Sheet Film Double Darks 4×5
This basic video shows how to load 4×5 sheet film into a double dark film holder. All steps need to be made in total darkness for both black and white or colour film.
Photographic Print Types
I have listed four common photographic print types using silver and chemistry as their basis. These include traditional silver gelatin fibre based prints, Polaroid prints, Type C colour prints and Cibachrome or Ilfochrome prints.
Split grade printing on fibre based paper Part 3
Split grade printing is my preferred technique for printing from a high contrast image with the goal of making a full tonal range silver gelatin fibre based print.
Establishing a standard exposure time for contact printing.
Contact Proof Prints Standard Exposure Time Part 2
The importance of establishing a standard exposure time for making and assessing your first contact prints.
Printing Overdeveloped Negatives – Part 1
Overdeveloped negatives, we all have them, but how do you print from them?
Silver Lace Ferns Polaroid Film Polaroid Type 55 positive print
Alas, Polaroid Type 55 positive negative film is no longer made. It was rated around 50 ISO on the box which, in my eagerness, is what I exposed the image above at. Great for a well exposed print, but possibly a mistake for a negative if you want to print from it.