Amidol as a film developer
Amidol is well known as a print developer. In fact, I use it myself. But it is also a film developer, as this article from The American Annual of Photography published in 1938.
Natural Abstractions – a different view of our world
One of the definitions of art is finding the order within the chaos of the natural world. I find the order as abstractions – the deeper meaning. The photographs find more than realistic renditions. All prints are nominal 8×10 silver gelatin prints and gold-toned for permanence and color.
Graflex cameras and accessories
Graflex, under various names, made great American cameras for almost 100 years. I use several of their cameras, and this section contains such information as I have gathered about them, and about non-Graflex equipment that would have been used with them.
Seal 210M press
I dry mount my photographs using a Seal 210M dry mount press. I got mine used, and the good folks at Elmer’s, who make the press, were kind enough to email me a .pdf of the manual. I’ve had several people ask me for copies, so I am posting the manual here. You can right-click [...]
Albumen Prints – your solution when shopping for a unique gift
When you need a unique gift, order an albumen print. Each is hand-crafted and no two are alike – even when made from the same negative. They are a touch of history. Albumen was the most popular way to make prints from about 1860 until 1900. As commercial manufacturers of printing paper have reduced their [...]
