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. Click on the thumbnail to browse the [...]
Photo Formulas & Techniques
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. 3 1/4 x4 1/4 and 4×5 Speed Graphics and how to use them – [...]
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 was the most popular method of printmaking from abut 1860 until about 1900. The papers were hand made, most of them in France and Germany, by coating writing paper with a mixture of eggs whites and salt. Photographs show lines of European women floating the paper in trays of egg whtes and hanging them [...]
