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- In this video, I demonstrate how to make photographic prints at home using daylight. The processes I am using here are the "lumen" and "chemigram" processes which you can find out about more here:
www.lomography...
www.alternative...
You can buy materials here:
Developer, Fixer, Photographic Paper: www.silverprin...
Ebay is also a great place to find expired/fogged photographic paper.
Ilford Multigrade Resin Coated (RC) is a good paper to start with.
You can also print a negative on acetate/transparent material, to create a lumen print with a digital photograph. See here: • How To Make A Lumen Pr...
I am, by no means, an expert on these processes but I wanted to show how easy it is to make photographic prints at home during these difficult times. A version of this video was originally made in place of a workshop for my photography students who were not able to attend my class in the darkroom.
To find out about a master chemigram artist, you can watch a video about Pierre Cordier, produced by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
• Cameraless photography...
I am also the founder and co-director of the London Alternative Photography Collective, which promotes the use of analogue and experimental photographic processes. You can see our website here: www.londonaltph...
P.S. No offence to "traditional darkroom nerds", I am one too. ;)
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You mentioned explaining how to make your own development chemicals. I for one would be keen on watching that.
Yes, what Metamerist said- that'd be awesome! Thankyou, Melanie, for sharing. I learnt a little about photography at Art School when I was younger, and my favourite ever part of that was making and using pinhole cameras. I loved the magical simplicity of them and the excitement of seeing how the images would turn out. Anyway, I've subscribed now, because I LOVE this DIY stuff...but yeah, if this comment isn't too late for you to see, I definitely second Metamerist's comment!
For me it's partly a 'I don't know what I don't know' thing. But anything that doesn't require the use of too much gear is a plus.
@@Metamerist625 I will be doing a video on how to make your own photographic chemicals quite soon!
@@3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs I will be doing a video on how to make your own photographic chemicals quite soon!
Amazing results!! Thanks for sharing
@@Chidigood_ thank you !
thank you thats great technique, I did one set once with magazine figures cut out and all sorts of padlocks to make a unique sink bathroom scene. I will try to post pic for you later. You really know your subject very well , no script and easy to hear speech process.
This is really cool and interesting. I remember doing something similar in our photography class in school with overhead projector sheets drawn on with sharpie!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was really interesting, I have always wanted to experiment with photo paper and this has been useful to see what can be achieved. Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Great thank you! Love how you show half of the paper developing!
Thank you! 😀
Thanks a lot for the video. I've just began experimenting with alternative photography. It's nice to be able to see a tutorial in video format.
I've been playing with lumen prints and solargraphy the last couple of days. I was looking into chemigrams too. I might give it a go today.
I hope you continue doing those videos. I'm really enjoying them.
That is great to hear! Please do show me your results
@@MelanieKing You can see them in the latest tweets in my feed twitter.com/allysseriordan
@@allysseriordan1073 I just had a look, nice fern-y lumen print!
Thank you for sharing! This is really cool.
nice splatter patterns, there's a lot of possibilities with these techniques. Thanks for sharing! Good luck with the research.
The light and shadows on the windows and curtains - your voice - the seagulls chatting - your lovely face - photography - your sense of humor.
super cool thank you! I just started getting into this and tried my first chemigram, sadly with no result at all.. I am wondering what I did wrong. I used Ilford rapid fixer, and ilfosol 3 as developer but literally nothing happened. now I wonder if it might be the photographic paper, I used Ilford semi gloss, hope you can help :)
Hey. How much light exposure did you give to the chemigram? It's very strange that you got no result at all. Feel free to email me through my website :)
So using large negatives (plates/sheets) for contact prints without an enlarger or any chemicals? Might be worth a shot, I got a bunch of old paper and a lot of sun this week
Nice. I like seeing this process with traditional chemistry. Would you keep the developer and re-use it after cleaning off the suntan cream or should it be discarded? Is there any advantage to going back and forth between the developer and fixer multiple times?
I would keep the developer for the chemigram process, but not if I was planning to use it for any "clean" photography. Yes, going back and forth between the two chemicals allows black (developer) and white (fixer) layers/lines to build up which gives the illusion of depth to the shapes and forms.
Put the paper in 2% acetic acid solution (1:5 to 1:10 vinegar with water solution). It's called a stop bath, prolongs the life of your fixer :)
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Is it possible for me to send some samples of my salt prints?
Does lumen printing work with fresh paper?
Both fresh and expired!