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as a response to keith's question about coffee and how i use it ...
originally i wrote this as part of my previous blog entry, but i figure it might be worthy of a post of its own ...

first i have to do the whole disclaimer thing ...
i have realized over the years when people ask me how i do something, or how i get a certain effect ( of affect )
good or bad, something they want to try themselves .. they do, and they come up empty, or dissatisfied with their ...

today i exposed a whole bunch of paper in a box camera, and the results were pretty fun.
it seems that 15 second exposures sometimes more, sometimes less worked OK for my
aged bottled emulsion. i used a stack of paper that was given to me 10-15 years ago
not sure what kind it is, but its thin, not thick/rag paper. i have been doing cyanotypes on this paper
and hand coated lumen prints so it seems to work ok ...
the paper was coated 3 times and cut down to 4x5 ...

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My first on-topic blog post in a while

After recently acquiring quite a lot of aerial roll film of 9.5", 5", and 70mm widths, I wondered how to shoot the stuff in my 11x14".

You could of course make a modified back and holders etc, but a much simpler and less costly solution occurred to me: a simple paper sleeve. This is illustrated in the attached cellphone pictures. It works very well and costs almost nothing.

What you ...

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