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 ...
Updated 02-25-2012 at 08:36 PM by jnanian