Archive for 'Darkroom'

Air bubbles stains in gum bichromate

Air bubbles during the developing phase of bichromate gum result in dark stain on the print.

Wet sizing with threading bar

Use a threading bar to quickly and evenly size paper sheets for historical processes.

How to eliminate the precipitate from Van Dyke Brown solutions

The addition of tartaric acid in VDB solutions reduce the quantity of precipitate.

Van Dyke Brown

Preparation of classical VDB solution and modified (without precipitate) VDB solution.

Dupont 4-R, Eder’s harmonizing reducer

Dupont 4-R intensify shadows and reduce high densities to correct exceptionally contrasted analogical negatives.

Basicity and color of cyanotype

Influence of basicity on the color of Cyanotype: the results using cheap and slightly basic paper are visually superior.

Tea toned posterized cynotype

A special tea toned posterized cyanotype print.

Paper for cyanotype: the winner is Bristol 350g

Bristol 350g: low-cost, deep shadows, high weight, fine detail for cyanotype.

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