digital exposure experiments

This is a series of test exposures made on a Nikon D50 with a Sigma f/1.8 lens. Every file was shot as a Nikon RAW file and edited in Adobe Camera Raw.
The tests were done to learn just how far editing a RAW file can go in terms of digging up exposure information from the sensor. And hopefully allowing photography in low light. Continue reading

How to make Cyanotype Prints

[REPUBLISHED Originally Posted April 21 2006] The Cyanotype process has been around since at least 1842. The invention of the process is credited to Sir John Herschel. The images it creates are based on ferric salts that create the distinctive prussian blue tone that this process is so known for. There are numerous websites and books that outline various recipes or how-to’s on creating Cyanotypes. This how-to is mine. This will show you step by step how to make a cyanotype print.

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