Image of the day is Bowler Hat Brigade, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP paper.
From the same session as "Cassandra in Paris" came this composite shot (done in Photoshop) that I thought was very moody and ever so slightly surreal. Once I saw the rendering of the coffee toned cyanotypes, I had to try it. I'm sorely tempted to include a bowler hat brigade in my next RPG just so I can use this image...
Image of the day is Cassandra in Paris, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP paper.
As I was digging through my archives for pictures of Paris to coffee tone, I stumbled upon this image from a session with models back in 2013. I loved the way the stairs fall in the shadows, and Cassandre's fey look on this image. I decided to try out the same process, and I'm pretty pleased with the results !
Image of the day is Paris IV, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP
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After my first successful attempt with Coffee toning, I decided to give it a try with a different image: this frame within frame of the statue of Diderot at the bottom of the Tour Saint Jacques. I'm very pleased with the results here as well, even though the paper is a little bit more tainted. I've included a cyanotype print of the same image (though with 15s less exposure time, the inner arch is a lot more visible). I like them both, but the dark steel gray tones of the toned one really please me.
Image of the day is Paris IX, a coffee toned #cyanotype print.
I finally got to some results I like with coffee toning. This is the first (hopefully) of a series of images, one per arrondissement in Paris that I'm designing to illustrate my upcoming roleplaying game set in Paris.This is a cyanotype print on Hahnemühle Harmony Hot Press that was then toned in coffee. I did not bleach the cyanotype first, I dunked the still wet print in hot water with instant coffee in it. I agitated for a few minutes and then let it rest overnight. I'm very pleased with the tones here, although the print was not well coated (I had some brush issues) so it may be that I will redo it. I'm also working on a new print (tonight, probably).
Images of the day are Doors of Rome, cyanotypes on Hahnemühle Harmony paper.
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(Over the years, I have shot many, many doors. I can't quite explain the fascination, but it's there. For this New Year's I've decided to do a series of homemade cyanotype cards with doors of various cities.)
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What always strikes you in Rome is the light. Such gorgeous light. I look at the way it lights the doors, and I shoot sooooo many doors...
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Cyanotypes on hot press watercolour paper, bleached with soda crystals and toned with tannic acid. I was hoping for more black and white tones but the tannic acid has left a purple/sepia cast on both prints. I'm happier with the first image, where the range of tones has held firm from the negative.
Heute war gutes Cyanotype-Wetter 😊 Ich habe Negative auf Overheadfolie gedruckt, einmal von einer Tuschezeichnung und einmal von einem Blümchenfoto. Macht echt Spaß, zuzuschauen, wie sich die Farben mehrmals ändern, bis dieses wunderbare Blau entsteht 💙 #cyanotype#AlternativeProcess#photography#fotografie