Project 6: Alternative Process through Digital Means

 Gum Bichromate

 Cyanotypes

Wet Plate Collodion

Project 6- Pre Work

Cyanotype: a photograph tinted a shade of blue
- invented by astronomer John Herschel around 1839
- used hyposulphite from soda to do it
- paper at the time was covered in iron salt and when soaked in water the image would appear white over a blue background

- http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/history/cyanotype-history-john-herschels-invention

Wet Plate Collodion: a photograph tinted brown. It has a more old fashioned feel and a frame that surrounds it.
- made with the "negative-positive process: contacting paper negative with with salted paper
- one piece of negative paper could produce multiple prints
- process was published by Fredrick Scott Archer in 1851












- http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/history/history-colloidon-process

Gum Bichromate: a mix of watercolor prints in a photo
- invented by Mungo Phonto around 1839
- must have 3 layers
- http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/gum-bichromates/19th-century-gum-bichromate-process

- http://www.alternativephotography.com/gallery3/calendar-competition-2012/Marek-Matusz

Project 5: Multiple Image Techniques

In this project, we learned a lot about editing in photoshop. We used layers to make panorama, multiple exposure and HDR photos. The motion photos were the hardest ones to make in my opinion because it was difficult to find a good opacity in order to show all of the movement to my content. The HDR photos were fun, it was interesting to just experiment and play around with colors, filters, layers, ect. to make incredibly cheesy and animated looking photographs (some people don't even consider them photographs). 

Panorama 1

Panorama 2

Multiple Exposure 1

Multiple Exposure 2

HDR 1

HDR 2