From: Christopher Lovenguth (zantzant@hotmail.com)
Date: 04/03/03-02:44:58 PM Z
There are far more people here with cyanotype expertise then me, but I can
do very simple answers as to why this is happening.
First your negative has to be made right for the process. For me (and others
here might disagree) when I have done cyanotypes, I used a very dense high
contrast negative. It seems to work the best for me. The "traditional" great
zoned B&W negative for B&W prints tend (for me) to make bad flat alt prints.
It's almost like you have to throw out all you learned about making the
"great" black and white negative.
Second, how the chemicals is applied to the material and the type of
material, sizing, etc will also affect the outcome.
Third, many many years of trying. Of course you can start having great
examples after a few attempts, but the truly beautiful prints come from
experience, trial and error. In fact, I think this can be said of all
printing processes but especially alt processes.
-chris
>From: "Rauch, Shelley" Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca To:
>alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca Subject: Another Cyanotype question Date:
>Thu, 03 Apr 2003 15:21:50 -0500
>
>My teacher cancelled class today, so unfortunately I couldn't ask her this
>question.
>
>I looked at some of the cyanotypes my fellow students have produced.
>Without exception, the images look very flat. I almost want to say that
>they resemble something more like a batik or fabric print. There doesn't
>seem to be a full representation of tones in the images.
>
>I was scurrying about on the internet today, just looking for any relevant
>cyanotype info that will help me out this weekend. I came across some
>galleries that showed cyanotypes. I was shocked to see that they look
>like... well, photographs, except in blue. This is what I saw:
>http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=155 (some
>scrolling is required).
>
>The work I saw earlier today looked *nothing* like this. Any opinions on
>what would give the results I described? And what do I need to produce
>something that does have a variety of tones?
>
>Thanks, Shelley
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