Category Alternative Processes

How to make chemigrams

alternative portrait chemigram

Chemigram ideas and how to make them I have seen this attempted by many, but mastered by a select few. One of these is Pierre Cordier “With the advent of photography in 1839, painting underwent a radical transformation. Nowadays, the…

How To Make Creative Lumen Prints

lumen print

Lumen Print Tutorial Lumen prints are an incredibly an incredibly rewarding way to introduce yourself to the world of contacting printing, the biggest plus in their favour is that you don’t really need a darkroom to get them to work.…

Google deep dream distorted portrait

Google Deep Dream is program which finds and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, and creates a dreamlike hallucinogenic appearance in deliberately over-processed images. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists. Essentially the…

How to make a tintype photograph

large format tintype portrait

How to create a wetplate photograph – beginners guide to tintypes. I’ve wanted to have a crack at wet plate photography since I was about 16, there is something that is captured behind the eyes of a tintype portrait that…

How to create watergrams

watergram

How to create a contact print of water This technique of creating a contact print is relatively unexplored in the photographic world, but all things darkroom and analogue are coming back into fashion and this is a great way to…