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Book of alternative photographic processes / by Christopher James.

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Main Author: James, Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, N.Y. : Delmar Thomson Learning, [2002]
Subjects:
Photography > Processing
Photography > Printing processes
Photography, Handworked
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Pinhole:
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History: Conception & Connections
  • The Thumbnail Principle
  • A Little Science
  • How To Make a Pin Hole Camera & Pinhole Construction
  • Testing the Camera
  • Finding the Correct Exposure & Making Pictures
  • Pinhole Recommendations, Resources, & Related Web Sites
  • The Negative: Traditional & Alternative Options
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • Tiphaigne de la Roche's, Giphantie, (1760)
  • An Appropriate Time to Explain Things
  • What Negative Density Means
  • Negative Production Options
  • Commercial Labs, Copy Machine, Desk-Top Printers
  • Acrylic Negatives from Printed Sources
  • Polaroid Type 55 Positive / Negative Film
  • Conventional Films
  • The Cliche Verre & The Photogram
  • Single Stage Negative to Negative Duplicating
  • Multi-Stage Duplicating Films
  • Exposure & Development Considerations
  • Pyro
  • Soemarko's LC-1 & LC-1B Low Contrast Lith Formulas
  • Digital Options
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History: The Digesting Duck to the Present
  • My View: the Present State of the Digital Arts
  • A Digital Caveat
  • A Digital Negative: A Layman's Explanation
  • Making CMYK Separation Negatives THE PLASTIC CAMERA
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • Toy Camera Philosophy & The Six Plastic Virtues
  • Plastic Camera Hints, Tips, & Shutter Modification
  • The Salted Paper Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • The Camera Lucida
  • Chemistry and Formulas
  • Gelatin, Sea Salt, & Starch Salting Formulas
  • The Silver Nitrate Sensitizing Formula & Application
  • Coating &Printing Salted Paper
  • Pre Wash & Wash Considerations
  • Toning Formulas for the Salted Paper Process
  • Gold Borax, Gold-Thiocyanate, Gold-Acetate Toning
  • Platinum, Palladium, Gold 231, & Blue-Gray Toning
  • Fixing the Salted Paper Print
  • Contrast Control & Final Wash THE CYANOTYPE PROCESS
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • How Cyanotype Works
  • The Chemistry: Chemicals and Sensitizer Formula
  • The Negative
  • Paper, Fabric Surfaces & Sensitizing
  • The Hake Brush
  • A Few Words About the Sun & Exposing the Cyanotype
  • Development: Water or Acid Options
  • Washing and Instant Gratification Oxidization
  • Clearing Highlights
  • Trouble-shooting & Formulas for Toning the Cyanotype
  • Cyanotype Variations: Fabrics & the New Cyanotype
  • Overview & Expectations
  • Materials & Preparation of Fabrics
  • Making Images: Chemistry & Formula
  • Coating, Printing, & Development
  • Post Development Options, Toning & Care
  • The New Cyanotype
  • A Little History
  • Five Shortcomings of the Classic Cyanotype Process
  • Chemical Solutions for the First 3 Shortcomings
  • Chemistry, Preparation, Coating & Drying
  • Negatives, Exposure, Processing, & Clearing
  • The Kallitypes: Van Dyke, B-V-D, Kallitype, & Brownprint Processes
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • The Van Dyke process
  • Van Dyke Chemistry: Sensitizing & Fixing
  • Papers, Sizing, & Negatives
  • Coating, Exposure, & Processing Steps for the Van Dyke
  • Lead Acetate, Gold 231, Selenium, Blue, & Split Toning
  • The Blue-Van-Dyke Process (B-V-D)
  • The Kallitype Process
  • The Sensitizer
  • A Little History
  • The Process: Chemistry, Formula & Preparation
  • Brush & Glass Rod Coating and Preparing a Hake Brush
  • Exposing the Print
  • Development Option #1: Black, Sepia, Brown, Gray-Blue Tones
  • Development Option #2: Ammonium Citrate and Sodium Acetate
  • Alternative Toning Options for Kallitype ·Contrast Control, Clearing, Fixing Formulas & Final Wash
  • The Brownprint Process
  • Overview of Sensitizer: Chemistry & Preparation
  • Exposure, Development, Fixing & Washing
  • The Platinum / Palladium Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • The Process Explained & Supplies and Materials
  • The Negative
  • Papers & Sizing
  • The Chemistry, Sensitizer, & Developers
  • Developer Formulas: Ammonium Citrate & Potassium Oxalate
  • Clearing Bath Formulas (EDTA) & an Emergency Clearing Bath
  • The Sensitizer Formulas: Platinum & Palladium
  • Platinum / Palladium Drop Chart
  • Coating the Paper & Exposure
  • Developing the Platinum / Palladium Image
  • Pre-Washing, Clearing, Final Wash & Trouble-shooting
  • Gum, Cyanotype, and Van Dyke with Pt / Pd
  • The Ziatype Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • How it Works & the Process
  • Abbreviation Symbols for Ziatype
  • Ziatype Drop Count Formulas
  • The Process: Mixing, Coating, & Exposure
  • POP Observations, Contrast Control, & Process Considerations
  • The Anthotype Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • Materials: Flowers, Berries & Alcohol
  • The Working Process
  • Paper: History, Shrinking, Sizing & Hardening
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Few Words About the History of Paper
  • Shrinking, Sizing, & Hardening
  • Formalin & Glyoxal
  • Materials You Will Need
  • The Sizing Process
  • Formalin & Glyoxal Hardening Baths & Processes
  • The Gelatin-Glyoxal Single Step Solution
  • Arrowroot, Gesso-Acrylic, Polyurethane, & Gum Sizing
  • The Gum Bichromate Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • Collotype, Calotype, Woodburytype, & The Fish-Glue Process
  • How Gum Bichromate Works
  • A Few Words Before Beginning
  • The Gum Negative & Registration
  • Ammonium Dichromate Sensitizer
  • Watercolors, Gum Arabic, & Glue
  • Traditional Sensitizer Formulas
  • Sensitizing the Paper & Staining
  • Coating & Exposure
  • Printing with a Single Color and One Negative
  • Development & Clearing the Print
  • Multiple Negative Printing
  • Trouble-shooting & Resources
  • Dichromate Options:
  • Overview & Expectations
  • The 3-D Gum Bichromate Process
  • How 3-D Works, Negatives, & Process
  • Gum Bichromate on Alternative Surfaces
  • The Basic Premise
  • The Tooth, Coating, Exposure & Processing
  • The Dusting-On process
  • A Little History
  • The Process: Contemporary
  • Working on Glass
  • Traditional Materials, Chemistry & Formulas
  • Hot & Humid Image Development
  • The Transfer Option & Herschel's Breath Printing Process
  • The Ferro-Tannic / Ferro-Gallic Iron Processes
  • A Little History
  • Chemistry, Sensitizing, Intensifying, & Toning Processes
  • The Albumen Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • How the Albumen Process Works
  • Method #1: Traditional Raw Egg Method
  • Method #2: The Powdered Albumen Method
  • Method #3: The Instant Gratification Method
  • Coating & Floating the Paper: Glossy or Matte Coating
  • Hardening & Sensitizing Paper: Silver to Salt Ratio
  • The Effects of Silver Albumenate
  • Exposure, Processing, Toning & Fixing the Albumen Print
  • A Simple Test for Residual Silver & Washing the Albumen Print
  • Pop: the Printing Out Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • A Little History
  • POP Formulas and Process
  • Pre-Coated POP Papers & Process
  • Gold-Thiocyanate & Gold-Alkaline Toners
  • Replenishment of Gold Toners
  • Platinum, Gold-Platinum, Split Toning, & Gold-Borax Toning
  • Fixing and Final Wash for
  • Pop Hand Applied Emulsions:
  • Photo-Etching & Resists, Paint, The Contemporary Tintype, The Wet Collodion & Ambrotype Processes
  • Overview & Expectations
  • Varieties of Liquid Emulsions and Hardening Liquid Emulsions
  • Emulsions on Glass, Ceramics and Metal: Materials & Process
  • Solarplates, Photo-Resists, Simple Resists, Formulas & Etching
  • Contemporary Tintype Process:
  • A Little History
  • The Dry Plate Process
  • Coating, Exposure, Development, & Trouble-shooting
  • Wet Collodion & Ambrotype Process
  • A Little History
  • The Ambrotype Process
  • Salted Collodion Emulsion, Developer, & Fixer
  • Mounting, Varnishing, & the Presentation of Ambrotypes
  • The Mordancage Process
  • Overview & Expectations
  • Materials & Process
  • Re-development & Depouillment (gelatin removal)
  • Oxidation & Final Steps
  • Image Transfer Processes:
  • Color Lazer, Heat Transfer, Lazertran System, Polaroid Transfers & Emulsion Lifts & Ink Jet Water Transfer
  • Overview & Expectations
  • How a Color Laser Copier Works
  • Copyright and Post-Modernism
  • At the Copy Store & Materials
  • Color Laser Solvent Transfer, Varneytype, Blender Pens
  • Water & Dry Mount Process
  • Fabrics, Transfers & Non-Silver
  • Lazertran Transfer Systems
  • Transfer Processes for Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood, & Plaster
  • Lazertran Silk & Fabric Transfer
  • Lazertran Etch
  • Polaroid Emulsion Transfers & Emulsion Lifts
  • What is Polaroid Film & How it Works?
  • Materials & Processes for Transfers & Emulsion Lifts
  • Exposing Type 59 in an Enlarger
  • Ink Jet Water Transfer Process
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Safety Considerations & Data for Chemicals Used in This Book
  • MSDS and Lab Safety Web Sites
  • Simple Definitions: pH, Acid, Alkali
  • Working With Chemicals: Always & Never Rules
  • CAS Numbers
  • Chemicals and Definitions
  • Disclaimer
  • Appendix B. Us / Metric Conversion Tables
  • Dry and Liquid Measures Conversions (small volume)
  • Temperature Conversions
  • Percentages: Description & Calculation
  • Appendix C. How To Make a Simple Uv Exposure Unit
  • Overview, Materials and How to Make One
  • Appendix D. A Working Inventory for Planning an Alternative Process Workshop Or Class
  • Materials and Set Up for the Working Space
  • Appendix E. A Modest List of Resources
  • Chemicals, Lab Gear & Kits
  • Www.msdssearch.com
  • Lab Materials. & Art Supplies
  • Film & Photographic Supplies
  • Scans, Digital Printing, Books, Postcards, Portfolios
  • Appendix F. Alternative Processes on the Interment
  • Appendix G. An Alternative Process Working Space
  • Appendix H. Selected Bibliography: Contemporary & Historical.
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