In the beginning there was platinum and the world was void and without form. And then God said, “Let there be pyro”, and it was good.’ So maybe I am getting a little carried away. Using pyro is not exactly a religious experience although some promote it with almost religious fervor. I have Colin & [...]
Tri-Color Gum with Cyanotype
by Sam Wang
Gum or gum-bichromate printing is a very flexible process capable of producing very beautiful and permanent prints. Although volume upon volumes have already been written on the process, few contain information that readers can follow to obtain repeatable results. This is partly because we generally do not work in scientifically [...]
In the beginning there was the egg.
Eggs have been used as a binding medium for pigment paint since primitive times. The Temperaprint process utilises a form of light sensitive paint and has some similarities to gum bi-chromate printmaking.
The process is applied to any suitable surface in the manner of Egg-Tempera-Painting. The image is built up [...]
by Chris Nicholson
Some of your best photos for a given location will come not from your first visit there, but from your second, or third, or twentieth. On your first trip you may see a great waterfall, but discover that the water flow is only a trickle during the summer. On your second trip you [...]
by Chris Nicholson
The most important item a photographer should carry in his or her camera bag, without question, without argument, without fail, is: A camera. But after that (and some lenses, film and batteries), you’ll find that your bag still has some empty pockets to fill. Here are some suggestions for how to use that [...]
by Chris Nicholson
A significant amount of travel, landscape and nature photography involves sunrises and sunsets. And a significant amount of time to photograph these solar events involves scouting locations. Therefore, it’s important for a photographer to know how to determine not only the time of a sunrise or sunset, but also where the sun will [...]
How to correct your color using RGB values
by Chris Nicholson
Part I — Part II
Part I: Prep Work
Several times people have asked me, “How can you be a photographer if you’re color blind?”
This question comes after these people learn that my eyes are particularly insensitive to the red/green areas of the spectrum. Sure, I can tell [...]
by Chris Nicholson
The first question many digital newcomers ask when scanning an image for computer use is: What DPI should the image be?
The answer these people usually get is: 72 DPI.
However, the correct answer is: It really doesn’t matter.
This can cause a lot of controversy, because many people — even ones who otherwise really know [...]
Why you shouldn’t pack your camera after sunset
by Chris Nicholson
A good sunset gives you opportunities to create many types of images: You can use the sunset light to warm the colors of objects on the landscape; you can silhouette objects in front of the setting sun; or you can photograph just the sun, perhaps with [...]
by Chris Nicholson
I was shooting in Maine in October 2001 and stopped at the marina of a small seaside village. I photographed some basic scenes with docks and boats and buoys, including this frame of a mooring line. But while the subject was decent enough, the light was rather flat.
Lincolnville, Maine. Nikon F5, Nikkor 80-200mm [...]
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