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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
by Chris Nicholson You can’t know for sure if a sunrise or sunset will be as spectacular as you and your camera hope. But by paying attention, you can make a good guess as to what colors to expect when that sun hits the horizon. And if you don’t like those colors, you can, to [...]
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