Cyanotypes

Cyanotypes are prints made from a negative, using light exposure, some chemicals, and cotton paper. Watching Alix do this process was nice, and it seemed pretty simple. She showed us the finished product and it looked so great, but unfortunately the run she did here, did not work at all. The chemicals werent exposed to enough direct sunlight i think, making the chemicals basically do nothing. here is her own blog post on Cyanotypes, with materials and instructions. http://alixblair.blogspot.com/2014/02/cyanotypes.html

anthotypes with taylor!

Anthotypes are printed photos made from the juice and pigments of plants, and vegetables. Taylor did this using red cabbage. She took just some red cabbage and some water, blending it into a nice liquid, with a dark purple color. IT SMELLS AWFUL. DO NOT USE RED CABBAGE IT STANKS. Im sure it will come out beautiful though. here is the link to her blog post on anthotypes!

http://tumblinggdice.blogspot.com/2014/02/anthotypes.html

printing on glass!

i had this awesome idea of taking some dirt and some dead flowers and throwing them on a piece of glass. I dont want to completely cover up the glass with dirt, i want there to be some light coming through in some areas (Glass showing without dirt on it). I would have it supported by something so i can get underneath it, and photograph it. I thought that would be an awesome image. Since we are working with alternative processes right now, why not after photographing the image, transferring it onto glass. this site here has a list of materials, and steps to successfully print an image onto glass. http://www.instructables.com/id/Transfer-Photos-onto-Plexiglass/ hopefully ill be able to do a test run shortly. 

Making Metal Prints

Alternative printing is pretty awesome if you ask me. There is a photo printed on metal in my photography classroom, which made me want to look into it a little more. Im still a little unsure of the easiest way to do it, and all the tools needed to do it, but here is a youtube link to a video i watched that put an idea in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkN0wQSXHQo&feature=youtube_gdata_player      
                                 
This website here, demonstrates some ways to overcome some of the obstacles you may come across in the process of making a beautiful metal print.  

http://www.booksmartstudio.com/products/view/15_booksmart-fine-art-metals/153_metal-printing-basics/page

subject 2

OKAY here are the final images of my house. ENJOY

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	1600

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	1600

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	400

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	42mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/5
ISO	800

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/10
ISO	1600

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	400

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/60
F Number	f/4.5

subject 1

here are the few images that i took in school of the ceramics classroom. wish i got more but im happy with what i have!

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	34mm
Exposure	1/30
F Number	f/5
ISO	200

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/13
F Number	f/5
ISO	200

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	30mm
Exposure	1/13
F Number	f/9
ISO	800

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	30mm
Exposure	1/6
F Number	f/9
ISO	800

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Starting off the year, my idea was to photograph the inner workings of a classroom in my school. But that didnt really work out how I wanted it to, so i got a few good images and got out of there!! Recently i got a job and do not have the time to take the amount of pictures i would like. So on my free time in between working and babysitting, i photograph my lovely house and things inside it i find nice. Once Photoshop stops closing out in the middle of me doing things, i will upload the images(: