Two days ago I worked on 2 negatives, one a picture from my southwestern road trip a few years ago, a lonely road in rural Texas at dawn. I had printed this before and followed my print information sheet ideas. I used Kentmere Bromide paper and toned it with bleach/sepia/rebleach/gold. After the rebleach I wanted to get rid of the orange hue in the road, so I painted some developer on the road and it turned a steely blue/gray.
The other negative was from the same road trip, in the Guadalupe Mountain region, but I had never printed it before. The negative had nice contrast so I was hoping my first printed negative without the use of print sheets would not be too difficult. I think it turned out average, the tones don't harmonize completely, but it still looks interesting. I used the same toning procedure as the first print, and to get rid of the orange hue in the mountains I used brushed-on developer after the rebleach to bring back the cold blue/black hue.
Gaudalupe Mountains, TexasPrinted 2008
Sealy, TexasPrinted 2008
2 comments:
Keep kickin' serious creative butt.
You rock! Gotta love paintin' with chemicals. What fun!
Hey, sailor, got any photos for sale?
I'm thrilled you've got it back. I knew you would.
David
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