Made new test prints on some off-cuts, using a slightly stronger developer solution than usual to see impact on max. depth. The main image (Eagle Creek, Oregon) is using 18% sodium acetate (curve corrected negative), the test strips are of 20% and 15% solutions (both uncorrected). The phone capture doesn't really show the differences too well, but I think I will go for the 18-20% from now on...

(Btw. The original image is here: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/115786404185123568)

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Laurinda Bellew’s "Autumn Sunset", for our COLOUR Calendar event, captures the fleeting glow of dusk in a wet cyanotype, using honesty seed heads, inks, pigments, salt, and sun to build rich reds, pinks, and russet tones. See entries:
👉https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

TRI-COLOUR CYANOTYPE for our COLOUR Calendar event by MAREK MAJEWSKI, "ORCHIDS" — Three-layer cyanotype on delicate Japanese washi paper, embracing chance, slowness, and material texture to create a full-colour, ethereal image.
See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #tricolourcyanotype #tricolorcyanotype #altprocess

Slowly getting into a rhythm to start the day with doing a print each morning, each time still tweaking either negatives, concentrations and/or durations of different processing stages to adjust tones/hues... A new adventure with some back and forth each time!

This print is of Langkofel / Sassolungo, one of my favourite mountain massifs, just such interesting features and so many dear memories, here seen from the east (around half and hour before sunset)...

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Curious to see what’s inside our new Anthotype book? 🌿
It takes you step by step through the process – and a lot more!
Ready to learn? See:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-complete-guide/

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WET CYANOTYPE for our COLOUR Calendar event by RITA MUNGIARDI, "COSMIC BURST" — Cameraless botanicals, foam, bicarbonate, and salt create stardust-like specks and cosmic textures on acid-free paper.
See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #wetcyanotype #altprocess

Gallery update! Wisteria is a self-taught artist based in Angers, France, working with cyanotype to balance digital practice and manual printing. Her work emerges from “abandoned spaces and the natural world.” See gallery:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/wisteria/

#cyanotypes #cyanolumens #altprocess

Latest 8x6" toned kallitype print, fresh from the tray (well, from the drying line)... 🤩

(Kallitype is quite challenging in terms of balancing achieving deep blacks vs detail, so this scene took quite some tweaking to retain the details in the band of dark shadowy forest, but I'm happy how it turned out...)

#AltProcess #Kallitype #LandscapePhotography #PrintMaking #Mountains #Alps

Entry from our COLOUR Calendar event by Bonnie O. App.

Botanical subjects are a natural fit for Bonnie. This piece begins with a sun-exposed cyanotype of grasses

Artists rethink monochrome processes and share (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#cyanotype #handcoloredcyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Entry from our COLOUR Calendar event by Inkyung Seo.

Inkyung Seo works with the historic Gum Bichromate process to explore light, time, and memory through a slow, layered practice. She embraces the “mistakes” of this manual process, seeing them as emotional traces rather than flaws.

Artists rethink monochrome processes and share (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#gumbichromate #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Join the alternative photography community in 2026. Explore, experiment, and get inspired:
• Calendar Event (Theme: Colour): Now until Mar 31
• World Cyanotype Day: Sept 26 – Oct 2 (theme to come)
• World Anthotype Day: Aug 1 – Oct 31 (mission: unusual plants)
Join in:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/our-events/

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Melody Locke transforms delicate dandelion seeds into luminous lumen print for our calendar event. She extends exposure and teases out rich, unexpected colour.
See all entries and take part:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event-colour/

#lumenprint #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Finding negatives tricky? Lightroom Classic offers a simple workflow for creating digital negatives or positives for alternative photography. Learn about contrast, shape, and tone while preserving the original image. Kai Tormod Hansen shares a step-by-step workflow:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/making-negative-lightroom/

#negatives #alternativeprocesses #altprocess

Heads up for The FIFTH World Anthotype Day! Find unusual plants, make your emulsion, print, and submit your work between 1 Aug–31 Oct 2026.

Start early, use quality paper, and get the right supplies:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/supplies-for-making-anthotypes/

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An entry from our COLOUR Calendar event by Sue Bradshaw. After exposing the cyanotype solution as usual, Sue introduced colour by selectively applying washing soda.

Artists rethink traditionally monochrome processes and share.
Join until 31 March 2026:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event/

#cyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

Decided to make a kallitype print of this and think it suits this timeless nature even better...

#AltProcess #Kallitype #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Kevin Rose Schultz shares a Toned and Hand Colored Cyanotype for our COLOUR Calendar event.

Artists rethink traditionally monochrome processes and share how colour enters their work.
Join our calendar event until 31 March 2026:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event/

#cyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses

@lawrencesview Lovely work!
Could you add #AltProcess to your tags?

"Those Who Served"

I thought today I'd repost a kallitype from 2021, inspired by graveyard angels, from a series on the COVID pandemic. Infections aren't the only thing health care workers are on the front lines risking life to keep people safe.

#ArtNude #Photography #Kallitype #AltProcess #FuckIce

A lumen print from our COLOUR Calendar event by Kate Jordahl.

Artists rethink traditionally monochrome processes and share how colour enters their work.
Join our calendar event until 31 March 2026:
👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-event/

#lumenprint #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses