According to John Riches, developer of TruNeg, a true digital negative must follow a proportional, logarithmic relationship — not simple subtraction — to print correctly. Learn here:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/the-digital-...
#negatives #altprocess #alternativeprocesses
3 lovely examples of adding colour for our COLOUR Calendar event by:
➥ Paige Billin-Frye, #Saltprint
➥ Robert A. Schaefer Jr. #Cyanotype
➥ Anne Guest, Cyanotype @anneguest.bsky.social
All entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#altprocess #alterantiveprocesses
Can you make a cyanotype from ice? @malinfabbri.bsky.social did!
Learn more about cyanotypes here:
AlternativePhotography.com/cyanotype
#cyanotypes
Four beauties for event. We love the ways artists interpret the same theme: COLOUR, so differently. Amazing!
Cyanotypes by:
➥ @amyhellerartist.bsky.social
➥ Mohammed Shamma
➥ Nikki Gardner @nikkigardner.bsky.social
➥ Susan June Robertson-Baranick
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
Do you want to make better negatives? Constanza Isaza Martínez introduces the Time & Exposure Scale Calculator, to simplify the task of determining correct exposure times. Free to use:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/exposure-tim...
#negatives #altprocess
3 different interpretations of COLOUR for our calendar event by
➥ Ausra Barysiene. Lumen print
➥ Chris Byrnes. Hand developed using plants found on site
➥ Julie Mixon. Alcohol image transfer over cyanotype
All entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#cyanotype #lumenprint
Susan June Robertson-Baranick creates cyanotypes and photograms using foraged pigments and soil chromatograms. A retired pathologist and 2023 BFA graduate, she makes environmental works. See gallery:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/susan-june-r...
#cyanotype #cyanotypes #altprocess
Gum bichromate, oil and resinotypes for our COLOUR Calendar event by:
➥ David Heger, Resinotype
➥ Lani Doely, Gum bichromate
➥ Mac Cosgrove-Davies, Gum bichromate
➥ Massimiliano Macchia, Rawlins oil print process / oleotype
All entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
4 creative variations on cyanotypes for our calendar event:
➥ David A. McCain. Cyanolumen w turmeric
➥ Deborah Ryan. Cyanotype collage
➥ IJda Smits. Cyanotype and gum bichromate
➥ Natalia Rudychev. Tea-toned cyanotype & polaroid emulsion transfer
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
Curios to learn about cyanotypes?
I wrote a 10-page article in issue 24 of ICM Photography Magazine.
Check it out:
www.icmphotomag.com
If you have not seen the magazine before, try an issue, it's a really nice one. :-)
@icmphotomag.bsky.social @alternativephotography.com
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:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-c...
#anthotype #anthotypes #altprocess
Anne Risum, Subway. Toned and hand-coloured cyanotype for our COLOUR Calendar event.
Artists rethink monochrome processes and share (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#cyanotype #kallitype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses
Build an LED exposure box and print cyanotypes anytime—no sun needed by Manfred J. Semmler. 💡 Step-by-step, safe, and reliable, from simple to permanent A3 setup.
Read 👉 www.alternativephotography.com/building-led...
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Laurinda Bellew’s @bluelumiereart.bsky.social "Autumn Sunset", for our COLOUR Calendar event, captures the fleeting glow of dusk in a wet cyanotype, using honesty seed heads, inks, pigments, salt to build rich red tones. See entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#cyanotype
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.
Entries:
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#cyanotype
Curious to see what’s inside our new Anthotype book by @malinfabbri.bsky.social ? 🌿
It takes you step by step through the process – and a lot more!
Ready to learn? See:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-c...
#anthotype #anthotypes #altprocess
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:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#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:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/wisteria/
#cyanotypes #cyanolumens
Entry from our COLOUR Calendar event by Bonnie O. App.
Botanical subjects are a natural fit for her. This piece begins with a sun-exposed cyanotype of grasses
Artists rethink monochrome processes and share (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#cyanotype
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.
Artists rethink monochrome processes (until 31 March).
See entries:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
Join the alternative photography community in 2026. Explore, experiment, get inspired:
• Calendar Event (Theme: Colour): until Mar 31
• World Cyanotype Day: Sept 26 – Oct 2 (theme to come)
• World Anthotype Day: Aug 1 – Oct 31 (mission: unusual plants)
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/our-events/
@melodylocke.bsky.social 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:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...
#lumenprint #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses
Finding negatives tricky? Lightroom Classic offers a simple workflow for creating digital #negatives for #alternativephotography. Learn about contrast, shape, and tone while preserving the image. Kai Tormod Hansen shares a step-by-step workflow:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/making-negat...
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:
👉 www.alternativephotography.com/supplies-for...
#worldanthotypeday #anthotypes
From our COLOUR Calendar event by Sue Bradshaw. After exposing the cyanotype solution, Sue introduced colour by selectively applying washing soda.
Artists rethink monochrome processes and share.
Join until 31 March 2026:
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#cyanotype #altprocess
Kevin Rose Schultz shares a Toned and Hand Colored Cyanotype for our COLOUR Calendar event.
Artists rethink traditionally monochrome processes and share.
Join our calendar event until 31 March 2026:
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#cyanotype #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses
A lumen print from our COLOUR Calendar event by Kate Jordahl.
Artists rethink traditionally monochrome processes and share how colour enters their work.
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#lumenprint #altprocess #alterantiveprocesses
Finding reliable alt process suppliers takes time — we spent 2 weeks doing it for you. See it here:
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Hanne Lange Houlberg, a Danish photographer, shares her pinhole and chemigram.
"The image is a fictional landscape that is created in a mixture of a photographed landscape and the effect of photochemistry."
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