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Cyanotype, often referred to as sun prints, uses chemicals and UV light to make blue prints. Learn more about cyanotype in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
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Cyanotype, commonly referred to as sun prints, uses blue dye to make Prussian blue pictures. Learn more about cyanotype in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
When picking paper for cyanotype prints, learn how to pick smooth and heavy paper for your prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Most paper for cyanotype prints comes in paper rolls. Learn how to safely tear print paper in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Print paper sucks up humidity and can curl. Learn how to prepare print paper to avoid curling in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Ammonium iron III and potassium ferricyanide are the two chemicals used in cyanotype. Learn how to prepare these chemicals for cyanotype prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Using a brush, learn how to coat cyanotype paper with chemicals to make prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Put two or three images on you cyanotype print paper with these easy tips. Learn how to make cyanotype double prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Using the sun, learn how to expose cyanotype prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Using distilled water and peroxide, learn how to develop cyanotype prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Get tips for touching up the outline of cyanotype prints. Learn about developing cyanotype prints in this free photography video about how to make cyanotype prints.
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that makes blue colored prints. Developed by English scientist and astronomer, Sir John Herschel in 1842, chemicals are used to make prints of almost anything you can imagine. Whether they are flowers, algae, or leaves, these beautiful Prussian blue prints have become a favorite of photographer lovers everywhere. Using ammonium iron III and potassium ferricyanide, prints are exposed by the UV light of the sun. Then, by flushing flowing water over the prints, they are developed. If you are interested in taking up cyanotype, watch this free video series. Our expert, Anthony Maddaloni, shows you the basic things you need to get started. Learn how to pick print paper for cyanotype. Also, get tips for using and storing chemicals. Anthony shows you how to expose and develop your prints, and he even gives you tips for double prints. So, pick a new hobby, and learn about cyanotype prints today!
Anthony Maddaloni Anthony Maddaloni is a professional photographer from Austin, Texas. A New York native, he moved to Austin 10 years ago after graduating from Purchase College in New York. He has worked as a photographer for the Texas Senate, the Texas House of Representative's, and the University of Texas. Michael has taught black and white darkroom for the University of Texas, School of Architecture, as well as the Dougherty Art School in Austin, Texas.dkdk
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