The Girls

Printing Processes


I realise that I am more of a painter at heart, and welcome the wabi sabi more than some photographers.
Prints from historic 19th century processes captivate me, and the total abundance of different ways to print.
We think we are so clever, and yes we are, some of these processes have been adjusted by the modern mind and science.......but ultimately, they were as cool then as they are now.
I somet…  (read more)

Green Pear & Bowling Friends

26 Apr 2019 394
Silver gelatin print on vintage Kodak Projection 84 paper, well past its used by date. Developed in Ilford Multigrade 1: 40. Contact printed from Thermo Scientific, CL-Xposure Film, 5 x 7 " Blue X-Ray film. Metered @100 iso Sinar F 4 x 5 LF Camera, Fujinon 250 mm W lens 5 x 7 sheet cut to size and loaded in holder. A crop showing the cut down 5 x7 in a 4 x 5 holder. Warts and all....still beautiful

Good Morning Sunshine Version #2

07 May 2017 6 4 601
Lumen Print. Expired unknown matt fibre based paper. Flowers from grown in Tracey's garden. Exposed for 1hours. Unfixed. Scanned and level adjusted only. Brought up the bottom end.

Good Morning Sunshine Version #1

07 May 2017 6 4 356
Lumen Print. Expired unknown matt fibre based paper. Flowers from grown in Tracey's garden. Exposed for 1hour. Unfixed. Scanned and untouched

One Night At The Opera

06 May 2017 2 377
Lumen Print. Expired Ilford Ilfomar double weight paper. Flowers from the seeds in my Mum's garden grown in ours. exposed for 3 hours. Unfixed. Scanned and digitally kissed.

Little Miss Muffet

06 May 2017 2 2 382
Lumen Print. Expired Ilford Ilfomar double weight paper. Flowers from the seeds in my Mum's garden grown in ours. exposed for 3 hours. Unfixed. Scanned and digitally kissed.

The Glade

30 Apr 2017 6 3 500
4 colour carbon image from a workshop with Ellie Young at Goldstreet Studios in April 2017. Scanned and gently kissed in Nik. Slightly out of registration for one colour, but I am okay with this. Lots to learn. Printed on Yupo. original image taken on EOS 30D and some non Canon m42 lense. The original image was from the main road to Taneatua in the Bay of Plenty.

The Girls

06 Jun 2013 126
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from a negative I bought from the window of a Kiwi photographer called Peter Inglis. 120 agfa film, developed in 1959.

The Cowboys

06 Jun 2013 118
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from 5 x 7 glass plate negative I bought on Ebay. American.

Rest (saller version)

06 Jun 2013 1 133
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from digital negative taken from a silver gelatine paper negative taken on my Globis 5 x 7 LF camera. Fujinon 250 W F 6.3 lense.

van dyke brown globus large edit1 800

06 Jun 2013 1 159
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from digital negative taken from a silver gelatine paper negative taken on my Globis 5 x 7 LF camera. Fujinon 250 W F 6.3 lense.

Some Walls No.2

06 Jun 2013 3 116
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from 5 x 7 HP4 negative.

Two Brothers

06 Jun 2013 1 144
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from a negative I bought on Ebay. American.

Once Upon A Time In America

05 Jun 2013 130
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from 5 x 7 glass plate negative I bought on Ebay. American.

Some Walls Must Fall

05 Jun 2013 135
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Van Dyke Brown print from 5 x 7 HP4 negative.

Rest

21 May 2013 133
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved My very 1st of 2 Cyanotypes using Mike Wares Recipe. Digital negative from a silver gelatin paper negative…complicated…….BUT cooool! In UV box for 14mins…..this is crappy paper…….they will get better. I learned a lot tonight…….