Daguerreotype:
The daguerreotype was created by Louis Daguerre in 1939. A daguerreotype is made by treating a sliver-coated copper plate with light-sensitive chemicals, exposing it with a camera, then finally developing it with mercury vapor. The result of this process is a highly detailed, bold, silver colored photograph.
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This is an extremely up close photo of a dried flower. I wanted to turn this photo into a daguerreotype to put emphasis on the details of the flower. To edit this photo I brought it into Photoshop, merged a texture layer onto it, added a vignette, added a border, took down the saturation, and used a blending mode that gave it a metallic look. This is a brief summary of my editing process; I can't remember every step I took to create these photos. I loved creating these photos, and stopped the editing process when I felt satisfied with the results.
Cyanotype:
The cyanotype was created by John Herschel in 1842. A cyanotype is made by mixing Potassium ferricyanide and Ferric ammonium citrate (green) in water, the blending them together. Next, the solution is poured onto a card, piece of paper, or textile and dried in the dark. Next, the objects or negatives are placed on the material and printed using a UV light. After it is exposed to light, the material is processed by rinsing it under water.
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I love cyanotypes of plants, I so decided to use a photograph of cherry blossoms. I brought it into Photoshop, cropped it into a square, then added a navy blue tint. Next, I used a brush around the corners to complement the blues and give it an organic look.
Wet Plate Collodion:
Fredrick Scot introduced the wet plate collodion in 1851. To make a wet plate collodion, pour collodion on a tin plate, place it into a silver nitrate bath with the light off for about three minutes, expose it with a camera, then finally cover the plate with developer and rock it back and forth until the image appears.
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This is my favorite photograph from this assignment. I love wet plate collodian portraits, so I took this portrait of my little sister. I don't remember the whole editing process, but these are the main things I did- I brought it into Photoshop where I made it black and white and slightly took up the contrast. Next, I increased the intensity of the blues to make my sister's eyes stand out. After these small tweaks, I blended two different types of textures onto this photo, merged the layers, duplicated the layer, then blended the same two textures onto the photo again. Next, I used a blending mode that gave his photo an intense, metallic look.
Gum Bichromate:
To create a Gum Bichromate, apply a mix of water color, gum arabic and ommonium potassium dichromate sensitizer onto paper. After the emulsion is dried, put a UV light directly on it. Finally, float the print on water to develop it. This process can be done about three to sixteen times.
To create a Gum Bichromate, apply a mix of water color, gum arabic and ommonium potassium dichromate sensitizer onto paper. After the emulsion is dried, put a UV light directly on it. Finally, float the print on water to develop it. This process can be done about three to sixteen times.
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This is another photo of a dried flower... close up nature photos and portraits are interesting subjects for this assignment. I brought this photo into Photoshop where I cropped it into a square, made it into a cyanotype, added a border and added a watercolor paper background. Next, I used a brush to add splotches of different colors such as yellow, pink, purple, blue, green and red to the photo. These edits make this photo look like a colorful, abstract painting.
