WOOOOOOO

I GOT IT

I GOT IT

YESS

LESSS GOOO

4 second exposure time to 2nd dimmest light setting in the dark room

place the drawing upside down and on top of the photographic paper

Cover the papers with a large glass slab to prevent the light from bouncing around

And 🌹 V o i l a 🌹

While I would not quite call it analogue photography, as the photo itself was digital, and was transformed into a negative using a computer program. The photo itself was taken by me, and I entirely developed it by hand, using water, peroxide, bleach, and a tea bath. This type of photo development is called cyanotype. The photo paper is watercolour paper, which has been chemically treated. The next step is using UV light, or direct sunlight to transfer the photograph onto the paper. Finally, the photo is dipped into water, peroxide, more water, bleach, and finally a bath in tea.

Ahhh right from the beginning, I dove into researching how to develop photos since the first scene stuck in my head was Jonathan taking nature photos and developing them at school (from chapter one!). Once it got to development, I realized I had NO idea what that actually entailed. So the googling began!

The research started based on his brand of camera from the show and devolved from there! There is a little bit of chemistry involved in order to get the right washes/ develop the correct colors, etc. Most of it went above my head to be honest, BUT I do use a lot of the sensory info that I learned from said research (the pungent smell, lighting, clipping, etc.).

So when I'm writing, I focus way more on the sensory impact rather than the nitty-gritty process details since I'm truly inexperienced and unsure of the exact formula/development schedule.

If anyone knows more about physical photo development from the 80s, feel free to drop some facts in my ask box or the dms hahaha!