The Still Life

Paper Negatives


I am in the process of writing an article about this process for those who are unfamiliar with the concept and possibilities. www.ipernity.com/blog/kiwivagabond/501429 There is of course the historical process of paper negatives and more contemporary styles of shooting with paper in your camera instead of film and processing that in a traditional darkroom process.

Tutu In Sunlight

03 May 2015 2 228
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved 35mm silver gelatin paper negative process.Yashica J cam Yashinon 50mm lens Maungatapere Community Market outside Gallery259

After The Ball

03 May 2015 230
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved 35mm silver gelatin paper negative process.Canon FTB cam 50mm lens f 1:7 Maungatapere Community Market outside Gallery259

Buskers

03 May 2015 4 2 306
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved 35mm silver gelatin paper negative process.Canon FTB cam 50mm lens f 1:7 Maungatapere Community Market outside Gallery259

Ride

03 May 2015 1 264
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved 35mm silver gelatin paper negative process.Canon FTB cam 50mm lens f 1:7 Maungatapere Community Market outside Gallery259

The Great Escape

03 May 2015 225
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved 35mm silver gelatin paper negative process.Canon FTB cam 50mm lens f 1:7 Maungatapere Community Market outside Gallery259

Fire Storm

27 Apr 2015 3 2 352
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Vintage No.2 Kodak Brownie, Tetenal Vario paper.

The Fallen Remembered on Kokupu RD April 25th 2015

25 Nov 2014 2 241
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Globus 5 x 7 LF Camera, 1897 Ross Protar Lens, exposure 4 secs @ f16 silver gelatin paper negative process......

The Bridge

30 Oct 2012 4 1 213
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Box Brownie silver gelatin paper neg. 2012. Unprocessed with genuine artifacts

The Night kitchen

21 Nov 2012 14 5 350
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Cafenol (Delta Std) developed silver gelatin paper negs. Scanned and processed in Nik Silver FX. Taken with vintage Box Brownie, No2 I think. But nearly a century old.

The Bachelor

21 Nov 2012 2 202
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Cafenol (Delta Std) developed silver gelatin paper negs. Scanned and processed in Nik Silver FX. Taken with vintage FulVue Camera.

Ghostville

05 Feb 2015 8 2 423
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2 Digital birth, analogue end. This print was actually under exposed in the enlarger........but I kinda like that high key look..

New Shoots In No Mans Land

05 Feb 2015 4 508
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2 Digital birth, analogue end.

Shelter From The Storm

05 Feb 2015 1 350
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2 Digital birth, analogue end.

Reclining Fruit

05 Feb 2015 416
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Taken with Kodak Specialist 3 Camera with an unnamed brass brass lense. Taken inside Gallery259 on a workspace in Jan 2015.

Father & Sons Stand fast

03 Feb 2015 7 3 570
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2. Original paper negative taken on my Pentacon 6 TL which sadly needs repairing.

St Patrick Encounters Opposition To The Good News…

03 Feb 2015 2 370
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2

Women At The Well

03 Feb 2015 7 4 420
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Emulsion lift silver gelatin paper negative prints. (silver gelatin prints) Scanned and tweaked lovingly in Nik SFX Pro 2 The building is the Cornish Pumphouse by The Martha Goldmine in Waihi New Zealand. The building was moved 100 meters back from the edge of the mine some years ago to preserve it. The original image was shot on my EOS 30D. If anyone would like to know more about this process, please let me know and I will share it.

We Are The Champions

20 Jan 2015 9 345
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Circa 50 year old Ilford Fiber Contact paper. Home made cam with 5" Kodak bakerlite projection lense. Taken outside Gallery259 on a late Sunday afternoon.

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