Inside My Back Door

Bleach And Redevelopment


I have long been drawn towards the more random side of photography. While reading Tim Rudman's books among others containing formulas for bleaches, I have wanted to experiment with the magic of bleach and redevelopment. Recently I acquired 3 bottles of Colorvir toners now unavailable, and so I experimented.

Inside My Back Door

28 Oct 2013 168
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleached in Colorvir and redeveloped in Kodalith. Pentacon 6 TL image. Processed in Nik

Shelter From The Storm

28 Oct 2013 6 402
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleached in Colorvir and redeveloped in Kodalith. Pinhole camera image. Processed in Nik

Another Rainy Sunday

28 Oct 2013 2 418
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleached in Colorvir and redeveloped in Kodalith. Holga WPC Pinhole camera image. Processed in Nik

Where Dragons Fly Behind Rice Paper Doors

28 Oct 2013 194
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin photogram, bleached in Colorvir and redeveloped in Kodalith.

Midnight In The Fridge

13 Nov 2013 3 2 352
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, forget original LF lense. Homemade sliding box cam.

The Bridge

13 Nov 2013 1 211
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on Polaroid 900 Pathfinder, Yashinin Lens

Lilian Gish Remembered

13 Nov 2013 4 311
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin print, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Print from wet plate negative, a very bad one.

Midnight, Fullmoon, The Bottle & The Dill Seedhead

13 Nov 2013 5 1 354
© Graham Hughes 2013 All rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on home made LF sliding box camera

Still Life

13 Nov 2013 1 2 300
© Graham Hughes 2013 All rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on home made LF sliding box camera

Mitre Peak

13 Nov 2013 5 277
Silver gelatin paper print, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original image from negative of Peter Inglis. Printed by Graham Hughes on Tura expired and peppered paper.

The River Runs

14 Nov 2013 1 368
35mm colour negative Agfa 1960, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original negative of Peter Inglis. Processed by Graham Hughes

The Plane (Chateau Nz 1960)

14 Nov 2013 256
35mm colour negative Agfa 1960, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original negative of Peter Inglis. Processed by Graham Hughes

The First Striped Black Shorts In Australia

14 Sep 2014 2 1 490
Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin sepia toned print from a paper negative. Expired Fujicolour paper. Scanned and processed in Nik Silver FX. Forget which lens, but taken on my LF 5 x 7 Globus