Ned's photos

Printed 6 December 2025 The print is warmer than this shows, with a little pink cast to the sky. Foggy at my house, so I put it in the contact printing frame and drove about 1/2 hour to find some sunshine! It was exposing on the passenger seat while I drove under the clouds :) Then another 30m open sky w/ diffuser 12m sun w/ diffuser 13m open sky no diffuser 3m direct sun. This is maybe a boring picture, but it printed easily. Then I drove home and processed it. Toned with gold borax toner for about 40m

Another Guillot-Saguez calotype on vidalon vellum paper. 4 December 2025 around noon 5x7 Eastman No. 1, velostigmat LV: sky 15, front of building 16, water 14-15, cypress trees 11 Exposed 16m @ F/22 Sensitized 10:30a, exp 11:45a, dev 1:30p No image at start, added 1 eyedropper ( ~3/4ml ) ANS, developed 40m.

Marshall Tavern was built in 1870 originally as a hotel. In the 1970's Neil Young, Joan Baez and Van Morrison played there. Now it is empty and falling apart.

Printed 3 December 2025 Strathmore 500 vellum surface drawing paper, rice starch, NaCl 1h10m faced East away from sun. 7..5m facing 3PM winter sun. toned with gold thiocyanate

2 December 2025 around noon Maybe not a great calotype but this is my first Furlong family calotype that did not fog in the developer, and I kind of like it. Canson Marker and Ruscombe Chateau Vellum fogged badly both untreated and acidified in 2% sulfamic acid. This time I soaked in 10% NH4Cl ( to hopefully “chlorinate” any cationic starch ) washed and then acidified in 5% distilled vinegar ( calcium acetate is soluble. ) I saw that Darran Green over at FB does not wash after acidification, so I didn’t either. I have a sheet of iodized chateau vellum prepared the same way that I’m hoping to try tomorrow. Not sure whose process I should say this is. I made a list of 12 historical sensitizers used with double iodide, with AgNO3 from ranging from 0.1 to 1%, acetic acid from 0.2 to 9% and ss gallic acid from none to 8%. Possibly if we leave out the gallic acid we should call it Adamson’s process. In any case it’s Furlong’s “single wash” iodizing process! 5x7 Eastman No. 1, velostigmat White water LV 16, sky 15+, water 15, sun on near rock 14 , shade on rock 13. 16m @ F/22, extended to 20 minutes because fog and clouds obscured the sun. iodized – single wash double iodide, washed overnight, dried for a day. Sensitized: 0.71% AgNO3 and 2.85% acetic acid the big stain in upper left appeared during sensitization. Sensitized 11AM, exposed noon, developed 1:30PM No image at start. Added ½ eyedropper ANS to 100ml ss gallic acid. Seemed to come up nicely. This one was very fun to watch develop… it was like watching a painting with ivory black watercolor. Done at 21 minutes. There were AgNO3 splatter stains on the back that disappeared in the hypo.

Making a calotype near Gleason Overlook, Sonoma Coast, California

Untoned salt print from calotype. I should have left the borders so the bottom didn't get cut off. The rubylith mask I'm using is a tiny bit too big anyway! Printed 1 December 2025 Strathmore 500 vellum surface drawing paper, rice starch and NaCl. 1PM start. 2h 20m aimed East away from sun with paper diffuser. 1 minute direct sun, no diffuser. That's probably as much contrast as could be coaxed out of this thin negative. :)

Another Guillot-Saguez calotype. I knew I was a bit too close, but forgot that the calotype is a little smaller than the glass holder, and that it would be masked even more when printing. The calotype was also upside down in plate holder ( you can see my pencil mark indicating the back in the upper left corner. ) I'll go back to this place when it is sunny and find a spot further back. 28 November 2025, 2PM overcast and foggy. Sky LV 14.5, House 12.5, under eaves on porch 11.5, orange tree 10.5. Decided to expose for 12.5 5x7 Eastman No. 1, Wollensak velostigmat Exposed 36m @ F/11 4% KI, 1%KBr iodizer 7% AgNO3, 12.5% AA sensitizer Even though a few things were not going well, the development did seem to go better. There was a faint image visible at the start ( I gave an extra stop of exposure ) 1 scant eyedropper ANS in 100ml ss gallic acid, it seemed to come up pretty well and was done after 19m. The negative is very thin and will be difficult to print. I tried anyway because it is good practice.

Making a calotype at William Hood House in Sonoma County, California House was built in 1857. The architecture is not special but it was constructed from brick, which was unusual at that time. The sun was supposed to be out, but the fog never burned off. Since my calotype was already sensitized, I decided to try anyway.

Untoned salt print from Church of One Tree calotype Printed 25 November 2025 I knew this one would be hard to print but I didn't help myself by starting too late in the day. Started about 2PM faced East with a paper diffuser. After one hour turned to face the sun but the sun set behind trees before 3:30. Under BLB with diffuser for 3 more hours, then 5 minutes without the diffuser. The print is a little warmer brown than this shows.

Another Guillot-Saguez calotype, made 24 November 2025. Full shade and a dull red color made this difficult. 5x7 Eastman No. 1, Wollensak velostigmat LV 11 church, LV9 shrubs. Exposed 64m @ F/8 Vidalon Vellum paper Iodized 4% KI, 1% KBr Sensitized 7% AgNO3, 12.5% acetic acid Sensitized at 10:30A, exposed at 12:45P, developed at 2:45P Developed in 100ml ss gallic acid with one eyedropper of ANS added. another 1/2 eyedropper added at 12m, done at 35m the calotype is pretty thin and will be difficult to print, but it was starting to fog so it was time to stop developing.

Church of One Tree was built in 1873 in Santa Rosa, California. It was constructed from the wood of a single redwood tree. The tree was 275 ft ( 84m) tall and 18 ft (5.5m) in diameter and produced 78000 board-feet ( 180 cubic meters ) of lumber. I seem to be choosing difficult photos to learn this kind of calotype. The scene is in full shade and a calotype is almost blind to the dull red color.

untoned salted paper print from calotype printed 20 November 2025 Strathmore 500 vellum finish drawing paper recently prepared with rice starch and NaCl. I usually expose salt prints in 4 stages: 1) with paper diffuser aimed East away from sun 2) with paper diffuser aimed at sun 3) without diffuser aimed away from sun 4) 2 or 3 minutes with no diffuser direct sun. I forgot to put the paper diffuser on when I started and didn't think of it until 7.5 minutes. I put the diffuser on then. The print was already overexposed after just 5 minutes of step 2, so I skipped step 3 and only used 1 minute direct sun.

Calotype made 18 November 2025 Luther Burbank's greenhouse Details: 2nd calotype using the Guillot-Saguez process. This one came out a little better but I was still too cautious about adding Aceto-nitrate of silver during development. 5x7 Eastman No. 1, Wollensak velostigmat LV 16 sunny bricks, LV 15 sky, LV 13 shady bricks, LV 10 background trees Decided on LV14 but added an extra stop for red colored bricks. Exposed: 32m @ F/22 Vidalon Vellum paper iodized 4% KI, 1% KBr sensitized 7% AgNO3, 12.5% acetic acid sensitized at 11AM, exposed at 2PM, developed at 4PM lost upper left corner when positioning on glass plate. paper was wet a long time and lower left corner came mostly off during processing. 100ml ss gallic acid, 4 drops ANS added about 1/2 eyedropper at 5 minutes, another 1/4 at about 10m and 15m. done at 20m. still would like to see a little more density ( could just see newsprint through the sky ) and next time I will start with more.

Making a calotype of the greenhouse at Luther Burbank's house in Santa Rosa, California Luther Burbank was the "plant wizard" of Sonoma County. This greenhouse would have been kept warm in the winter and at night with the fireplace.

Printed 15 November 2025 Strathmore 500 plate finish drawing paper prepared with rice starch and salt in 2019. Toned with gold thiocyanate.

My first calotype using the method of Guillot-Saguez I learned a lot from this one. Details: 14 November 2025 5x7 Eastman No. 1, Velostigmat Around noon. sky LV 15, foliage in sunlight LV 13, trunk LV 10. exposure 12m @ F/11 Calotype on Canson vidalon vellum paper iodized: 4% KI, 1% KBr, 10m sensitized: 7% AgNO3, 12.5% Acetic acid, 5m developed: 75% ss gallic acid only. 28m

Making a calotype at Ragle Ranch, near Sebastopol, California