Blue Mountain Studio: 07/08/10

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Garden Dreams

Polaroid Manipulation

See what I mean. This looks like a dang painting. This is the front garden area of Stacy's Greenhouse in York, SC. I scribbled and scribbled on the Polaroid until I thought that I had destroyed the picture. This is what I came up with. I like it.

Blue Mountain Studio

Blue Mountain Studio is in the loft of my house. In this space I let it fly, let it go, get down, and see what happens. Everyone should have such a space.

Linda McCalister

I have a mixture of alternative photography and paintings on this site. I hope you enjoy them.

Alternative Photo Processes

• Polaroid Manipulations and Transfers- Polaroid Manipulations make use of Polaroid SX-70 film. The emulsion layer of the Polaroid is manipulated by applying pressure on the outer layer of the photograph. The print is then scanned, enlarged and printed. Polaroid Image Transfer makes use of peel-apart Polaroid film. The dye-laden negative is peeled apart early and rolled onto watercolor paper. Polaroid image transfer provides an extremely versatile vehicle for the visual artist, allowing for images with a painterly quality.

• Cyanotypes - one of the very first photographic processes, and also one of the most archival. The process was discovered nearly 160 years ago by the English polymath and inventor, Sir John W.F. Herschel. The original cyanotypes that Sir John made in the 1840s are still clear and beautiful. The fine-art version of cyanotype is able to convey a very full range of tones, based on a negative which is the same size as the final image. The negative is contact-printed using a source of ultraviolet light. The properly exposed and processed print will be permanent and archivally sound.

• Van Dykes -based on the first iron-silver process, the argentotype, invented in 1842 by the English astronomer, Sir John Herschel. This process requires the use of a large format negative in the size of the desired print, a suitable substrate for coating, and a UV light source, either sunlight or suitable bulbs. The substrate is coated with solution under tungsten light, and air dried The negative is placed on the thoroughly dried coated substrate, and then weighted with a piece of glass. The glass-negative-substrate 'sandwich' is exposed to a source of UV light. The image is then washed to remove soluble iron and silver. The tones of the image will change to a deep chocolate brown.

• Infrared-the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. Usually an "infrared filter" is used; this lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum. When these filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, very interesting effects can be obtained that result in a dreamlike appearance.

• Hand Coloring Process- Many of our Polaroids, b/w, sepia and infrared photographs are hand-colored by adding watercolors, oils, pastels, or inks to create many different effects.

Originals are sold as well as archival reproductions.
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Archival Prints
All prints, excluding originals, from Blue Mountain Studio are Giclee' prints. This process is recognized as the most superior of print formats. Color quality and steadfastness are among many of its fine attributes. Lifespan estimates indicate longevity in excess of 100 years. Only the finest archival inks and paper are used in the printing process.

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Garden Dreams

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