Cyanotype on vintage Postcards

I found a few vintage postcards while visiting NIce France and wanted to try cyanotype printing.

Using daffodils, because they are spring flowers, the texture of the card, and the postage stamps, all add to the final image. I didn’t get a strong flower imprint, it could be the daffodils are very thin and the image is slightly over-exposed.

I still have more work to do.

Since arriving home I have built two new light boxes in preparation for a workshop on May 25th. I will try to keep you posted on the progress.

St. Paul de Vence

we walked around St. Paul de Vence, where many little shops and galleries existed. The highlight of the visit was the White Penitent’s Chapel decorated by Folon.

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Vence France

A few windows and doors of outstanding beauty

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ICM – In Camera Movement – Waiting for the Storm

I love the harbour at Villefranche-sur-Mer, the few times we have been there it hasn’t been too busy, and the boats that are in the harbour are not all stacked together as they are in the Nice Harbour. ICM photography is processed in Photoshop with a texture layer, giving it that old-world impressionist painting feel. The textured layer adds texture and contrast to the sky. I call this, “Waiting for the Storm”

Nice France

we visited Port Lympia, which is filled with big yachts, but I find the little fishing boats more interesting. We watched the sunset and we wandered the streets. It’s been a pleasant week.

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Business Portraits

Yes, I still do portraits and business headshots! Here are a few of the more recent business portraits.

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Cyanotype with delicate paper

I have been exploring cyanotype printing with old vintage papers. I found handling the delicate paper while rinsing. These papers are fragile and tear easily.

A little research lead me to the Alternative Photography website the writer, Adam Welsh calls it the Welsh Method. For more details you can check out his article. https://www.alternativephotography.com/washing-cyanotypes-on-japanese-washi-papers/

This technique works wonderfully, I left the print to dry on the screen rather than risking moving it to the plexiglass, it dried as you would expect, the corners lifted, some time underneath a heavy book always solves that problem.

Attached is a short Timelapse video and my final image.

Dried cyanotype, snow on vintage paper

Welsh method, washing/rinsing delicate paper

I hope this is helpful for those who might be working with delicate papers. Let me know if you have tried this, did you have favourable results, what other obstacles are you finding?

Peacock feathers wet cyanotype

Cyanotype Peacock Feathers

I have been working on a 100 day project, this is day 42.

When I decided to do this project I had a list of different subjects, different techniques along with different papers I wanted to try, so many combinations to explore. While it was important to me to try all the different options and combinations I could think of I didn’t want the project to drive my life or make me crazy.

Day 1, on June 5th, 98 days ago. Yesterday I coated some old music sheets, pages from two different books and I can big plans for both botanical prints and digital negatives.

You can check out my progress on my Instagram account

Giveaway – Original Cyanotype Notes Cards

Note card packages are available in my Etsy Store each is an original cyanotype print,

I am giving away a free card, each person who messages me through my Etsy Store will get the card and envelope mailed to you.

All you need to do is like this post here on WordPress, pop over to my Etsy Page, and follow my Esty Store, then send me a direct message through Etsy. There is a message Janice link on each page, scroll down a little from the top of the page.

You may have to create an Etsy Account if you don’t already have one.

The offer is available to the first 10 people who message me.

Anyone ordering a package of note cards before September 30th, 2023, will receive two bonus cards with each order.

Yarrow, Wet Cyanotype – Day 32/100 day project

the delicate leaves and flowers of the yarrow plant.

It still amazes me how the simplest leaves and plants can look so delicate against the blue of the wet cyanotype print. I used a simple raspberry wine vinegar sprints to create the mottled background. I think I want to try different types of vinegar side by side to see if there is any difference in the final print. It will be a fun experiment for my 100-day project