Lumenbox method - Very long exposures on old black and white photographic paper, no developing. Paper is usually moistened before beginning exposure

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jolom
上載：
2024-03-05
標籤：
boxcamera brownie experimentalphotography lumenbox papernegative toycamera
相機：
Kodak Brownie 127 with flipped lens
菲林：
Old photo paper
國家／地區：
United States
相簿：
Lumenbox Technique, using a variety of cameras- December 2023 and January 2024

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  1. roaringtree
    roaringtree ·

    Love it!! Glad to see more of these!

  2. jolom
    jolom ·

    @roaringtree Thanks so much!!

  3. nykonartist
    nykonartist ·

    These are fantastic! Exactly what are you doing here? It's not pin hole, and you aren't controlling the aperture on a Polaroid Auto 100, I don't think. Are you fixing the negatives after exposure? How long of an exposure are you making? I've done paper negatives before and exposed them as if it were ISO 3 and developed them in Dektol and sometimes inverted the negatives. I've also exposed full sheets of print paper with objects on top for long periods but never got much color from them...please tell me more!

  4. jolom
    jolom ·

    @nykonartist Thanks! These are very long exposures (from a half hour to several hours) on photographic paper, no fixing or developing of any kind. The paper is moistened with water beforehand. It is similar to pinhole solargraphy in a way, as in when a soda can with a pinhole is left for many days to capture the path of the sun, but with a lens so that images appear within minutes or hours rather than days and weeks. The light creates a negative image that is then scanned and inverted and edited digitally.

    The colors can really vary, depending on the paper and the exposure, but in general the longer the exposure and the faster the lens, the more colorful the results. I do some digital editing to increase the contrast, and sometimes add a bit of vibrancy to the colors, but I try not to change too much.

    Joterman has a video that briefly explains the process with his Lumenbox camera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM7iIOo7HTo (I like to scan mine in color, and extend the exposure times to create more color.)
    Joe Van Cleave has also done a number of experiments with this kind of photography.

  5. jolom
    jolom ·

    @nykonartist Oh, and regarding the Polaroid 100, the camera was broken so I removed the shutter entirely. Again, similarly to how one might repurpose a broken camera to make a pinhole camera, but I've left the lens in place.

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