Thanks for the vid! If using non-seawater, should it be distilled? Does raising the temperature of the water to 35C help with the fixing process, or is it just to dissolve the salt properly? Thank you for your input :)
@studionelle3340Ай бұрын
this was semi helpful - but some timings would have been helpful for each step
@dovydaskaminskas42272 ай бұрын
The negatives are very thin. You can test that soup for development time before using it.
@MelanieKing2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Worked this out in the 3 years since I posted it ;)
@Jim-BobWalton2 ай бұрын
I know that it spoils the fun - and makes it harder to justify vodka - but you can buy isopropyl alcohol from any hardware shop. MUCH more affordable You can also float the paper on top of the emulsion if you have enough volume
@MelanieKing2 ай бұрын
Yeah but I didn’t have that in the house. I had alcohol 😂 more affordable if I already had it.
@richardwilliamsiv37783 ай бұрын
Are you using the old cyanotype formula or the new cyanotype formula?
@MelanieKing3 ай бұрын
10g pf to 100ml water, 25f fac to 100ml water 👍
@sheehann3 ай бұрын
Cool!!
@user-lc2us5mh9d5 ай бұрын
Hi. Thank you for sharing your work. I have a few questions, can seawater or salt added seawater act as fixers? These days I'm looking for fixers that don't change color after Lumen print and I'd like to ask for some advice!
@MelanieKing4 ай бұрын
Yes I have a recipe in my caffenol video. Though I think the colour always changes when fixing lumen prints, sadly.
@vickireynolds70335 ай бұрын
There is NO Volume to this video,disappointed
@MelanieKing5 ай бұрын
Uhh, there should be. Was your volume button off?
@ivangoondic6 ай бұрын
This is awesome!!!
@sophievautour85738 ай бұрын
Ah interesting. So you only develop the filmrolls, but then you do not use a darkroom to print them. You use the scanner and photoshop? So cool
@Bluefernbotanticals10 ай бұрын
So glad I found your channel! Lovely and unique content. :)
@refa313410 ай бұрын
would you do the same process if working with fabric?
@itspeache10 ай бұрын
What do the soda crystals do? Is this a standard part or something done to add an additional effect? Thank you!
@itspeache10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing! This is really cool.
@DoctorMikeReddy11 ай бұрын
What salt did you use? Table salt has additives
@sovograf11 ай бұрын
the what *rewatches from middle* ohh
@crunchysweater.11 ай бұрын
Does this work with colour film?
@jeanmulligan4168 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff audio seemed low so listening again
@sophievautour8573 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
No problem!
@TRIPPLEJAY00 Жыл бұрын
Great video, educational, and keeps the original photography going. Thank you so much.
@Jawst Жыл бұрын
Amazing! I'm so glad Sam posted a link to your video!!! Ive never seen this before! I really appreciate your note regarding safety! I don't have a very big budget at all, what would you recommend the very minimum GSM paper weight? 😂 I have been using 80gsm and about 30% of the time it falls apart before i get to the drying stage 🤦♂️ there's no way I can afford expensive cotton rag paper! I have made quite a bit of paper in the past but it's very time consuming!
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Paper is really important, if it is too alkaline - the cyanotype won't work with to begin with. GSM is important if you are going to tone because it might disintegrate in too many baths. This works okay www.cassart.co.uk/fabriano-accademia-artist-pack-160gsm-150-sheets-a4--c/ but I recommend the higher GSM version.
@Jawst Жыл бұрын
@MelanieKing Thank you so much!! 😁
@jaydrummer333 Жыл бұрын
New viewer love it
@lights_camera_coffee Жыл бұрын
Very cool! I didn’t know you could tone cyanotypes and I conveniently have Rosemary in the garden and some cyanotype paper in the closet. Thank you
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
That is great! Good luck with the toning 😊
@wesleywarner5707 Жыл бұрын
Just wondering if I could develop Ilford Delta 100 BW film with caffinol?
@peter-robinson Жыл бұрын
It’s great to have you back here Melanie. I will try this with some of our Australian native plants; plenty of them are rich in tannins
@peter-robinson Жыл бұрын
@@MelanieKing I shall report back :-) I’ve only toned them with cheap instant coffee so will definitely give it a try
@Resgerr Жыл бұрын
Fortunately I have my own Rosemary bush. Have you used lavender?
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
I haven't but the leaves should work, as they are in the same plant family? (I am not a botanist, ha ha!)
@DarkJtheB Жыл бұрын
Didn't know I could use rosemary and others like that! Thanks for the video. Just FYI, the audio seems to only come from my left earphone.
@KarenBrowett Жыл бұрын
Hi Melanie, thanks for the video :) I am trying a few experiments from different recipes and methods with serrated wrack in Dublin, so far I have only managed nearly black and nearly clear negs so Im searching for my middle ground! It seems the key differences in all the info I can find is that different people use very different times/temps/agitations with roughly similar recipes, and I suppose its just finally finding what way works for me if I persevere! I just have a question about agitation here, do you do an initial constant agitation/inversion cycle for 30 sec or 1 minute of do you pour and just let it sit till it hits the 2 minute mark? Also when you say invert every 2 minutes did you just invert once or for ten seconds each time? Thank you <3 Karen
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Hey Karen. I think you'll find this page useful. Kim Conway used serrated wrack (rather than bladderwrack which I used) and documented her recipe and results here; sway.office.com/6C2pov92kvfu913d?ref=Link&loc=play&fbclid=IwAR3noIpTZECsp6W91dOT7p_FMJarI_xojLx5EOdq4_31d5l4mNBBAFxrP68 I do initial constant agitation, and then do a quick agitation every 2 minutes - just 2 inversions. Hope you find this useful!
@KarenBrowett Жыл бұрын
@@MelanieKing thank you so much for getting back to me, amazing thanks for info and links! I'll keep trying :) x
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
No problem at all!@@KarenBrowett
@louisvanrijn3964 Жыл бұрын
You re-invented the wheel. In the sixties of last century the canals in Amsterdam were really, really filthy. A guy used it as B&W developer outright. It worked. Long development time, but it worked.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
I'm not trying to make something brand new. I'm trying to have fun with sustainable photographic processes. :)
@robscovell5951 Жыл бұрын
On Planet Thanet they develop film with wine! Definitely going to try this, and other plant-phenol based techniques!
@dari564 Жыл бұрын
i wanna do this, do you have more photos of your caffenol prints somewhere? perhaps flickr? on a totally different note, you're so cute!!!
@alerojasfotoarte Жыл бұрын
Hi! The photographic paper you use is new or exposed, like the one used for chemigram? Apologies for my bad English.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
It can be either new or exposed. :)
@dalehammond1749 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video very much. I started developing with Caffenol back in the early days of the process. I'm still learning. It's a really amazing and underrated developer. One of the big plus factors is it's always fresh and very versatile. It gives an effect unlike all the others. Maybe the thing I like best is one can develop Kodachrome with it (as B&W). I've discovered that not all major brand developers will.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
I'm very glad you enjoyed it! I find caffenol-c very reliable too. :)
@sharonbruster3067 Жыл бұрын
Hi there. I really want to try this. You mention that the prints aren't archival...how long would they actually last? I want to make prints of seaweed. What type of photographic paper is best to use for this? I am a complete novice!!
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
I am not sure how long it would last. I think in stable conditions, it could last indefinitely. I used standard resin coated Ilford multigrade paper.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
@@sharonbruster3067 Yes maybe, the seawater might have something to do with it. Can you try with just salt water? I used seawater because I was open to the different chemicals in the sea interacting with the print.
@everything_motion_nz Жыл бұрын
Why not use alcohol with the spinach? Like they do with turmeric
@juliaadolphs6640 Жыл бұрын
super cool thank you! I just started getting into this and tried my first chemigram, sadly with no result at all.. I am wondering what I did wrong. I used Ilford rapid fixer, and ilfosol 3 as developer but literally nothing happened. now I wonder if it might be the photographic paper, I used Ilford semi gloss, hope you can help :)
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Hey. How much light exposure did you give to the chemigram? It's very strange that you got no result at all. Feel free to email me through my website :)
@edyeduard4368 Жыл бұрын
You can fix the image whit borax or if you want something more household you can use sodium bicarbonate but in any case the image will turn brown, i have made anthotypes with curcuma (tumernic)
@oakleycundall Жыл бұрын
can you explain more how to recover silver from the developer?
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Yes I have another video about this! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJ6EgLainszLnWg.html&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.melaniek.co.uk%2F&feature=emb_logo
@shaniajones-dd7yh Жыл бұрын
Is there any other way of making a cyanotype emulsion without the expense of chemicals such as using home kitchen ingredients? Currently doing a project on alternative processes using easy sustainable materials. Your videos and content are really useful and great!
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
No but you can make anthotypes! Have a look at my other video to see how to make an anthotype. 👀
@boop3260 Жыл бұрын
This is so interesting!! Can I ask - how much sea water did you add to the saline solution? and what kind of photographic paper did you use?
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
I added salt to 2 litres of sea water until it reached its dissolving limit. You need the highest salinity water that you can make.
@gabrielecoassin1965 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to note the superficiality and approximation of this video, supported by an important university institute with the supervision of one of its esteemed collaborators.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Did you also note that this video was originally made for school children connected to the university? I decided to put it online so that other people could benefit from the tutorial, it wasn't originally made for youtube...
@gabrielecoassin1020 Жыл бұрын
@@MelanieKing Good morning. Even my videos intended for school children are made in a very simple way and without any refinement, but I generally avoid putting information that can disorient or mislead, or lead to disappointing results. Gabriele Coassin - Plurimedia Edu Lab - former professor at the Department of Education Sciences - University of Udine.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
@@gabrielecoassin1020 I don't understand what you are complaining about, as you are writing in a very convoluted way. Is the information wrong in the video? If so, say what that is. From your original comment, I assumed you were complaining about the connection to the University of Birmingham.
@anzaeria Жыл бұрын
A very interesting process and viable alternative to conventional developer. Out of curiosity, would you know of any environmental ways of disposing of conventional developer in a safe manner? I don't want to simply pour it down the drain.
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
So the most up to date information that I know is to : A) Reclaim silver from fixer. (Mentioned in another video) B) Mix exhausted developer and fixer together to make a chemically neutral substance. C) Leave to evaporate. D) Scrape out sludge and put in landfill. Still not perfect but better than throwing down the drain. Info from the Sustainable Darkroom network.
@anzaeria Жыл бұрын
@@MelanieKing Thank you! When developer and fixer are mixed together to become chemically neutral, is the result less harmful to breath in etc? And actually, just today, I was thinking of letting the chemicals evaporate so it's good to know that this is an acceptable practice. If I put the developer / fixer mix into a container and leave it outside out in the sun to evaporate, I guess I could put netting or something similar over the opening to prevent animals from drinking it.
@lexwithbub4 ай бұрын
@@anzaeriaI know this is an old comment, but I did also read that camera stores that process film sometimes take used fixer for silver reclaim.
@anzaeria Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, if you were holding a sheet of photographic paper in complete darkness with no safe light, would the emulsion side feel extra smooth as well as sticky? Even if it was matte paper, would the emulsion side feel smoother than the other side?
@anzaeria Жыл бұрын
Great video and explanation. My one and only image taken with a pinhole camera turned out completely black. Obviously, too much light! I had converted a tissue box to a pinhole camera. After the exposure, I was holding it so tight (to keep it light proof) that I destroyed it. I would definitely build a sturdier pinhole camera next time!
@McTroyd Жыл бұрын
Seriously cool Ms. King. Thanks for summing up what must have been a long process so eloquently. I shall have to go back and watch the other series videos. 👍
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rewertrewer3061 Жыл бұрын
КРУТО МНЕ НРАИЦА
@MelanieKing Жыл бұрын
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@adrianlong6701 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried this as a paper developer? If it works I’d imagine it wouldn’t stain as much as caffenol does