Project 7

Cyanotype 

Before

A Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. The process uses two chemicals: ammonium iron(III) citrate and potassium ferricyanide. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blue prints.

After

This image was created by selecting the texture of my photo as the background. Then I added multiple layers of texture. I added one layer that was plain but used my brush and brushed the sides black. I used the grass brush to give the sides a feeling of grass then switched to a different brush to cover the outer parts of the layer. After putting the layers together I had them all multiply so that it look like this.

 Daguerreotype

 Before 

A daguerreotype, was the first publicly announced photographic process and for nearly twenty years was the one most commonly used. It was invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced in 1839. To make a daguerreotype, the daguerreotypes polished a sheet of silver plated copper to a mirror finish; treated it with fumes that made its surface light-sensitive; exposed it in a camera for as long as was judged to be necessary, which could be as little as a few seconds for brightly sunlit subjects or much longer with less intense lighting; made the resulting latent image on it visible by fuming it with mercury vapor; removes its sensitivity to light by liquid chemical treatment; rinsed and dried it; then sealed the easily marred result behind glass in a protective
surface light-sensitive; exposed it in a camera for as long as was judged to be necessary, which could be as little as a few seconds for brightly sunlit subjects or much longer with less intense lighting; made the resulting latent image on it visible by fuming it with mercury vapor; removed its sensitivity to light by liquid chemical treatment; rinsed and dried it; then sealed the easily marred result behind glass in a protective enclosure.

After 

This image was created by creating 3 layers. One layer was the the actual image, another layer was a texture that I used to dissolve with the actual image. The texture I used was a haunting texture. I used it because its color is light brownish, which fit perfectly for a daguerreotype.

Gum Bichromate

Before 

A Gum Bichromate is a 19th century photographic printing process based on the light sensitivity of a cyanotype. It is capable of rendering painterly images from photographic negatives. Gum printing is a multi-layered printing process, but satisfactory results may be obtained from a single pass. Any color can be used for gum printing, so natural-color photographs are also possible by using this technique in layers. 

After

This image was created from a cyanotype. I added a layer that that tinted the image to a lighter blue. I really liked the frame that I created with the eraser. I did this by selecting the grass brush and started erasing with it. The next thing I did was I lowered the contrast and increased the brightness of the photo.