Cyanotype

To become familiar with one of the oldest photographic methods (1842), invented by Sir John Herschel and Anna Atkins, who created the first photographic books;

To learn the fundamental principles of photography—light sensitivity, exposure time, and image development—without needing a camera, using materials like plants or digital negatives.

first cyanotype 4/28/26

what surprised me the most about they cyanotype process was how the paper turns blue and even though it sounds obvious but how by blocking space the blocked space turns white and the rest blue.

Positive and negative space are the two sides of a border. it is important when making a cyanotype because you do not want to much positive or to much negative space. For my next cyanotype i will pick better objects(not big leafs that are blocky) and i will place them outside of frame for a cooler effect

second cyanotype 5/5/29

I thought the second cyanotype was a lot better then the first one. The second was more succesfull because of a couple of reasons but I think the most important one was the selection of objects. the objects I picked for the first cyanotype where more full and had less texture. this didnt translate well to the cyanotype format. For example the pine leaves in the second look very good because you can tell what they are and their shape is much more pronounced then say the big leaf in the first one. Another thing that helped was putting some of the objects outside the frame as it makes the frame seem more full.

snowy forest 5/5/26

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