Lumen Printing
Today I have completed a workshop on
creating photographs with out using a camera. I love the idea of creating
images with out having to release a shutter or even turning a camera on. This
technique is very similar to photograms (exposing light to photographic paper
in the darkroom with objects on it).
The only difference with lumen
printing is that you expose the photographic paper to UV light (sunlight) for
30minutes minimum.
I went outside to collect some leaves
and flowers ready to create a lumen print, I then went in to the darkroom to
get a clip board, I placed the photographic paper on to the clip board and then
placed my objects where I wanted them and put the glass on top and placed it in
direct sun light for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes had passed I went to
collect my clip board from outside, I took all of the objects of the paper so
that I could scan the Lumen print in. (You can not fix these prints, so they
will not last very long).
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| Oringal |
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| Changed the curves on photoshop to enhance the photgraph |
I used Photoshop and Silver Effex Pro 2 to
create this Black and white version of the lumen print. I am extremely happy
with the outcome I got from this workshop, however If I was to do Lumen prints
again I would think more about composition of how I place the objects that I
use.
