Processes

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*Below are descriptions of early photographic processes. Click on them for more details. For more information, go to my* *links* *for the experts who have even more detailed step by step "how-to's" & the tools needed for these sometimes complicated, yet very rewarding RetroState of the Art techniques.*
	Cyanotypes


	Platinum Printing (Palladium)

Blue images

Breathtaking long lasting images


	Gum Printing (gum-bichromate)

Photographic images close to painting. Colors mixed in the emulsion for stunning images.

Daguerreotypes

Very distinctive & beautiful images, but at the time, unknown to the artist, they are very dangerous to your health to practice!

Ambrotypes

The working man's Daguerreotype

Tintypes

The Poor Man's street portrait. They outlasted all of the early photographic processes

Polaroid alternate processes

Small images for mailing or giving away, studio promotional pieces

Because the materials needed to do these processes are available almost anywhere, I have included enough detail for you to actually try these processes.

Pin Hole Imaging

Don't need any glass, only a precision hole to create images

The Big Retro, Polaroid's 20x24 system

This is photography's best kept, best secrets!! Instant beauty.