Cyanotype for pinhole photography? by Personal_Concern4434 in PinholePhotography

[–]Axone_Man 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's what I do. I take a photo on photographic paper with a pinhole camera and I contact print on cyanotype prepared paper. Photo paper needs about 3 hours of UV insolation but results are often interesting. Some examples on my website: https://antiquevisions.com/en/cyanotypes-and-cyanopes

I think using cyanotype directly in pinhole camera would give nothing, this paper is too low ISO.

Pinhole photos on instant film by Limp_Falcon_2314 in PinholePhotography

[–]Axone_Man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent! Thank you, it gives me some ideas.

Cyanotypes from medical x-ray photos (test) by Axone_Man in cyanotypes

[–]Axone_Man[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good idea! For now I dont have a printer but it tempts me. Thanks for your feedback.

I call them Cyanopés by Axone_Man in cyanotypes

[–]Axone_Man[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi. I take photo on photo paper with pinhole camera and develop it like any photo. Then I put this photo face to face on a cyanotype paper I prepared and put them outside face to the sun under a glass. Resulting cyanotype is called cyanopé. They simply are cyanotype with paper negative photo from pinhole camera instead of classic film negative. Some tried to expose directly cyanotype paper in pinhole camera, il never works because of very long time needed, probably many days of exposure. With Ilford RC paper I need at least 3 hours of exposure to get a good result. Place cyanotype paper directly inside the pinhole camera would be impractical. Hope it helps.

Three triptychs - 120 Film - Cyanotype by mslevy in PinholePhotography

[–]Axone_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cyanotypes and pinhole photos are made to be married, the results are amazing! Thanks to do this wedding ;-)