Christmas 2013 - Photo walk from Digbeth to Birmingham City Centre

Christmas Birmingham - Final evening - 2013 Merry-go-round

St Cassian Chaddesley Corbett

Newman Brothers Furniture Fittings Factory Works - Jewellery Quarter

Cyanotype photographs home printed from previous colour images.  

The images below are photographs I captured during the Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) site visit open to members of the general public.  

The process: Colour photographs I captured were converted to black and white, manipulating lighting levels and followed by inverting to a negative image.  Printing each negative shot onto a A4 acetate sheet, applying the appropriate mixed chemicals with a sponge pad (to produce cyanotype - blue print) to watercolour A4 paper. Placing a negative image on top, clamping watercolour paper with the applied chemicals and the negative image within a glass frame and exposing under a UV lighting appliance. Guesstimating exposer followed by rinsing off chemicals under cold running water until the image is developed.

To uploaded and share the home developed cyanotypes : Using a compact digital camera and no appliance of photoshop software. I took snapshots of the home printed photographs produced on watercolour paper, aiming to provide a historical feel.  

With thanks to BCT http://www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/